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1) The library
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth Brown loves to read more than anything else, but when her collection of books grows and grows, she must make a change in her life.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Bored with another normal, inky evening, bats discover an open library window and fly in to enjoy the photocopier, water fountain, and especially the books and stories found there.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a rare book hidden in the stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this inexplicable book and desperate to make sense of how his own life came to be recorded, Zachary uncovers a series of clues -- a bee, a key, and a sword -- that lead...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Fish and Snail live in books, and every day Snail waits for Fish to return from his explorations of other books to hear his stories. This time is different--this time Fish wants Snail to come with him, only Snail is too comfortable in his current book to leave. This could be the end of their friendship.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Broken Wheel, Iowa, has never seen anyone like Sara, who traveled all the way from Sweden just to meet her pen pal, Amy. When she arrives, however, she finds that Amy's funeral has just ended. Luckily, the townspeople are happy to look after their bewildered tourist--even if they don't understand her peculiar need for books. Marooned in a farm town that's almost beyond repair, Sara starts a bookstore in honor of her friend's memory. All she wants...
7) The borrower
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lucy Hull, a young children's librarian in Hannibal, Missouri, finds herself both a kidnapper and kidnapped when her favorite patron, ten- year-old Ian Drake, runs away from home. The precocious Ian is addicted to reading, but needs Lucy's help to smuggle books past his overbearing mother, who has enrolled Ian in weekly antigay classes with celebrity Pastor Bob. Lucy stumbles into a moral dilemma when she finds Ian camped out in the library after...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 10.8 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jane Austen's first novel--published posthumously in 1818--tells the story of Catherine Morland and her dangerously sweet nature, innocence, and sometime self-delusion. Though Austen's fallible heroine is repeatedly drawn into scrapes while vacationing at Bath and during her subsequent visit to Northanger Abbey, Catherine eventually triumphs, blossoming into a discerning woman who learns truths about love, life, and the heady power of literature....
10) A Tale of magic
Author
Series
Tale of magic volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
c2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Brystal Evergreen risks everything by opposing her kingdom's repression of women, but Madame Weatherberry, seeing her potential, invites her to a school where she hopes to change the world's perception of magic.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
""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,...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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Description
Take a ride in a long submarine or fly away in a hot air balloon. Whatever you do, just be sure to bring your favorite book.
Pasea por el mar en un largo submarino o viaja legos en un globo aerostatico. No importa lo que hagas, no olvides traer tu libro preferido.
16) Inkheart
Author
Series
Inkheart trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father Mo, a bookbinder, can "read" fictional characters to life when an evil ruler named Capricorn, freed from the novel "Inkheart" years earlier, tries to force Mo to release an immortal monster from the story.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"On the day Juliet Lansdown reports to work for the first time at Bethnal Green Library, it isn't the bustling hub she's been expecting. But in the face of German attacks, she's determined to make it a place where all of their neighbors feel safe and welcome. Katie Upwood is thrilled to be working at the library too, though she's only there until she heads off to university in the fall. But after the death of her beau on the front lines and unexpected...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Nanette O'Hare, a star student and athlete, is given a mysterious out-of-print cult classic novel by her beloved teacher that sparks the rebel within her, but as she befriends the reclusive author and attempts to insert her true self into the world with wild abandon, Nanette learns the hard way that sometimes rebellion comes at a high price.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
c2023.
Language
English
Description
"Sloane Parker lives a small, contained life as a librarian in her small, contained town. She never thinks of herself as lonely...but still she looks forward to that time every day when old curmudgeon Arthur McLachlan comes to browse the shelves and cheerfully insult her. Their sparring is such a highlight of Sloane's day that when Arthur doesn't show up one morning, she's instantly concerned. And then another day passes, and another. Anxious, Sloane...