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Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Drift is a very plain snowman who dreams of wearing a stylish had, a scarf, mittens and a carrot for a nose, just like the other snowmen. One day his deepest dreams come true, but when a blizzard rolls in, can Drift face giving up the things he loves to help his friends in need?
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Elegy plus comedy is the only way to express how we live in the world today, says a character in Sigrid Nunez's ninth novel. The Vulnerables offers a meditation on our contemporary era, as a solitary female narrator asks what it means to be alive at this complex moment in history and considers how our present reality affects the way a person looks back on her past. Humor, to be sure, is a priceless refuge. Equally vital is connection with others,...
Author
Series
Life of Ty volume 2
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), LLC
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"In the second book of the series, seven-year-old Ty Perry discovers that being kind is part of being Ty"--
6) Plant a kiss
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
One small act of love blooms into something bigger and more dazzling than Little Miss could have ever imagined.
Author
Series
Otis the tractor volume 5
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When the farmer places a scarecrow in the cornfield, Otis the tractor and the farm animals try to make friends, but the scarecrow remains silent with a sour look on his face throughout the summer and fall.
9) Poisoned
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
In this adaptation of the fairy tale Snow White, the huntsman follows the queen's order to kill Sophie, but the princess is brought back to life by the seven men of the woods, who, along with other brave friends, help Sophie overcome the story's true villain and reclaim her throne.
10) Starworld
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In a novel in two voices, a popular teen and an artistic loner forge an unlikely bond -- and create an entire universe -- via texts. But how long before the real world invades Starworld? Sam Jones and Zoe Miller have one thing in common: they both want an escape from reality. Loner Sam flies under the radar at school and walks on eggshells at home to manage her mom's obsessive-compulsive disorder, wondering how she can ever leave to pursue her dream...
Author
Series
Publisher
[Alexandra Rowland]
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
From the author of the critically-acclaimed fantasy novel, A TASTE OF GOLD AND IRON, a sequel/spinoff novella: Long before Tadek Hasira ever made it to the Gold Court to serve as one of the royal family's elite bodyguards and servants, he was nothing more than a grubby street urchin in the poorest district of the capital city -- that is, until her Highness, the Crown Princess Mihrişah, held out her hand in kindness, lifted him out of his circumstances,...
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