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The wellsprings of desire and the impediments to love come brilliantly into focus in Evelyn Waugh's masterpiece-a novel that immerses us in the glittering and seductive world of English aristocracy in the waning days of the empire.Through the story of Charles Ryder's entanglement with the Flytes, a great Catholic family, Evelyn Waugh charts the passing of the privileged world he knew in his own youth and vividly recalls the sensuous pleasures denied...
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English
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"Twenty-two years ago, Naomi Shaw believed in magic. She and her two best friends, Cassidy and Olivia, spent that summer roaming the woods, imagining a world of ceremony and wonder-the Goddess Game. The summer ended suddenly when Naomi was attacked. Miraculously, she survived her seventeen stab wounds and lived to identify the man who had hurt her. The girls' testimony put away a serial killer, wanted for murdering six women. They were heroes. And...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Frog and Toad are best friends—they do everything together. When Toad admires the flowers in Frog's garden, Frog gives him seeds to grow a garden of his own. When Toad bakes cookies, Frog helps him eat them. And when both Frog and Toad are scared, they are brave together.
6) Grand canyon
Publisher
Fox Video
Pub. Date
c1991
Language
English
Description
In Los Angeles, two men from very different walks of life meet and their friendship, based on a good deed, sets into motion a chain of events that surprises and affects the lives of not only the two men, but also their friends and families.
7) Honey Girls
Publisher
Columbia (Usa)
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Mega pop star, Fancy G, hosts a contest to find the next big solo artist. But the young contestants realize they are 'better together' and secretly form a band called Honey Girls and become a huge hit cloaked in mystery.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Language
English
Description
It's an honest and powerful story following two best friends, Milly and Jess, as they navigate life's highs and lows. Inseparable since they were young girls, they can't remember a time they didn't share everything, secrets, clothes, even boyfriends, but nothing prepares them for the day Milly is hit with life-altering news. A story for every modern woman, it celebrates the bond of true friendship that ultimately can never be broken, even in life's...
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Searchlight Pictures
Language
English
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Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
"Gleeson and Farrell revive their mesmerizing interplay, surrounded by breathtaking Irish scenery and a brilliant ensemble cast."--Richard Roeper.
Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Part memoir, part self-help, You Will Find Your People uncovers the complex, frightening, and often vulnerable process of building real, healthy friendships and finally creating your chosen family. Moore takes readers on a journey that examines and challenges the ideas of friendship we've seen in pop culture, answers every question you've ever had about friend breakups, and teaches us how to fearlessly ask for what we want in friendships once and...
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Series
Waffle hearts volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Hardly a day passes without Trille and Lena inventing some kind of adventure that often ends in trouble. Whether it's coaxing a cow onto a boat or sledding down the steepest and iciest hill with a chicken, there is always a thrill--and sometimes an injury--to be had. Trille loves to share everything with Lena, even Auntie Granny's waffles. But when Lena has to move away and Auntie Granny leaves the world, it sometimes seems like nothing will ever...
12) Forgotten Woman
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Publisher
Bookouture
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A gripping emotional rollercoaster read you'll devour in one sitting.
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English
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Twelve-year-old Missy Romo is excited about her sixth-grade year coming to an end when she’s suddenly stricken by a mysterious illness. She’s ill for over a month before returning back to school, only to lose her core group of friends over the summer. Not surprisingly, Missy isn’t excited to start the seventh-grade. And within weeks of starting it, becomes a victim of a bully.Missy, who was once bubbly and talkative, becomes quiet and drawn...
15) Oryx and Crake
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Publisher
McClelland & Stewart
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Snowman tries to piece together what has taken place; mourning the loss of his beautiful and beloved Oryx and his best friend Crake, and slowly starving to death. In a world in which science-based corporations have recently taken mankind on an uncontrolled genetic-engineering ride, he now searches for supplies in a wasteland.
16) Cowboys run
Publisher
Hart Sharp Video, LLC
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
Multiple
Description
There's never a dull moment from the time Clint Northern meets dan john Fighting Bear at his grandaughter's dirthday party. the two take an instant dislike to each other but find themselves unlikely partners when they're mistaken as the culprits of a local bingo heist.
18) The bully buster
Author
Series
Billie B. Brown volume 20
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publilshing
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Billie is furious. A bully at school is being mean, mean, mean. But what can Billie do about it?" --Page 4 of cover.
Author
Publisher
G. K. Hall
Pub. Date
1973 [c1972]
Language
English
Description
For Joanna, her husband, Walter, and their children, the move to beautiful Stepford seems almost too good to be true. It is. For behind the town's idyllic facade lies a terrible secret, a secret so shattering that no one who encounters it will ever be the same. At once a masterpiece of pschological suspense and a savage commentary on a media driven society that values the pursuit of youth and beauty at all costs.