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IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Points: 9
Lexile measure:
560L
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English
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Washed ashore as a baby in tiny Tupelo Landing, North Carolina, Mo LoBeau, now eleven, and her best friend Dale turn detective when the amnesiac Colonel, owner of a café and co-parent of Mo with his cook, Miss Lana, seems implicated in a murder.
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Publisher:
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date:
2013
Language:
English
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A whopping big celebration of the work of the late, great Nora Efren, America's funniest-- and most acute-- writer, famous for her brilliant takes on life as we've been living it these last forty years. -- From book jacket.
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Language:
English
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In this inspirational collection, CBS News anchor Couric calls upon leaders and visionaries in the fields of politics, entertainment, sports, philanthropy, the arts, and business--all of whom share heartfelt, humorous, and useful insights about success and fulfillment. Includes contributions by Madeleine Albright, Bill Clinton, Chelsea Handler, Malcolm Gladwell, Steve Martin, and Michael Bloomberg.
Publisher:
HarperVia
Pub. Date:
©2022
Language:
English
Description:
"Introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen-- A unique collection of 44 groundbreaking essays, poems, and artwork by migrants, refugees and Dreamers-including award-winning writers, artists, and activists-that illuminate what it is like living undocumented today. A unique collection of 44 groundbreaking essays, poems, and artwork by migrants, refugees and Dreamers-including award-winning writers, artists, and activists-that illuminate...
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Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
Description:
One of Esquire's 50 Best Biographies of All Time Winner of the 2020 Pacific Northwest Book Award Winner of the 2020 Washington State Book Award Named a 2019 Southwest Book of the Year Shortlisted for the 2019 Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize What happens when an undocumented teen mother takes on the U.S. immigration system? When Aida Hernandez was born in 1987 in Agua Prieta, Mexico, the nearby U.S. border was little more than a worn-down fence....
Publisher:
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date:
[2007]
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Told in a series of flashbacks, this television series is the hilariously unpredictable story of how twenty-something Ted meets his soul mate and says goodbye to the singles world of pick-up lines, one night stands and relationship "deal-breakers." With friends Marshall and Lily's wedding fast approaching, the outrageously inappropriate Barney remains a consummate bachelor, while Ted's romance with Robin heats up-- but is she really the one for him?...
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Publisher:
General Publishing Group
Pub. Date:
1995
Language:
English
Description:
"Since he has said that he will never write his autobiography, Frank Sinatra: An American Legend is the closest we will ever have to his memoirs. Hundreds of family archival photos, documents and personal correspondence--much of it never seen before--along with a complete discography and a comprehensive filmography round out this definitive look at a man the likes of which we will never see again"--
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Publisher:
Welbeck
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Why are Celtic fairies behind our compulsion to knock on wood? How is a Norse myth responsible for our fear of the number 13? And why might an ancient Byzantine war strategy make us wary of spilling salt? A fascinating and mystical tumble through thousands of years of curious traditions, Very Superstitious gets to the root of just why we practice these rituals. From keeping new shoes off the table to nailing a horseshoe above the door, so many of...