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Book cover for "Don't touch this book!".
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Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date:
[2016]
Lexile measure:
AD: Adult Directed 350L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
A reluctant monster allows the reader to play with his book.
Book cover for "This book is full of spiders".
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English
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5 stars
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"Originally released as an online serial where it received more than 70,000 downloads, John Dies at the End has been described as a "Horrortacular", an epic of "spectacular" horror that combines the laugh out loud humor of the best R-rated comedy, with the darkest terror of H.P. Lovecraft. The book went on to sell an additional 60,000 copies in all formats. As the sequel opens, we find our heroes, David and John, again embroiled in a series of horrifying...
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Publisher:
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date:
[2008]
Language:
English
Book cover for "Small great things".
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Lexile measure:
HL: High-Low 800L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
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When her reluctance to treat the newborn of a white supremacist couple results in the child's death, a black nurse is placed on trial and is aided by a white public defender who urges her not to bring up race in the courtroom. "A woman and her husband admitted to a hospital to have a baby requests that their nurse be reassigned - they are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is black, to touch their baby. The hospital complies, but the baby...
Book cover for "Shatter me".
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Series:
Shatter me volume 1
Lexile measure:
HL: High-Low 650L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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"No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal, but The Reestablishment has plans for her. Plans to use her as a weapon. But Juliette has plans of her own. After a lifetime without freedom, she's finally discovering a strength to fight back for the very first time -- and to find a future with the one boy she thought she'd lost forever." --
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Lexile measure:
AD: Adult Directed 520L
Language:
English
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When his friends are less than impressed by the crayon portraits he draws of them, Pete the cat begins doubting his artistic abilities before reconnecting with his unfailingly creative, groovy spirit and the realization that there are no mistakes in art.
Book cover for "The Briar Club".
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4.4 stars
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"The New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye and The Rose Code returns with a haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse during the McCarthy era"--
Book cover for "This is why we lied".
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English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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"For GBI investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton, McAlpine Lodge seems like the ideal getaway to celebrate their honeymoon. Set on a gorgeous, off-the-grid mountaintop property, it's the perfect place to unplug and reconnect. Until a bone-chilling scream cuts through the night. Mercy McAlpine, the manager of the Lodge, is dead. With a vicious storm raging and the one access road to the property washed out, the murderer must be someone...
Book cover for "The wind in the willows".
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Lexile measure:
1140L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3.3 stars
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When the Mole leaves his spring-cleaning and heads into the open air, he embarks on a series of exhilarating adventures with his friends: the laid-back Ratty, the gruff yet kindly Badger and the self-satisfied, irrepressible Mr. Toad. The implusive Toad leads the friends from one escapade to the next, from upturned gypsy caravans to stolen motorcars, a daring prison escape and, finally, to a heroic confrontation with the sinister inhabitants of the...
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Lexile measure:
790L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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When Digory and Polly try to return the wicked witch Jadis to her own world, the magic gets mixed up and they all land in Narnia where they witness Aslan blessing the animals with human speech.

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English
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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"Engaging, surprising, provocative and thoroughly intelligent book, an intimate domestic drama that nonetheless deals with big issues touching us all: religion, race, class, politics and, above all else, family." -- Washington Post From New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett comes an engrossing story of one family on one fateful night in Boston where secrets are unlocked and new bonds are formed. Since their mother's death, Tip and Teddy Doyle...
Book cover for "Walk two moons".
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Lexile measure:
770L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left. As Sal entertains her grandparents with Phoebe's outrageous story, her own story begins to unfold, the story of a thirteen-year-old girl whose only wish is to be reunited with her missing mother. Here the author weaves together two tales,...
Book cover for "Diary of a Wimpy Kid".
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English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Boys don't keep diaries-or do they? The launch of an exciting and innovatively illustrated new series narrated by an unforgettable kid every family can relate to. It's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you're ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records...
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English
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4.2 stars
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Lillian and Madison were unlikely, yet inseparable friends at their boarding school. Then Lillian had to leave the school unexpectedly in the wake of a scandal, and they have barely spoken since. Years later, Lillian gets a letter from Madison pleading for her help. Madison's twin stepkids are moving in, and she wants Lillian to be their caretaker. However, there's a catch: the twins spontaneously combust when they get agitated. Lillian is convinced...
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"After a series of terrible dates, Marni McGuire, the host of a popular TV cooking show, forms an unbreakable bond with her best friend Ellen as well as a young intern on the show and her pregnant daughter Bella as they navigate the challenges and celebrate the joys of life"--
Book cover for "Sh*t my dad says".
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English
Average Rating:
4 stars
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Tuesdays with Morrie meets F My Life in this hilarious coming-of-age book about a son's relationship with his foul-mouthed father by the 29-year-old comedy writer who created the massively popular Twitter feed of the same name.
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Publisher:
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date:
[2024]
Language:
English
Description:
A touch-and-feel board book starring the New York Times #1 bestselling Little Blue Truck! Soft and wooly, shiny and smooththis Little Blue Truck book for the youngest fan provides fun and sensory exploration, while gently sharing that we don't have to be the same to be the best of ourselves-and the best of friends. The touch-and-feel for Little Blue's youngest fans features touchable elements for little fingers to explore in a large, sturdy board...
Book cover for "Prairie lotus".
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Lexile measure:
730L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
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In Dakota Territory in the 1880s, half-Chinese Hanna and her white father face racism and resistance to change as they try to make a home for themselves. Includes author's note.
Book cover for "Don't touch that flower".
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Pub. Date:
2023
Lexile measure:
AD: Adult Directed 480L
Language:
English
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Squirrel is apprehensive about the arrival of Spring until he spots a wildflower and tries to claim it as his own, not understanding his overbearing protectiveness is doing more harm than good. Includes information on flowers.
Book cover for "Inside out and back again".
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Lexile measure:
800L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Vietnam-born author Thanhha Lai bursts onto the literary scene with Inside Out and Back Again--her National Book Award-winning debut. Written in rich, free-verse poems, this moving tale follows a young Vietnamese girl as she leaves her war-torn homeland for America in 1975. With Saigon about to fall to the communists, 10-year-old Ha, her mother, and brothers are forced to flee their beloved city and head to the United States. But living in a new country...