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1. Luce
Publisher:
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date:
[2019]
Language:
English
Description:
"Garnering recognition for his stellar athletic abilities and intellectual accomplishments 'Luce' follows the titular characters struggle of maintaining his integrity while dealing with the circumstances of his background. Adopted from a war-torn country just ten years prior, Luce becomes the very essence of what many consider to be the American Dream. However, all changes when his teacher encounters a shocking revelation upon examining the contents...
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Lexile measure:
920L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
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Flavia's discovery of an old Gypsy woman who's been attacked in her wagon sends the girl off on an investigation that will reveal more of Buckshaw's secrets as well as new information about Harriet, the mother Flavia never knew.
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Series:
Flavia de Luce mystery volume 2
Lexile measure:
950L
Language:
English
Description:
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Flavia is incisive, cutting and hilarious . . . one of the most remarkable creations in recent literature.” —USA Today
Flavia de Luce, a dangerously smart eleven-year-old with a passion for chemistry and a genius for solving murders, thinks that her days of crime-solving in the bucolic English hamlet of Bishop’s Lacey are over—until beloved puppeteer Rupert Porson has his own...
Flavia de Luce, a dangerously smart eleven-year-old with a passion for chemistry and a genius for solving murders, thinks that her days of crime-solving in the bucolic English hamlet of Bishop’s Lacey are over—until beloved puppeteer Rupert Porson has his own...
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Lexile measure:
930L
Language:
English
Description:
"On a spring morning in 1951, eleven-year-old chemist and aspiring detective Flavia de Luce gathers with her family at the railway station, awaiting the return of her long-lost mother, Harriet. Yet upon the train's arrival in the English village of Bishop's Lacey, Flavia is approached by a tall stranger who whispers a cryptic message into her ear. Moments later, he is dead, mysteriously pushed under the train by someone in the crowd. Who was this...
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Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
Description:
"Combining on-the-ground reporting with intelligent synthesis of the vast literature already available, Luce offers a detailed projection of the consequences of the Trump administration and a forward-thinking analysis of what those who believe in enlightenment values must do to defend them from the multiple onslaughts they face in the coming years."--
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Lexile measure:
930L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
It's Christmastime, and Flavia de Luce, an eleven-year-old sleuth with a passion for chemistry, is tucked away in her laboratory, whipping up a concoction to ensnare Saint Nick. But she is soon distracted when a film crew arrives at Buckshaw, the de Luces' decaying English estate, to shoot a movie starring the famed Phyllis Wyvern. Amid a raging blizzard, the entire village of Bishop's Lacey gathers at Buckshaw to watch Wyvern perform, yet nobody...
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Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
When the tomb of St. Tancred is opened at a village church in Bishop's Lacey, its shocking contents lead to another case for Flavia de Luce, where greed, pride and murder result in old secrets coming to light, along with a forgotten flower that hasn't been seen for half a thousand years.
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Publisher:
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date:
2011
Lexile measure:
220L
Language:
English
Description:
Beginning readers will enjoy this charming story about Luce and a horse named Duke. The colorful images, fresh text, and familiar and challenging vocabulary feature long U sounds that allow readers to practice early reading and phonemic skills while being fully engaged from cover to cover!
10. Luce D'apollo
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SAGA Egmont
Language:
Italian
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Theola farebbe di tutto per lasciare l'Inghilterra, ma la fuga si sta rivelando pi torbida e pericolosa della prigione da cui è scappata. Per tutta la sua vita non è stata altro che una Cenerentola tirata a lucido, la povera cuginetta al servizio della bella ed elegante Lady Catherine Bourne. Ora Lady Catherine ha lasciato l'Inghilterra per sposare il re di Kavonia, dall'altra parte dell'Adriatico: Theola è stata incaricata di accompagnarla in...
11. Lucero
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Series:
Forgery of Magic volume 3
Language:
English
Description:
The thrilling finale to the #1 Sunday Times and Los Angeles Times bestselling Nocturnatrilogy-a sweeping and epic Dominican-inspired fantasy about a face-changing thief and a risk-taking prince who must save their kingdom in the final battle between good and evil magic. Perfect for fans of Tomi Adeyemi, Sabaa Tahir, and Roseanne A. Brown. In the aftermath of Sombra's return, the balance between light and dark magic has been destroyed and chaos has...
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Pub. Date:
2015
Lexile measure:
870L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
"Flavia rules! In this New York Times bestselling series of enchanting mysteries, youthful chemist and aspiring detective Flavia de Luce once again brings her knowledge of poisons and her indefatigable spirit to solve dastardly crimes -- but this time, she leaves behind her beloved English countryside, and takes her sleuthing prowess to the unexpectedly unsavory world of Canadian boarding schools!"--
18. Lucero
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Spanish
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"Una cervatilla se adentra en el mundo por primera vez con pasos inciertos. Respira profundo y experimenta nuevas visiones y sonidos mientras una dulce voz la anima a lo largo del camino. Ella observa y escucha, a medida que explora el paisaje lleno de vida de la frontera, y aprende a hacerse oír cuando se enfrenta a una barrera al parecer infranqueable."-- Provided by publisher.
"A nurturing voice reassures the lonely and afraid in difficult times"--...
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“I hope I shall have ambition until the day I die,” Clare Boothe Luce told her biographer Sylvia Jukes Morris. Price of Fame, the concluding volume of the life of an exceptionally brilliant polymath, chronicles Luce’s progress from her arrival on Capitol Hill through her career as a diplomat, prolific journalist, and magnetic public speaker, as well as a playwright, screenwriter, pioneer scuba diver, early experimenter in...
20. Luce Dal Cuore
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Publisher:
SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
Italian
Description:
Sin da bambine, Sacha Waverley e sua cugina Deirdre sono sempre state così simili tra loro da risultare a dir poco identiche. Tuttavia, mentre Deirdre è diventata una ricca lady, a Sacha non è rimasto niente del piccolo patrimonio di famiglia. Così, quando la sua sosia la implora di prendere il suo posto per un breve periodo, Sacha capisce di non avere molte alternative: dopotutto è la sua unica possibilità di indossare di nuovo abiti eleganti...