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"Simon Watson, a young librarian on the verge of losing his job, lives alone on the Long Island Sound in his family home--a house, perched on the edge of a bluff, that is slowly crumbling toward the sea. His parents are long dead, his mother having drowned in the water his house overlooks. His younger sister, Enola, works for a traveling carnival reading tarot cards, and seldom calls. On a day in late June, Simon receives a mysterious package from...
62) Inkspell
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 29
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English
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When Dustfinger finds a crooked storyteller who can read him back to Inkscape, he leaves his apprentice Farid behind. Farid seeks out Meggie and the two follow him back into the enchanted book.
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English
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A heartwarming literary-themed novel about a woman who turns an ordinary red phone box into the littlest library in England and brings together a struggling town. A little red telephone box full of stories, a chance to change her life ... Jess Metcalf is perfectly content with her quiet, predictable life. But when her beloved grandmother passes away and she loses her job at the local library, Jess' life is turned upside down. Determined to pick up...
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Mother-Daughter Book Club volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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When the mothers of four sixth-grade girls with very different personalities pressure them into forming a book club, they find, as they read and discuss "Little Women," that they have much more in common than they could have imagined.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As she tries to find the book that she must return to the library that day, Stella gathers a growing group of people who have all enjoyed reading the book.
Author
Series
Thursday Next novels volume 3
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
69) The second siege
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Series
The tapestry volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 21
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English
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Twelve-year-old Max and his allies risk much as they seek to acquire the Book of Origins, an artifact of unimaginable power, in hopes of halting the ancient evil that is bringing the world to its knees.
Author
Series
Beverly Billingsly books volume 1
Publisher
Silver Whistle/ Harcourt
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Beverly is thrilled to finally check out a book with her own library card, but when she accidentally keeps the book too long she worries that she'll have to pay a huge fine or go to jail.
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Series
Lunch Lady volume 2
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The school lunch lady, a secret crime fighter, sets out to stop a group of librarians bent on destroying a shipment of video games, while a group of students known as the Breakfast Bunch provides back-up.
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English
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""This sparkling novel starts with high energy and unique characters that move from one surprise to another." --Ann Garvin, USA TODAY bestselling author All it takes is the right book to turn a Book Hater into a Book Lover... That was what Elliot--the beloved co-owner of Over the Rainbow Bookshop--believed before his untimely passing. He always had the perfect book suggestion for the self-proclaimed Book Hater. Now his grief-ridden business partner,...
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English
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"Small-town German bookseller Carl Kollhoff delivers his books to special customers in the evening hours after closing time, walking through the picturesque alleys of the city. These people are almost like friends to him, and he is their most important connection to the world. When Kollhoff unexpectedly loses his job, it takes the power of books and a nine-year-old girl to make them all find the courage to rebuild their bonds with each other"--
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Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Leopold the goat owns a delightful bookstore, and he has a talent for matching his customers with the ideal book--an adventure story for the girl in the rain boots, a novel about gnomes for the man who loves to laugh, and a book of birds for the woman in the feathered hat. But one day, another goat arrives and proceeds to eat every book Leopold offers. Can Leopold find just the right one to tempt this reluctant reader?
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Series
Miss Malarkey volume 6
Publisher
Walker & Company
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Miss Malarkey vows to find each of her students a book to love by the end of the school year, but one video-game loving boy proves to be a challenge.
80) The book eaters
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English
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"Sunyi Dean's The Book Eaters is a contemporary fantasy debut. It's a story of motherhood, sacrifice, and hope; of queer identity and learning to accept who you are; of gilded lies and the danger of believing the narratives others create for you. Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book's content after eating it. To them, spy novels are a peppery snack; romance novels are sweet...
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