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1. All fours
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English
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3 stars
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"A semifamous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country, from LA to New York. Twenty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, beds down in a nondescript motel, and immerses herself in a temporary reinvention that turns out to be the start of an entirely different journey. Miranda July’s second novel confirms the brilliance of her unique approach to fiction. With July’s wry voice, perfect...
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All Four Stars volume 1
Lexile measure:
950L
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English
Average Rating:
4 stars
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Eleven-year-old Gladys Gatsby loves food and cooking, so when she lands an assignment to write a restaurant review for a New York City newspaper, she will do anything to make it happen, even risk the wrath of her fast-food loving parents.
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Susan Jean Ricci
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
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Being raised in a dysfunctional family with a special needs sibling and an abusive dad either makes or breaks the human spirit - especially decades ago, when there was no social intervention on behalf of minors, or active support for the parents. Denise didn't just endure these hardships - she prospered and became the advocate her special needs brother relied on to survive. Years later, she still runs beside him as his guardian. This gripping, emotional...
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Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date:
2015
Lexile measure:
880L
Language:
English
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“A scrumptious gem of a story!”—Jennifer A. Nielsen, New York Times bestselling author of The False Prince for All Four Stars
In this charming sequel to All Four Stars, eleven-year-old foodie Gladys Gatsby now has her first published review under her belt and is looking forward to a quiet summer of cooking and reviewing. But her plans quickly go awry when her friend...
In this charming sequel to All Four Stars, eleven-year-old foodie Gladys Gatsby now has her first published review under her belt and is looking forward to a quiet summer of cooking and reviewing. But her plans quickly go awry when her friend...
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English
Average Rating:
3 stars
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Anthony Doerr, the Pulitzer Prize¬-¬winning author of All the Light We Cannot See, reads his 2007 memoir, Four Seasons in Rome-available on audio for the very first time! On the day Tony Doerr and his wife returned from the hospital with their newborn twins, he received a letter from the Academy of Arts and Letters informing him that he had won the prestigious Rome Prize, which provides a stipend, an apartment, and a writing studio at the beautiful...
9. Four in all
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Front Street
Pub. Date:
2001
Language:
English
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Illustrations are accompanied by rhyming lists of things that come in fours, such as "eyes, ears, nose, mouth" and "east, west, north, south."
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English
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The dramatic fall of Blackberry and the stunning rise of What'sApp; the almost overnight emergence of "Single's Day" (Nov. 11), a contrived holiday in China, as the biggest online shopping day in the world, and the similarly from-out-of-nowhere rise of the U.S. as the world's newest petro-power: Are there common threads running through these big, important, stories? Yes. Ours is an era of near constant discontinuity. Today and even more so in the...
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Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date:
2008
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English
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Bill Martin Jr and Eric Carle's classic Bear books have been a hit with children for many generations, and have sold more than eleven million copies. This wonderful compilation CD brings together the beloved first three Bear books—Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?; Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?; and Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?—and includes the newest addition, Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? The
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date:
2022
Lexile measure:
860L
Language:
English
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Eleven-year-old Peijing and her family are adapting to their new life in Australia, but when cracks in her family life start to appear, she must find a way to cope with the uncertainties of her own little world and figure out where she fits in.
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BookBaby
Pub. Date:
2012
Language:
English
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The Blaise has been a successful rock band for over five years, with Nazareth Blaise on the drums. They are about to play a tribute concert to raise money for a Princess in a country in Europe. Little do they know that the concert for the princess's charity will lead to the band's demise. As the mystery the princess brings with her unfolds on and off stage into chaos, each band member's vulnerabilities become apparent. The bass player, Hunter, is...
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Gallery Books
Pub. Date:
2012
Language:
English
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"From the award-winning author of the controversial international bestseller The Jewel of Medina, a historical novel that chronicles the lives of four sisters, all daughters of Beatrice of Provence--all of whom became queens in medieval Europe. When Beatrice of Savoy, countess of Provence, sends her four beautiful, accomplished daughters to become queens, she admonishes them: Family comes first. As a result, the daughters--Marguerite, queen of France;...
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Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
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Fun in every season! In winter, Tex and Indi build a snowman. In autumn, they try to put the leaves back on the trees. In summer, Tex and Indi go to the beach and build a sandcastles. At the end of spring, Tex and Indi's class make memory books. Stories by Lissa Rovetch.
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PBS Distribution
Pub. Date:
[2024]
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
It's Spring 1940 and with Europe at war, the community in Darrowby are pulling together more than ever before. With Tristan away serving, Siegfried and James bring in some extra hands to help around the practice: highly efficient bookkeeper Miss Harbottle, and student vet Richard Carmody.