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Author
Series
Critter club volume 18
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Ellie joins a softball team, she quickly realizes that the sport is harder than it looks! Is she meant only for the stage, not the field? And what happens when Ellie goes searching in the woods near the field for a stray ball and finds an injured baby deer?!
62) Unruly
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow Paperbacks, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Nothing's sexier than breaking all the rules.When the daughter of one of the Southern Wolves gets a flat in the middle of a thunderstorm, there's only one thing to do strip down to her underwear and get a little muddy. But when Alamo, the sexy biker shows up to rescue Ellen yet again, things are bound to get a whole lot dirtier.Between the trouble he left behind and club rules, Alamo knows he needs to stay clear of Ellen. He's not looking for a woman...
Author
Series
Critter club volume 5
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Amy so looks forward to meeting her future stepsister, Chloe, that she is not prepared when Chloe first ignores her than is downright mean.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Meet Hudson, a hippo. Fran, an earthworm. And Jean, a lightbulb. They have one thing in common: a profound appreciation for rhinos. So, they form a Secret Rhino Appreciation Society, in which a key activity it wearing paper horns. (Sometimes this results in a fire. That's what happens when a lightbulb wears a paper horn.) But when they meet their first real, live rhino and ask her to do rhino-y things, she doesn't want to charge or snort -- she's...
66) Walk the edge
Author
Series
Thunder road novels (Katie McGarry) volume 2
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Smart. Responsible. That's seventeen-year-old Breanna's role in her large family, and heaven forbid she put a toe out of line -- until one night of shockingly un-Breanna-like behavior puts her into a vicious cyberbully's line of fire and brings fellow senior Thomas "Razor" Turner into her life. Razor lives for the Reign of Terror motorcycle club, and good girls like Breanna just don't belong. But when he learns she's being blackmailed over a compromising...
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club (revised editions) volume 7
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Claudia's sister, Janine, is too busy being smart to be nice to anyone--even their grandmother, Mimi. But Claudia doesn't have to see Janine too much this summer, since the Baby-sitter's Club is starting a new play group. It's going to be so much fun! But then Mimi has a stroke, and the whole summer changes. Now Claudia is 'Mimi-sitting,' and Janine is no help at all. How can the Kishi sisters get along when Janine is always so mean?"-- Provided...
Author
Publisher
Sellers
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Well Read, Well Fed supports the notion that while almost all book groups start out as serious literary endeavors, they inevitably become monthly gatherings that are as much about sharing food, wine, and catching up, as the books that are read. It's a go-to kitchen staple for book group hosts, and a helpful source of lists from classics to cutting-edge contemporaries for book groups to explore. The book includes a year of themed lists, short essays...
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 22
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Jessi copes with pet sitting for the Mancusi family and serious dissension among the members of the Baby-sitters Club.
70) All about Ellie
Author
Series
Critter club volume 2
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When she wins the lead role in a school play, second-grader Ellie neglects her friends in the Critter Club and their new animal shelter.
Author
Series
Critter club volume 15
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Liz is excited for her sleepover at the museum until she hears some spooky noises that may turn this sleepover into a nightmare.
Author
Publisher
Editorial Planeta Mexicana
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
"In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves The Thursday Murder Club. There's Red Ron, the infamous former socialist firebrand, still causing trouble; gentle Joyce, widowed, pining for another resident, but surely not as innocent as she seems; Ibrahim, a former therapist who understands the darker side of human nature; and Elizabeth? Well, no one...
Author
Publisher
Carina Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"April French doesn't do relationships and she never asks for more. A long-standing regular at kink club Frankie's, she's kind of seen it all. As a trans woman, she's used to being the scenic rest stop for others on their way to a happily-ever-after. She knows how desire works, and she keeps hers carefully boxed up to take out on weekends only. After all, you can't be let down if you never ask. Then Dennis Martin walks into Frankie's, fresh from Seattle...
Author
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In the latest novel from Anna Moschovakis, two reading groups, unofficially called Love and Anti-Love, falter amidst political friction and signs of environmental collapse. Participation offers a prescient look at communication in a time of rupture: anonymous participants exchange fantasies and ruminations, and relationships develop and unravel. As the groups consider-or neglect-their syllabi, and connections between members deepen, a mentor disappears,...
Author
Series
Cherry Cola Book Club volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the charming small town of Cherico, Mississippi, the Cherry Cola Book Club meets to discuss classic Southern literature, sample favorite dishes--and share their unique stories. Two wonderful new chapters are unfolding for Maura Beth Mayhew, Cherico's librarian. Thanks to her persistence, a new, cutting-edge library is being built on the shores of beautiful Lake Cherico. And come September, Maura Beth will marry Jeremy McShay at his aunt and uncle's...
Author
Series
Cupcake diaries volume 18
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Mia hears about someone at school starting a fashion club, and wonders if she can manage being in two clubs at the same time.
78) Vicious cycle
Author
Series
Vicious cycle novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Katie Ashley revs up the danger and sexual tension in her brand-new Vicious Cycle romance series. Deacon Malloy's life is dedicated to the Hell's Raiders motorcycle club. Tough, hard, and fast with his fists, he serves the group as sergeant at arms. But his devil-may-care approach to life is thrown for a loop when the five-year-old daughter he never knew existed lands on the club steps. Alexandra Evans is devoted...
79) Love grudge
Author
Series
Publisher
Carina Press
Pub. Date
[2023].
Language
English
Description
"Romeo. I was born to rule the Devils MC. Every decision, every move I made was to further that goal--until I met Julianna. Falling in love with the granddaughter of the man who ripped our club apart was not in the cards, especially not now, when it's finally time for me to take over as president. Duty to the MC comes first, but that battle cry feels empty when it means giving up the woman I love. Julianna. My greatest sin was being born a woman....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
It's a book club born as a spur-of-the-moment alibi when its members are discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island. Juliet Ashton, a London writer, converses in letters with the Society's members, learning about their lives, their island, their taste in books, and the impact that the recent German occupation has had on all of them. Captivated by their stories, she sets sail to meet these people with whom she has found connection....
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