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Author
Publisher
Dutton
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
When Eliana moved to Italy the future was bright with promise. But once she settled into the small village, she found her husband to be a very different man. Over time he distanced himself from her, leaving her to care for their young son.
Author
Publisher
Regan Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
The year is 1502, and seven-year-old Bianca de Nevada lives perched high above the rolling hills and valleys of Tuscany and Umbria at Montefiore, the farm of her beloved father, Don Vicente. But one day a noble entourage makes its way up the winding slopes to the farm -- and the world comes to Montefiore. When Borgia sends Don Vicente on a years-long quest, he leaves Bianca under the care -- so to speak -- of Lucrezia.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Laura Patterson is an American exchange student in Rome who, fed up with being inexpertly groped by her young Italian beaus, decides there's only one sure-fire way to find a sensual man: date a chef. Then she meets Tomasso, who's handsome, young, and cooks in the exclusive Templi restaurant. Perfect. Except, unbeknownst to Laura, Tomasso is in fact only a waiter at Templi; it's his shy friend Bruno who is the chef. But Tomasso is the one who knows...
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 13
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Their magic tree house takes Annie and Jack to Pompeii just as Vesuvius is about to erupt, where they must find a Roman scroll before everything is covered with burning ash.
Author
Series
Guido Brunetti mysteries volume 13
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Rick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In the AFC Championship game against Denver, to the surprise and dismay of virtually everyone, Rick actually got into the game." "With a 17-point lead and just minutes to go, Rick provided what was arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL. Overnight, he became a national laughingstock and, of course, was immediately cut by the Browns and shunned by all...