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English
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"The night after the fourth of July, Layton Carlson Jr., of Red Wing, Minnesota, finally got lucky. And unlucky. He'd picked the perfect spot to lose his virginity to his girlfriend, an abandoned farmyard in the middle of cornfields: nice, private, and quiet. The only problem waśŒsomething smelled badĺike, really bad. He mentioned it to a county deputy he knew, and when the cop took a look, he found a body stuffed down a cistern. And then another,...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Abandoning her abusive fiancé in New York in 1943 to enlist with the Red Cross and head to Europe, Irene Woodward befriends Dorothy Dunford as they join the Allied soldiers streaming into France after D-Day where they are embroiled in danger, from the Battle of the Bulge to the liberation of Buchenwald, and where Irene learns to trust again through their friendship.
3) Red pandas
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Provides information about red pandas, including their diet, life cycle, physical characteristics, behaviors, and habitat.
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Series
Red River of the North volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Formats
Author
Series
Books that drive kids crazy! volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Series
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This gorgeous and lyrical picture book from renowned science author Laurence Pringle and debut illustrator Kate Garchinsky follows a year in the life of a red fox named Vixen as she finds food, hunts, escapes threats, finds a mate, and raises her kits{u2014}all the way to the day that she and her mate watch their kits head off to lead their own secret lives. Stunning, realistic illustrations celebrate the beauty of these mysterious creatures as readers...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood in which Federico rides his bicycle to the market for Abuelo's groceries, then stands up to a hungry wolf. Includes a recipe for pico de gallo and glossary of Spanish terms.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The hilarious, charming, and candid story of Ingraham's decision to uproot his life and move his family to Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, population 1,400--the community he made famous as "the worst place to live in America" in a story he wrote for the Washington Post.
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English
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Southern comfort food and multicultural recipes from the New York Times best-selling superstar chef Marcus Samuelsson's iconic Harlem restaurant.
When the James Beard Award-winning chef Marcus Samuelsson opened Red Rooster on Malcolm X Boulevard in Harlem, he envisioned more than a restaurant. It would be the heart of his neighborhood and a meet-and-greet for both the downtown and the uptown sets, serving Southern black and...
When the James Beard Award-winning chef Marcus Samuelsson opened Red Rooster on Malcolm X Boulevard in Harlem, he envisioned more than a restaurant. It would be the heart of his neighborhood and a meet-and-greet for both the downtown and the uptown sets, serving Southern black and...
13) Red pandas
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Series
Publisher
Kaleidoscope Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This title introduces readers to red pandas, covering their habitat, their physical characteristics, and threats to the species.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this adaptation of the Little Red Hen fable, Ruby wants to build a fort, but her three brothers refuse to help, so when the fort is finished Ruby will not let them join her--until the boys come up with a few embellishments for the fort, like a mailbox, a garden, and a fresh coat of paint.
Publisher
Goodtimes Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
When the magical Toy Maker grabs all of Santa's toys, it's up to everyone's favorite reindeer, Rudolph, to come to the rescue. With the help of Hermey the elf, Yukon Cornelius, Bumbles the abominable snow monster and special friend Clarice, they promise Santa to track down the Toy Taker and rescue Santa's toys.
Author
Series
Cash Blackbear novels volume 1
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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The Sentence "Totally Biased List of Tookie's Favorite Books" Book Discussion
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Cash and Sheriff Wheaton make for a strange partnership. He pulled her from her mother's wrecked car when she was three and has kept an eye out for her ever since. Cash navigated through a succession of white foster homes, and at thirteen was working on farms. She's tough as nails and makes her living driving trucks. It's a rough place to live -- Fargo-Moorhead in the early 1970s. Wheaton wants her to take hold of her life, stop fooling around with...
18) Fever pitch
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
According to Red Sox super-fan Ben Wrightman, finding romance is about as likely as his beloved team winning the World Series. But when Ben scores a beautiful new girlfriend, suddenly anything is possible.
19) Lucky
Author
Publisher
Chicken House/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Lucky is a young red squirrel who was rescued from a hawk, and now must somehow make his home among the Cloudfoot clan of the larger, gray squirrels who live in the city park--and trouble is brewing for the rival gray squirrels known as the Northenders are planning an invasion.
20) Red foxes
Author
Publisher
Capstone
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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