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"When a thunderstorm grounds all flights following a huge Muslim convention, four unlikely kids are thrown together. Feek is stuck babysitting his younger sister, but he’d rather be writing a poem that’s good enough for his dad, a famous poet and rapper. Hanna is intent on finding a lost cat in the airport—and also on avoiding a conversation with her dad about him possibly remarrying. Sami is struggling with his anxiety and worried that he’ll...
2. Grounded
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Pub. Date:
2010
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720L
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English
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After her father, brother, and sister are killed in a plane crash, twelve-year-old Daralynn's life in tiny Digginsville, Missouri, proceeds as her mother turns angry and embittered, her grandmother becomes senile, and her flamboyant aunt continues to runthe Summer Sunset Retirement Home for Distinguished Gentlemen, while being courted by the owner of the town's new crematorium.
3. Grounded
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New York City flight attendant Annie Taylor is grounded. Turbulence in the airline industry leads to her job loss---putting a halt to her weekends in Rome and independent city life. Just when she needs him the most, she loses her boyfriend and her apartment. Annie flees the city for the family farm in Kentucky. Her arrival is met by a shotgun-wielding grandmother, a suspicious stranger moving into the old stone house, and her attractive childhood...
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Tyme volume 1
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680L
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English
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5 stars
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Rapunzel believes she is the luckiest person in Tyme, because Witch tells her so, but when Jack climbs into her tower to steal an enchanted rose, he hints that Witch is not telling the whole truth and Rapunzel, driven by her anger and fear, descends to the ground for the first time.
5. Grounded
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Little Island Books
Pub. Date:
2012
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English
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Declan loves Seaneen, but his ambition to work at a top showjumping yard is stronger than anything he's ever felt before. So when Declan is offered his dream job in Germany, he should be thrilled. There's nothing for him at home but dark history he'd rather forget. But he's terrified: leaving Seaneen's harder than he expected; troubled hood Cian won't leave him alone, and when he finds a traumatized horse in a derelict barn, he knows he has to help...
6. Grounded
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Palmetto Publishing
Pub. Date:
2022
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English
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Jessie Kennard escaped the burden of her troubled past-or so she believes until the death of her beloved father-in-law brings sudden changes. Jessie, her husband Will, and her teenage son Sam, leave the life they established in Columbia, South Carolina and move to the small town of Ridgeville. She struggles against her unwelcomed life path as she assists her mother-in-law in running her in-laws' general store. As Jessie battles for her personal peace,...
7. Grounded
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Escape Publishing
Pub. Date:
2019
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English
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In a world where flight is life, will two grounded people find other ways to fly? When Benedick Sasaki's wings are wounded in the line of duty, the former policeman doesn't know if he has a place in a world where he can no longer fly. Then he meets Clementine Torres, an artist born without wings and a vocal advocate for the flightless who has been subjected to recent hate mail and vandalism ahead of her new exhibition. As Clementine starts to teach...
8. Grounded
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P T Saunders
Pub. Date:
2023
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English
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Just when you thought a story couldn't get any madder, and it's safe to go back into the library P T Saunders comes up with a second book in the series. Basic Training II Grounded, picks up where the first book Basic Training Flying by The Seat of His Pants ended. Having attempted to prove that A young Scallywag, Ben Baxter didn't have it in him to get into the Paras' Our fly decided to follow Ben throughout the gruelling twenty two week training...
9. Grounded
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NineStar Press, LLC
Pub. Date:
2021
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English
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Sophie's coach was fired over the summer but not before he took several parting shots at Sophie's character and dedication to her sport and her team. Her coach's firing, her own injury, and her team's whimpering exit from the playoffs weren't the ideal way to end a season, but Sophie's looking forward to a fresh start. If Sophie is on the ice, everything makes sense. She can navigate a new coach, she can handle a strained relationship with Elsa, and...
10. Grounded
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Carpe Luna Publishing
Pub. Date:
2015
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English
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Faith kept me plain. Science made me complicated. In Hemlock Hollow, life isn't easy, but it is simple. Things in my community haven't changed much in over 300 years, since the time my Amish ancestors came to what is now the Green Republic. I milk my cow by hand, make fresh bread every morning, and hope to be courted by Jeremiah, a boy I've known since childhood. When my father falls ill, the English doctor says a hospital outside the wall can heal...
11. Grounded
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Amulet Books
Pub. Date:
2023
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English
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Four kids meet at an airport for one unforgettable night in this middle-grade novel by four bestselling and award-winning authors When a thunderstorm grounds all flights following a huge Muslim convention, four unlikely kids are thrown together. Feek is stuck babysitting his younger sister, but he'd rather be writing a poem that's good enough for his dad, a famous poet and rapper. Hanna is intent on finding a lost cat in the airport-and also on avoiding...
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The headlines are clear: religion is on the decline in America as many people leave behind traditional religious practices. Diana Butler Bass, leading commentator on religion, politics, and culture, follows up her acclaimed book Christianity After Religion by arguing that what appears to be a decline actually signals a major transformation in how people understand and experience God. The distant God of conventional religion has given way to a more...
13. Grounded
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Limited Run Games
Pub. Date:
[2024]
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English
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"IT'S TIME TO GO BIG, OR NEVER GO HOME! The world is a vast, beautiful, and dangerous place -- especially when you have been shrunken to the size of an ant. Explore, build, and survive together in this cooperative survival-adventure. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?"--Insert.
14. Grounded
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Ecco
Pub. Date:
2020
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English
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An inspiring and eye-opening memoir showing how Democrats can reconnect with rural and red-state voters, from Montana's three-term democratic senator. Senator Jon Tester is a rare voice in Congress. He is the only United States senator who manages a full-time job outside of the Senate - as a farmer. But what has really come to distinguish Tester in the Senate is his commitment to accountability, his ability to stand up to Donald Trump, and his success...
15. Grounded
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Elemental Magic Unleashed volume 1
Publisher:
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
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With electricity coursing through my veins, I am the jolt that could change the world. Elementals are the rarest of all supernatural creatures. Their control over the elements ranks them as the most dangerous beings to ever walk the earth. And I should know. I'm one of them. After spending most of my life locked up, with my elemental ability being exploited as a battery to power the Lycan village, an unlikely ally has set me free. Now, I'm running...
16. Grounded
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Out of the Box volume 4
Publisher:
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
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Sienna Nealon is a member of an endangered species. One of the last remaining people with powers beyond those of a normal human, she has taken it upon herself to police the survivors and keep them in line with human laws. When trouble erupts in Atlanta, Georgia, it looks like it may be just another everyday problem for Sienna. But what starts as a normal mission quickly twists out of control, as Sienna is left questioning exactly who her enemy is-and...
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Grounded volume 1
Pub. Date:
2022
Lexile measure:
720L
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English
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Mal and his friends break out of Hell and find themselves in Salem, Masschusetts, on Halloween night, and in order to return to their dimension, they must capture the escaped soul of one of the architects of the Witch Trials before he permanently upsets the balance of power on Earth.
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Pub. Date:
2023
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English
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From the author of "The Oak Papers" comes a beautiful meditation on how to foster a profound and healing spiritual communion with the natural world, exploring how the sacred can be accessed by looking to the past, to our ancestors and how they tread through their worlds. When James Canton walked into Suffolk's Lindsey Chapel, it was the beginning of what would become a new journey in his life, hours away from the bustling city of London and distant...
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A provocative, personal approach to leadership based on in-depth research with hundreds of executives around the world Confronted by disruptive change and economic turbulence, many of today's leaders find themselves ill-equipped to manage the hazards they now face. They must contend with chronic uncertainty, cynical employees, and personal burnout. Most are poorly served by the prevailing paradigm that obsessively focuses on what we do to produce...