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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 38
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English
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A coming-of-age story about Eugene Gant, a restless and energetic character whose passion to experience life takes him from his small, rural hometown in North Carolina to Harvard University and the city of Boston.
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Miss Julia series volume 3
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English
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Sharp-tongued Southern lady Miss Julia decides to help the handsome deputy sheriff Coleman Bates and lawyer Binkie Enloe tie the knot, rolling up her sleeves to assist with all the details, with hilarious results.
6) Mean streak
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English
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Dr. Emory Charbonneau, a pediatrician and marathon runner, disappears on a mountain road in North Carolina. By the time her husband Jeff, miffed over a recent argument, reports her missing, the trail has grown cold. Literally. Fog and ice encapsulate the mountainous wilderness and paralyze the search for her. While police suspect Jeff of "instant divorce," Emory, suffering from an unexplained head injury, regains consciousness and finds herself the...
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Miss Julia series volume 2
Language
English
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Miss Julia, a recently beraved and newly wealthy widow, is confronted by Hazel Marie Puckett with a youngster in tow and announces it is the bastard son of Miss Julia's late husband. When Hazel Marie does not return from a dinner date, Miss Julia hires J.D. Pickens to investigate. She and Little Loyd help search for Hazel and run into many adventures.
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When Hazel Marie's hotheaded private investigator husband, J.D., goes missing during a latest job, Miss Julia and Etta Mae struggle to free a man matching his description from a West Virginia jail, while Agnes Whitman returns to town with a following of misfits who might be members of a zealous cult.
10) North Carolina
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the geography, history, natural resources, economy, people, and interesting sites of North Carolina.
11) Wind Chime Point
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Series
Ocean breeze volume 2
Language
English
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Facing a personal crisis, ambitious and driven Gabriella Castle is in turmoil. Everything she's worked for has been yanked out from under her, and she seeks the serenity of her grandmother's home on the North Carolina coast. With difficult decisions to make about her future, the last thing she wants is an unexpected love. Wade Johnson fell for Gabi at first sight. It's not the only time he's found himself in the role of knight in shining armor,...
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English
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"Ten years ago, Abigail Lovett fell into a job she loves, managing The Passage Inn, a cozy, upscale resort nestled in the North Carolina mountain town of Cutter's Pass. Cutter's Pass is best known for its outdoor offerings--rafting and hiking, with access to the Appalachian trail by way of a gorgeous waterfall--and its mysterious history. As the book begins, the string of unsolved disappearances that has haunted the town is once again thrust into...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Jodie Harland and Bethan Keane had little in common before the plight of a homeless dog brought them together, but from that day on the two young girls were bound together as best friends. As different as night and day in personality and interests, their friendship grows strong through shared joys, trials, and, finally, a devastating loss faced together.
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English
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"Nineteen-year-old Cowney Sequoyah yearns to escape his hometown of Cherokee, North Carolina, in the heart of the Smoky Mountains. When a summer job at Asheville's luxurious Grove Park Inn and Resort brings him one step closer to escaping the hills that both cradle and suffocate him, he sees it as an opportunity. With World War II raging in Europe, the inn is the temporary home of Axis diplomats and their families, who are being held as prisoners...
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Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe is about a young man's burning desire to leave his small town and tumultuous family in search of a better life, in 1929. It is Wolfe's first novel, and is, considered a highly autobiographical American coming-of-age story. The character of Eugene Gant is generally, believed to be a depiction of Wolfe himself. The novel covers the span of time from Eugene's birth to the age of 19. The setting is the fictional town...
16) The unwilling
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Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"Gibby's older brothers have already been to war. One died there. The other came back misunderstood and hard, a decorated killer now freshly released from a three-year stint in prison. Jason won't speak of the war or of his time behind bars, but he wants a relationship with the younger brother he hasn't known for years. Determined to make that connection, he coaxes Gibby into a day at the lake: long hours of sunshine and whisky and older women. But...
17) Holly
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English
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Holly Latham moves to a plantation, where she falls in love with Lorrie Beaumont. After years pass, she meets Nick Taggert, who conceals his refined qualities to see if she will be seduced by Lorrie's wealth and privilege or Nick's simple gift of love.
18) The weekenders
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English
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Some people stay all summer long on the idyllic island of Belle Isle, North Carolina. Others come only for the weekends, and the mix between the regulars and "the weekenders" can sometimes make the sparks fly. Riley Griggs has a season of good times with friends and family ahead of her on Belle Isle when things take an unexpected turn. While waiting for her husband to arrive on the ferry one Friday afternoon, Riley is confronted by a process server...
19) First Lady
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Sourcebooks Landmark
Language
English
Description
In the quiet college town of Hillston, North Carolina, an unknown young woman's body is found mutilated and addressed to Lt. Justin Savile V amnd Police Chief Cuddy R. Magnum. The only clue is that the woman was wearing a Guess t-shirt, just like another victim found months earlier