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Sandy Portman and Emily Barlow seem to lead a perfect life. Sandy is a successful businessman from an old-money family, and Emily, beautiful and smart, is quickly gaining respect in her career as a book editor. But Sandy is keeping a few secrets from Emily, and is hit by a car and killed before he has a chance to reveal the truth. In a Dickensian turn of events, he's given an otherworldly chance to make amends as a dog named Einstein.
5) Fine things
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English
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After the death of his wife, Bernie Fine struggles to cope with his shattering loss and must endure further hardships until he meets a strong and caring woman who sympathizes with his ties to the past.
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Anna McNichol knows how to take charge. Raised by a single mother, she's worked to ensure her three children have every advantage she didn't. And while her marriage has its problems, she values commitment and believes in 'till death do us part.' Now an empty nester, she's at the peak of her career and ready to seize the opportunity to focus on her future. But life can change in an instant, and when her husband dies suddenly, Anna's carefully constructed...
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Preston and Constance Whittier have built a happy life together, with a brood of six children raised in a beautiful historic Manhattan mansion. Now, with a nearly empty nest, it's easier than ever for the Whittiers to maintain their tradition of a solo romantic "Wintermoon" ski trip. But with this year's trip comes tragedy, and suddenly the Whittier's adult children find themselves reuniting in the family home without their parents for the first time...
8) Benched
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Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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When Cody and his friends accept a challenge from a local gang to steal a park bench, their main concern is keeping themselves on the gang's good side. But Cody quickly learns that the theft is no harmless prank.
9) Last ride
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Series
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Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Tom Shields killed his best friend, Logan, in a street-racing accident a year ago. While he tries to make amends to Logan's girlfriend and keep his promise to never race again, he's haunted by his dead friend.
10) Say Her Name
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English
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In a novel based on the author's real-life tragedy, Goldman, consumed with grief and guilt over the accidental death of his wife just before their second anniversary, obsessively collects every memory of her, especially her writings, with the hope of keeping her alive in his mind.
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Bantam Books
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English
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Annie passes away at the youthful age of 56, leaving her high-school friend, Katherine, responsible for organizing her traveling funeral. Katherine receives a UPS package with Annie's favorite pair of red high-top sneakers, which contain her ashes, and instructions to contact four other women who played pivotal roles in her life. All of the women either have met or heard of each other through Annie, and all agree to fulfill her request that they fly...
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Summoned home to deal with the aftermath of her mother’s death, environmental journalist Rachel, who has shunned her family for years, must come to terms with her past, the sorrow she has long buried and the ghost of the mother who made her the woman she is.
15) Unsaid: a novel
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Center Street
Pub. Date
2011.
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English
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After veterinarian Helena Colden dies of breast cancer, she is unable to move on and narrates the emotional deterioration and struggle of her attorney husband David as he becomes involved in a court case to save the life of a chimpanzee.
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English
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"On the eve of her daughter's wedding, June Reid's life is completely devastated when a shocking disaster takes the lives of her daughter, her daughter's fiancé, her ex-husband, and her boyfriend, Luke--her entire family, all gone in a moment. And June is the only survivor. Alone and directionless, June drives across the country, away from her small Connecticut town. In her wake, a community emerges, weaving a beautiful and surprising web of connections...
17) White guys
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2006
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English
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After graduating from high school, in the early 1970s, Billy Mogavero is the only one of a tight-knit group of five friends who didn't make it out of Winship, a hardscrabble town outside of Boston. Twenty years later, the other four-who have made their way, to varying degrees, decide to return to Winship to visit Billy, once their galvanizing alpha male and now a paint salesman who lives at home with his mentally handicapped brother. Their reunion...
18) Into the wind
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One Elm Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Into the Wind is a middle-grade novel about the unlikely friendship between a boy and an elderly woman." --
19) Jacob's list
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Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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After the accidental death of their twenty-year-old son, Michael and Pamela Nolan, who have been having problems in their marriage and find it hard to rely on each other for emotional support, learn to accept that his death is part of God's plan.