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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 18
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"When death has a story to tell, you listen. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. By her brother's graveside, Liesel Meminger finds her life changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Grave Digger's Handbook, left there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 16
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Pi Patel, having spent an idyllic childhood in Pondicherry, India, as the son of a zookeeper, sets off with his family at the age of sixteen to start anew in Canada, but his life takes a marvelous turn when their ship sinks in the Pacific, leaving him adrift on a raft with a 450-pound Bengal tiger for company.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Clock Dance comes the story of four generations unfolding in and around the lovingly worn house that has always been the Whitshank family's anchor. • MAN BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE
“Absorbing and deeply satisfying.” —Entertainment Weekly
"It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon ...” This...
“Absorbing and deeply satisfying.” —Entertainment Weekly
"It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon ...” This...
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Not-so-tiny tales of Simon Seahorse volume 2
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While exploring Coral Jungle, Simon Seahorse and his best friend Olive Octopus encounter a shark named Zelda who invites them to her mother's birthday party at Shark Point -- and Simon not only has a unique school report, but the makings of an exciting story.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
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Would you make a deal with a magical tiger? This uplifting story brings Korean folklore to life as a girl goes on a quest to unlock the power of stories and save her grandmother. Some stories refuse to stay bottled up. When Lily and her family move in with her sick grandmother, a magical tiger straight out of her halmoni's Korean folktales arrives, prompting Lily to unravel a secret family history. Long, long ago, Halmoni stole something from the...
15) Blue spot
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Asked a simple question, Daisy the kitten tells an elaborate story of blue chalk, blue paint, blueberries, and even a blue monster's tears to explain the spot on her new dress.
16) Bedtime stories
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When the stories he tells his niece and nephew start coming true, a hotel handyman uses this new power to change his life for the better.
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Mother Bruce volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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"Bruce and the residents of Soggy Hollow tell a spooky story to get into the Halloween spirit"--
18) Simon says
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Not-so-tiny tales of Simon Seahorse volume 1
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Little Simon Seahorse likes to tell stories, and if some of them are embellished, it just makes for a better story; but when his lucky pearl disappears after Sea and Tell at Coral Grove Elementary he and his friends have a real-life treasure to find -- and of course it will become a super story to tell, one that hardly needs embellishment.
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