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3701) A painted house
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 19
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Description
Thus begins the new novel from John Grisham, a story inspired by his own childhood in rural Arkansas. The narrator is a farm boy name Luke Chandler, age seven, who lives in the cotton fields with his parents and grandparents in a little house that's never been painted. The Chandlers farm eighty acres that they rent, not own, and when the cotton is ready they hire a truck-load of Mexicans and a family from the Ozarks to help harvest it. For six weeks...
3703) The rescue
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
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Description
When confronted by raging fires or deadly accidents, volunteer fireman Taylor McAden feels compelled to take terrifying risks to save lives. But there is one leap of faith Taylor cant bring himself to make: he cant fall in love. For all his adult years, Taylor has sought out women who need to be rescued, women he leaves as soon as their crisis is over and the relationship starts to become truly intimate. When a raging storm hits his small Southern...
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Series
Ricky Ricotta volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
A mouse named Ricky Ricotta and his giant flying robot attempt to save the world from an invasion of massive mutant mosquitoes from Mercury.
3706) The Run
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Piling twist upon twist, and plot within plot, and continuing the Lee family saga which began with "Chiefs" and continued in "Grass Roots", bestselling author Stuart Woods has once again created a smart and savvy novel of suspense. This time Senator Will Lee makes a dramatic run for the presidency, becoming drawn into a web of political scandal and intrigue that threatens to rip the nation apart.
3709) Seeing
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Series
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Simple text and photographs present the sense of seeing and how it works.
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Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 5
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 6
Description
As their outrageous misfortune continues, the Baudelaire orphans are shipped off to a miserable boarding school, where they befriend the two Quagmire triplets and find that they have been followed by the dreaded Count Olaf.
3712) Shaping the earth
Author
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Explains the forces that have created the geological features on the earth's surface.
3713) Soccer
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Examines all aspects of the game of soccer, including its history, rules, soccer skills, tactics, equipment, famous players, and playing fields.
3716) Sturdy turtles
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Introduces the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of North American turtles.
3717) When I feel angry
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A little rabbit describes what makes her angry and the different ways she can control her anger.
3718) Where do Balloons Go?
Author
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A child wonders about what happens to a balloon that is let go, as a parent would wonder about what might happen to a child once he leaves home.
3719) White grizzly
Author
Series
Santa Fe Trail trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Description
In 1845, when he leaves the Cheyenne village where he has been living and sets out from Bent's Fort along the Santa Fe Trail in search of his white grandfather, Julio faces danger from renegade Texans, the Pawnee Indians, and a grizzly bear, before finding where he truly belongs.
3720) Wild baby animals
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This book describes some of the differences in the ways various baby animals, including monkeys, rhinos, wolves, seals, and elephants, behave and grow.