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Book cover for "The elephant girl".
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English
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"James Patterson and award-winning Zambian writer Ellen Banda-Aaku deliver an unforgettable survival story of a Maasai girl who faces down poachers to find a future among the elephants. Clever, sensitive Jama likes elephants better than people. While herclassmates gossip - especially about the new boy, Leku - Jama takes refuge at the watering hole outside her village. There the twelve-year-old Maasai girl befriends a baby elephant she names Mbegu,...
Book cover for "The girl who stole an elephant".
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Lexile measure:
630L
Language:
English
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When Chaya steals first the queen's jewels, then the king's prized elephant, her prison escape leads her and her friends on an adventure through the jungle.
Book cover for "The girl and the elephant".
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Publisher:
Tricycle Press
Pub. Date:
2004
Language:
English
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A girl becomes good friends with the elephant she visits at the zoo, and when he returns to Africa, she wonders if she will ever see him again.
Book cover for "The elephant's girl".
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Publisher:
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date:
©2020
Lexile measure:
800L
Language:
English
Description:
Twelve-year-old Lexington, a foundling raised in a zoo, spends a summer cementing friendships, growing closer to the elephant that saved her life, and learning about her family and herself.
Book cover for "Just so stories".
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Lexile measure:
1190L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
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In this collection of fables, enjoy delightful tales of whales and cats and kangaroos and crabs. Venture into the High and Far-Off Times, and uncover everything from how the camel got in a humph (and got his hump!) to how the alphabet was invented. Enchanting and very funny, these fantastical stories will take you on a journey to the boundaries of reality and beyond.
Book cover for "Goldilocks and the three dinosaurs".
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Lexile measure:
AD: Adult Directed 800L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Presents the wacky story of three dinosaurs, including a visitor from Norway, who insist that they have not tidied up their home and prepared yummy pudding to trap a tasty little girl.
Book cover for "Island of the Blue Dolphins".
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Lexile measure:
1000L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.
Book cover for "Fly Guy meets Fly Girl!".
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Lexile measure:
310L
Language:
English
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When Fly Guy meets Fly Girl, he is amazed and smitten.
Book cover for "In my heart".
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Pub. Date:
2014
Lexile measure:
AD: Adult Directed 450L
Language:
English
Description:
A young girl explores what different emotions feel like, such as happiness which makes her want to twirl, or sadness which feels as heavy as an elephant.
Book cover for "Blood money".
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Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
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"Thomas Perry just keeps getting better," said Tony Hillerman, about Sleeping Dogs—and in this superb new novel by one of America's best thriller writers, Jane Whitefield takes on the mafia, and its money.
Jane Whitefield, the fearless "guide" who helps people in trouble disappear, make victims vanish,has just begun her quiet new life as Mrs. Carey McKinnon, when she is called upon again, to face her toughest opponents yet.  Jane...
Book cover for "Marta! big & small".
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Publisher:
Roaring Brook Press
Lexile measure:
380L
Language:
English
Description:
In this story that incorporates Spanish words, Marta explores the world of opposites and animals.
Book cover for "Under the lilacs".
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Language:
English
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Relates the adventures of Ben Brown, his performing poodle Sancho, and the two young girls who feed and care for them after the boy and dog run away from the circus.
Book cover for "Monster trucks!".
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Lexile measure:
480L
Language:
English
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Its tires are over five feet tall. It is as heavy as an elephant. And it can jump, race, and crush like a monster! It’s a monster truck! Whether racing over ramps, plowing through mud, or crushing cars, monster trucks are the biggest and baddest trucks out there! The bestselling and award-winning team that brought you Choppers! and Motorcycles!, author Susan E. Goodman and photographer Michael J. Doolittle, show readers how these beasts came to...
Book cover for "Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet".
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Lexile measure:
850L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3.5 stars
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When artifacts from Japanese families sent to internment camps during World War II are uncovered during renovations at a Seattle hotel, Henry Lee embarks on a quest that leads to memories of growing up Chinese in a city rife with anti-Japanese sentiment.
Book cover for "The orphan's tale".
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Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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Sixteen-year-old Noa has been cast out in disgrace after becoming pregnant by a Nazi soldier and being forced to give up her baby. She lives above a small rail station, which she cleans in order to earn her keep… When Noa discovers a boxcar containing dozens of Jewish infants bound for a concentration camp, she is reminded of the child that was taken from her. And in a moment that will change the course of her life, she snatches one of the babies...
Book cover for "Tess of the D'Urbervilles".
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Lexile measure:
1110L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3.5 stars
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"Hardy's penultimate work, Tess of the D'Urbervilles is arguably the greatest tragedy of all Victorian literature. It tells the story of Tess, an impoverished woman whose past relations and miscarriage cause her to be rejected by her husband on their wedding night. Touching upon the themes of class, religion, gender, and sexuality, the novel was highly controversial for its time and is held in high esteem by literary scholars to this day."--Publisher...
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Lexile measure:
560L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
A thirteen-year-old boy's life revolves around hiding his obsessive compulsive disorder until a girl at school, who is unkindly nicknamed Psycho Sara, notices him for the first time and he gets a mysterious note that changes everything
Book cover for "Bink and Gollie".
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Lexile measure:
510L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Two roller-skating best friends--one tiny, one tall--share three comical adventures involving outrageously bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion.
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Publisher:
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
Description:
"A little girl goes on a long journey to deliver an elephant to her great aunt"--
Book cover for "The circus train".
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Publisher:
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date:
©2022
Language:
English
Description:
"Water for Elephants meets The Night Circus in this World War II debut about a magnificent travelling circus, a star-crossed romance, and one girl's coming-of-age during the darkest of times"--