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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 30
Language
English
Description
It’s love at first sight for high school student Arnie Cunningham when he and his best friend Dennis Guilder spot the dilapidated 1958 red-and-white Plymouth Fury for sale—dubbed Christine by its original cantankerous owner—rusting away on a front lawn of their suburban Pennsylvania neighborhood. Dennis knows that Arnie’s never had much luck in the looks or popularity department, or really taken an interest in owning a car . . . but Christine...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 29
Language
English
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The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. But Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing...
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Series
Song of Alaska volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House
Language
English
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When Phoebe Robbins learns her family will move to Sitka, Alaska, she is unsure what this wild, untamed land might offer her. But before she even sets foot on this new territory, she has an unexpected encounter with Dalton Lindquist. When he decides to pursue answers to his past, he finds he must leave Sitka ... and the lovely Phoebe. But Dalton is not the only one who has sought her attention. His best friend, Yuri, determines to claim her affection,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.3 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
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Description
An abandoned orphan Gypsy boy Heathcliff is taken in by a well-to-do 19th century English family, the Earnshaws on the isolated moors. He becomes their stable boy and falls in love with the family's spoiled young daughter Catherine Earnshaw, his childhood friend. The beautiful Cathy is desperately in love with Heathcliff, but because of his low birth begins seeing a wealthy neighbor's son. Heathcliff leaves during a misunderstanding and with driving...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 65
Language
English
Description
This is the story of Clyde Griffiths and his desperate pursuit of success. It is a depiction of the harsh realities of American life and of the dark side of the American Dream. It is a story vivid in its sense of wholesale human waste and unceasing in its rich compassion.
7) Middlemarch
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.4 - AR Pts: 64
Language
English
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Dorothea Brooke is a young woman of fervent ideals who yearns to effect social change yet faces reisistance from the society she inhabits.
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Series
Michelli family volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Language
English
Description
"In this sequel to 'Secrets,' Lance is caught between the two women he loves as he uncovers unforgotten truths that could change them all forever"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Michelli family volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Language
English
Description
Sofie Michelli heads to Sonoma to stay with her brother Lance at his villa, where she meets Matt, but before their relationship can progress, a beloved child from the past calls and sends Sofie into a tale spin--and back to New York.
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Series
Indiana cousins volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Crippled in a horrific accident, Wayne Lambright feels unable to care for himself, much less Loraine Miller, his future bride. Will he sacrifice his happiness to give Loraine a better life? When ex-boyfriend Jake Beechy returns, Loraine's heart is torn. Will she renew an old love or keep her promise to the new?
11) Led astray
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Series
Language
English
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Description
After his brother Hal dies, Cage Hendren, trying to overcome his reputation as a womanizer, pursues the only woman he has ever loved, Hal's quiet and serious fiancée, and shows her how to explore the wildness in herself.
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Series
Virgin River volume 5
Language
English
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Description
"In the space of a few months Vanessa buried her husband, Matt, and gave birth to their son --breaking her heart while filling it with a whole new kind of love. But the one man she longs to share this love with now acts as if she doesn't exist. Paul Haggerty lives by the marine motto: Semper Fi. Ever faithful to his best friend, he's done right by Matt's widow as best he can ... considering he's been secretly in love with her for years. Now, just...
13) Oryx and Crake
Author
Series
MaddAddam trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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Description
"As the story opens, the narrator, who calls himself Snowman, is sleeping in a tree, wearing a dirty old bedsheet, 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. Insects proliferate and pigoons and wolvogs ravage the Pleeblands,...
14) It ends with us
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"Lily hasn't always had it easy, but that's never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She's come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up--she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily's life suddenly seems almost too good to be true. Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant....
Author
Series
Song of Alaska volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Description
Britta Lindquist must choose between the love of her life, Yuri Belikov, or a coveted first chair violin position offered by the English conductor, Brenton Maltese.
Author
Series
It ends with us duology volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil co-parenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately says yes when Atlas asks her on a date. But her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her life—and Atlas Corrigan is...
19) The idiot
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.7 - AR Pts: 56
Language
English
Description
Returning to Russia from a sanitarium in Switzerland, the Christ-like epileptic Prince Myshkin finds himself enmeshed in a tangle of love, torn between two women—the notorious kept woman Nastasya and the pure Aglaia—both involved, in turn, with the corrupt, money-hungry Ganya. In the end, Myshkin’s honesty, goodness, and integrity are shown to be unequal to the moral emptiness of those around him. In her revision of the Garnett translation,...
20) Unnatural deeds
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
�2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Victoria Zell doesn't fit in, not that she cares what anyone thinks. She and her homeschooled boyfriend, Andrew, are inseparable. All they need is each other. That is, until Zachary Zimmerman joins her homeroom. Within an hour of meeting, he convinces good-girl Vic to cut class. And she can't get enough of that rush. Despite Vic's loyalty to Andrew, she finds her life slowly entwining with Z's. Soon she's lying to everyone she knows in an effort to...