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Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"The scent of the town engulfs Parker in its perfume the moment she enters the gates. So much so that she nearly forgets all about the life that she left behind and the best friend she abandoned. Coronation is a place where she and her parents can have a new start. And as soon as Parker gets there, its peacefulness puts her at ease. Everyone is nice. The tennis team immediately accepts her. Even the boys are easy to talk to. The only thing that she...
Author
Language
English
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Description
For fans of books like THE READERS OF BROKEN WHEEL RECOMMEND, a feel-good story of going home again to get things right. Crocker County crowns a new Corn Queen every year, but Jane Willow's the one you would remember. She can't forget Iowa, either. Even though she fled to LA to become a film critic years ago, home was always there behind her. But when a family tragedy happens, she's forced to drive back to Crocker County. The rolling farmlands can't...
23) To catch a thief
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Eleven-year-old Amelia thinks of herself as devoid of talent, but when the dragonfly staff goes missing seven days before the Dragonfly Day Festical, she takes it upon herself to catch the thief and save her town.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"It's fall, and it's time to go to a harvest festival! Learn about harvests, see the food and treats, and have some fun celebrating too. Through playful text and beautiful images, kids will experience what it's like to go to a harvest festival"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Language
English
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Description
"Artist Celeste Cabot welcomes the chance to show her paintings at a craft fair in her hometown of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, where she and her Chihuahua, Van Gogh, can park her vintage Shasta trailer and sell her creations, too. Unfortunately, her sales take a hit when a customer returns a painting, claiming it's haunted. When a fellow vendor discovers images hidden in Celeste's artwork--and a ghost pays her a late-night visit--she's shocked to realize...
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Language
English
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"In this hard-rocking, spine-tingling supernatural thriller, the washed-up guitarist of a '90s heavy metal band embarks on an epic road-trip across America and deep into the web of a sinister conspiracy. Grady Hendrix, horror writer and author of Paperbacks from Hell and My Best Friend's Exorcism, is back with his most electrifying novel yet. In the 1990s, heavy metal band Dürt Würk was poised for breakout success--but then lead singer Terry Hunt...
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The annual Corn Maze Festival is coming and everyday the chickens, cows, and Duck help Farmer Brown--with a few bribes--to create a special Statue of Liberty corn maze, and every night Duck works hard recreating his own surprise.
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Daphne and her brother Sam attend the Heebie-Jeebie Jamboree which is held for one night only on Halloween, as they view warlocks riding brooms, visit the fun crypt, participate in a goblin pie contest, and see the Rolling Bones.
Author
Series
Heidi Heckelbeck volume 12
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Heidi is excited about Brewster's fall festival, but she catches a cold and her magic may not be enough to make her well in time .
32) A wicked yarn
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When she gets tangled up in the murder of her best friend Belinda's ex-husband, knitting enthusiast Lia Geiger must unravel the clues to prove Belinda's innocence, with the help of the Ninth Street Knitters.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Crooks Barry and Larry want to get rich fast. So when they find out two rookie cops are driving a priceless golden egg to a museum, they hatch a plan to steal it." --Back cover.
34) Surprise moon
Author
Publisher
Bebop Books
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Nick invites his friends to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival with him and his family. This festival is set aside to honor children and celebrate their role in the family. Includes brief description of this festival.
35) Grass types
Series
Publisher
Pikachu Press, The Pokémon Company International
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Pikachu is excited that a music festival is about to start! There's just one problem--the big field is empty, and Pikachu knows that its Grass-type Pokémon friends would make a great audience. Come along as Pikachu invites Grass-type Pokémon to enjoy the music festival! Will they be able to fill the audience?"--
Author
Language
English
Description
Halloween is coming to Tinker{u2019}s Cove, Maine, and local reporter Lucy Stone is covering the town{u2019}s annual Giant Pumpkin Fest for the Pennysaver. There{u2019}s the pumpkin-boat regatta, the children{u2019}s Halloween party, the pumpkin weigh-in{u2026}even a contest where home-built catapults hurl pumpkins at an old Dodge! But not everything goes quite as planned.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Wedding planner Sarah doesn't believe in love. However, she agrees to organize two weddings on the same day. Luckily, Sarah is aided by two best friends. As the big day draws near, the three women certainly haven't got time to even think about love--or ...
Author
Series
Witch City mysteries volume 4
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From Galway, Ireland to Salem, Massachusetts, all the way up to the North Pole, a trio of Halloween mysteries from USA Today bestselling author Carlene O'Connor, Liz Ireland, and Carol J. Perry prove that the spookiest season knows no international borders -- and neither do cupcakes!"--‡cProvided by publisher
Author
Publisher
Nórdica Libros S. L
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"Con descripciones deliberadamente vagas y vívidas, el narrador describe un festival de mediados de verano en la ciudad utópica de Omelas, cuya prosperidad depende de la miseria perpetua de un chico. Quienes se marchan de Omelas fue nominado al Premio Locus al mejor relato corto en 1974 y ganó el Premio Hugo al mejor relato corto en el mismo año."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
When an injury forces her to return home to Fool's Gold, and into the fold of her estranged family, dancer Evie Stryker, who doesn't believe in Christmas miracles, agrees to stage the winter festival and then plans to leave town, but her brother's best friend has other plans for her.
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