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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
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In the latest diary of middle-schooler Greg Heffley, he records his attempts to spend his summer vacation sensibly indoors playing video games and watching television, despite his mother's other ideas.
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Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran knowledge. With human science advancing and the Trisolarans adopting Earth culture, it seems that the two civilizations can co-exist peacefully as equals without the terrible threat of mutually assured annihilation. But peace has also made humanity complacent....
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On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a moment, she pretends she hasn't heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom. These friends, intimates since childhood, borrow money, beg favors, and, before even graduating college, they have...
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A tender affair and the redemptive power of art are at the core of this compelling novel from National Book Award finalist Allegra Goodman, “a romantic realist who dazzles with wit [and] compassion” (The Wall Street Journal).
Collin James is young, creative, and unhappy. A college dropout, he waits tables and spends his free time beautifying the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his medium of choice: chalk....
Collin James is young, creative, and unhappy. A college dropout, he waits tables and spends his free time beautifying the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his medium of choice: chalk....
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"Kids will build confidence all summer long as they master literacy skills with interactive games, challenges, and storybooks. Summer Reading helps kids to: - Stay motivated to read - Maintain reading skills and avoid summer slide - Get excited about using the library - Keep discovering and learning all summer long" - Publisher description.
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[2018]
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"Kids will have fun conquering their fears, learning life lessons, exploring friendship, and more with this wide assortment of educational games featuring award-winning apps and children's favorite characters. Discover ways to use imagination for good; Improve shape recognition and matching skills; Read along with interactive books; Learn basic math skills."--
11) Ripper
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"A fast-paced mystery involving a brilliant teenage sleuth who must unmask a serial killer in San Francisco through Ripper, the online mystery game she plays with her beloved grandfather and friends around the world"-- Provided by publisher.
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"From the bestselling and award-winning master of suspense, the first novel in a thrilling new series, introducing Colter Shaw. "You have been abandoned." A young woman has gone missing in Silicon Valley and her father has hired Colter Shaw to find her. The son of a survivalist family, Shaw is an expert tracker. Now he makes a living as a "reward seeker," traveling the country to help police solve crimes and private citizens locate missing persons....
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[2020]
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"This 5-level guided reading system helps kids master verbal, reading, and writing skills - starting at any level. Every app, storybook, and video has been hand-selected to help kids gain the knowledge they need to transition from learning-to-read to reading-to-learn. Pre-Emerging packs are ideal for readers who have reached the following milestones: - Forms 3 to 4 word sentences - Can talk and carry on conversations - Continues to grow vocabulary...
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[2017]
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"Kids will size up the world in a whole new way as they learn how to measure and assess different objects. - Explore different forms of measurement - Learn about area and perimeter - Recognize geometric shapes in different objects - Practice measuring" - Publisher description.
15) False Memory
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 33
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When two friends both start displaying a descent into mental chaos, a husband of one takes his wife to a renowned therapist. He then tries to reconstruct the events of the recent months in a frantic search for clues. As he comes closer to the shocking truth, Dusty finds himself afflicted with a condition even more bizarre and fearsome than his wife's.
16) Fantasy In Death
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In Death series volume 30
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They were best friends, driven by one shared vision - to rule the world of virtual reality games. Cill, hard-edged and beautiful, Var and Benny, brains and business acumen, and Bart, the genius behind the idea. Their newest invention, developed to transport the player into a fantastical virtual world, is just about to be launched. Then, suddenly, Bart is found brutally killed, defeated by their own game. Their close-knit group is torn apart. Who could...
17) Rapture in death
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In Death series volume 4
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They died with smiles on their faces. Three apparent suicides: a brilliant engineer, an infamous lawyer, and a controversial politician. Three strangers with nothing in common -- and no obvious reasons for killing themselves. Police lieutenant Eve Dallas found the deaths suspicious. And her instincts paid off when autopsies revealed small burns on the brains of the victims. Was it a genetic abnormality or a high-tech method of murder? Eve's investigation...
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"Seventeen-year-old Kiki Siregar is a fabulous gamer girl with confidence to boot. She can't help but be totally herself... except when she's online. Her secret? She plays anonymously as a guy to avoid harassment from other male players. Even her online best friend--a cinnamon roll of a teen boy who plays under the username Sourdawg--doesn't know her true identity. Which is fine, because Kiki doesn't know his real name either, and it's not like they're...
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[2018]
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"Kids learn about the world through a scientific lens with these award-winning stories, challenges, and games that encourage them to explore science, technology, engineering, art, and math.This pack includes apps that have won industry awards including Children's Technology Review: Editor's Choice, National STEM Game Competition, and a Webby. Learn about the solar system; Master math skills at all different levels; Investigate environmental issues;...
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"Innovation and creativity come together to help kids build new things, solve problems, and explore the world around them. Design everything from bridges to new creatures; Learn about basic programming; Develop logical thinking and problem-solving skills; Explore music and instruments."--Publisher description.