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"Nobody loves an honest man, or that was what police sergeant Hamish Macbeth tried to tell newcomer Paul English. Paul had moved to a house in Cnothan, a sour village on Hamish's beat. He attended church in Lochdubh. He told the minister, Mr. Wellington, that his sermons were boring. He told tweedy Mrs. Wellington that she was too fat and in these days of increasing obesity it was her duty to show a good example. Angela Brody was told her detective...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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"Amelia Albright dreams about going to Florida for spring break like everyone else in her class, but her father--a cranky and stubborn English professor--has decided Florida is too much adventure. Now Amelia is stuck at home with him and her babysitter, the beloved Mrs. O'Brien. The week ahead promises to be boring, until Amelia meets Casey at her neighborhood art studio. Amelia has never been friends with a boy before, and the experience is both...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"A day in Chinatown takes an unexpected turn when a bored little girl makes a connection with her grandpa. May isn't having fun on her trip through Chinatown with her grandfather. Gong Gong doesn't speak much English, and May can't understand Chinese. She's hungry, and bored with Gong Gong's errands. Plus, it seems like Gong Gong's friends are making fun of her! But just when May can't take any more, Gong Gong surprises her with a gift that reveals...
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Series
Juana and Lucas volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A spunky young girl from Colombia loves playing with her canine best friend and resists boring school activities, especially learning English, until her family tells her that a special trip is planned to an English-speaking place.
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Series
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
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"Spunky English girl overcomes impossible odds and outsmarts heathen villains. That's the headline when Zoe Lexham returns to England. After twelve years in the exotic east, she's shockingly adept in the sensual arts. She knows everything a young lady shouldn't and nothing she ought to know. She's a walking scandal, with no hope of a future-- unless someone can civilize her. Lucien de Grey, the Duke of Marchmont, is no knight in shining armor. He's...
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2020.
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English
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"A charming, witty, and deliciously spooky mystery, inspired by the work of Agatha Christie, following a bored socialite who becomes Cracow's most cunning amateur sleuth"--
Cracow, 1893. Zofia Turbotyńska--professor's wife and socialite--is bored at home, with little to do but plan a charity auction sponsored by the wealthy residents of a local nursing home and the nuns who work there. But when one of those residents is found dead, Zofia finds a...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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An illustrated collection of fourteen short stories featuring "dragons and wizards, councilors and mayors, an adventurous tortoise and a monster in a lake, along with plenty of pointy hats and a few magic spells" written when the author was a teenaged newspaper reporter.
9) The international living guide to retiring overseas on a budget: how to live well on $25,000 a year
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Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Achieve your dream of retiring abroad while on a budget The International Living Guide to Retiring Overseas on a Budget provides a detailed guide to one of the least-known but most effective retirement strategies in today's chaotic economic environment: retiring abroad. The premise is simple: Enjoy a happier, healthier, more fulfilling retirement than you could possibly afford in the U.S. or Canada by finding the right overseas retirement haven. The...
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English
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"Kidnapped by the Demon King and imprisoned in his castle, Princess Syalis is...bored. Princess Syalis's luxurious lifestyle is wreaking havoc on the Demon Castle's budget. When the Demon King cuts back on expenses so that she is no longer supported in the style to which she is accustomed, the princess must find other strategies to satisfy her extravagant tastes. Then, when the newly hired demon staff arrive for their orientation at the Demon Castle--complete...
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Arachnide
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
Description
"Marie-Renée Lavoie's Autopsy of a Boring Wife tells the hysterically funny and ultimately touching tale of forty-eight-year-old Diane, a woman whose husband leaves her and is having an affair because, he says, she bores him. Diane takes the charge to heart and undertakes an often ribald, highly entertaining journey to restoring trust in herself and others that is at the same time an astute commentary on women and girls, gender differences, and the...
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"A deeply compassionate story of old crimes and their consequences, The Shadow District is the first in a thrilling new series by internationally bestselling author Arnaldur Indridason. THE PAST In wartime Reykjavik, a young woman is found strangled in 'the shadow district', a rough and dangerous area of the city. An Icelandic detective and a member of the American military police are on the trail of a brutal killer. THE PRESENT A 90-year-old man...
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Publisher
Arachnide
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A Boring Wife Settles the Score marks the return of Diane, the raunchy and entertaining heroine of the prize-winning and bestselling Autopsy of a Boring Wife. Despite the end of her marriage, Diane still has plenty of love to give. Determined not to waste her days -- that's just not her style -- she finds a job in a daycare and solace in cocktails with her best friend, Claudine, who convinces Diane her love life is not over. Diane wants romance and...
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Publisher
North-South
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tired of always changing colors, Chameleon is surprised to discover that other jungle animals are bored with their appearances, and he sets out to make each whatever color and pattern he or she wishes.
19) Badger is bored!
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Publisher
NorthSouth Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When Badger gets up on the wrong side of the bed, he spreads his bad mood to all his friends, but by the end of the day, he finds a way to shed his own moodiness and needs to cheer up everyone else as well.
20) Hip hip hooray!
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Publisher
Clavis Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Abbey is spending the night at Grandma's, but Grandma has gone on a cooking spree, making delicious Surinamese dishes: dahlpuri roti, chicken satay, plantain soup, and kip pastei! As Grandma cooks, Abbey is bored... She quickly devises a plan to throw a surprise party for Grandma and, pretty soon, the house is filled with laughter, music...and great food!"--
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