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1) Dog days
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 1
Pub. Date
19uu
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In the latest diary of middle-schooler Greg Heffley, he records his attempts to spend his summer vacation sensibly indoors playing video games and watching television, despite his mother's other ideas.
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English
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"Three women arrive at the local airport, observed by Josh, a Nantucket native home from college for the summer. Burdened with small children, unwieldy straw hats, and some obvious emotional issues, the women-- two sisters and one friend--make their way to the sisters' tiny cottage, inherited from an aunt. They're all trying to escape from something: Melanie, after seven failed in-vitro attempts, learned her husband was having an affair, and then...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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A NEW BEGINNING: Hollywood actor Dayne Matthews and Katy Hart are married and living in Bloomington, Ind., where Dayne has found a solution to his on-camera love scenes--he wants Katy to star in his next film. Katy wins the part and is cast opposite her super-star husband. The story of a small town girlś dream come true is too much for the press to resist, and in an effort to appease them, the couple agrees to a 12-
episode reality show. It seems...
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"It's summer vacation, the weather's great, and all the kids are having fun outside. So where's Greg Heffley? Inside his house, playing video games with the shades drawn. Greg, a self-confessed "indoor person," is living out his ultimate summer fantasy: no responsibilities and no rules. But Greg's mom has a different vision for an ideal summer . . . one packed with outdoor activities and "family togetherness." Whose vision will win out? Or will a...
Author
Series
Seasonal (Ali Smith) volume 4
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In the present, Sacha knows the world's in trouble. Her brother Robert just is trouble. Their mother and father are having trouble. Meanwhile, the world's in meltdown--and the real meltdown hasn't even started yet. In the past, a lovely summer. A different brother and sister know they're living on borrowed time. This is a story about people on the brink of change. They're family, but they think they're strangers. So: Where does family begin? And...
Author
Series
Betsy-Tacy stories volume 3
Publisher
HarperTrophy
Pub. Date
1979
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Three young girls have many exciting times during an eventful summer in Minnesota early in the 20th century.
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Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarpeCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Nineteen-year-old Sam's summer isn't off to a great start. Her boyfriend, Eli, ditched her for a European backpacking trip and now she's a counselor at Camp Blue Springs: the summer camp her eleven-year-old self swore never to return to. Sam expects the next seven weeks to be a total disaster. That is, until she meets Gavin, the camp's sailing instructor, who turns her expectations upside down. Gavin may have gotten the job just for his abs. Or that...
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English
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"Autumn Somerset is the reliable sister, the one her family, including her father, who's had a stroke, leans on, sometimes a little too heavily. Her sister Ember is the free spirit, the one with a seemingly perfect life who has experienced more than her share of heartbreak but hides it with laughter. This summer, as Autumn and Ember work hand in hand to run the animal rescue property their grandparents created, they'll see that family can be a blessing...
13) The lifeguard
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1988
Language
English
Description
Kelsey's summer on the sun-drenched beaches of Beverly Island should have been paradise. But it is just the opposite. A note from a missing girl, a crazy man who won't leave her alone, and a number of suspicious drownings haunt her.
14) Summer rental
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English
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Ellis, Julia, and Dorie. Best friends since Catholic grade school, they now find themselves, in their mid-thirties, at the crossroads of life and love. Ellis, recently fired from a job she gave everything to, is rudderless and now beginning to question the choices she's made over the past decade of her life. Julia-whose caustic wit covers up her wounds--has a man who loves her and is offering her the world, but she can't hide from how deeply insecure...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Five summers to fall in love. One moment to fall apart. A weekend to get it right. A magazine writer has to make a choice when she returns to the lake she grew up on, and to the man she thought she'd never have to live without, in this achingly nostalgic debut. They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser that has felt too true for the last decade, ever since she made the biggest mistake of her life. Instead of glittering summers...
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Series
Summer Friends volume 2
Publisher
HQN
Language
English
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After putting the brakes on her dead-end relationship, local veterinarian Ivey Anders is ready to soak up this summer on her own terms. The way she sees it, no dating means no disappointment. Why complicate life with anything long-term? But when she meets Corbin Meyer and his troubled young son, Justin, Ivey's no-strings strategy threatens to unravel before she can put it into practice -- Provided by publisher.
18) Summerland
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English
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A warm June evening, a local tradition: the students of Nantucket High have gathered for a bonfire on the beach. But what begins as a graduation night celebration ends in tragedy after a horrible car crash leaves the driver of the car, Penny Alistair, dead, and her twin brother in a coma. The other passengers, Penny's boyfriend Jake and her friend Demeter, are physically unhurt - but the emotional damage is overwhelming, and questions linger about...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Carmen decides to discard an old pair of jeans, but Tibby, Lena, and Bridget think they are great and decide that whoever the pants fit best will get them. When the jeans fit everyone perfectly, a sisterhood and a memorable summer begin.