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Ranmaru Kurisu comes from a family of hardy, rough-and-tumble fisherfolk and he sticks out at home like a delicate, artistic sore thumb. It's given him a raging inferiority complex and a permanently pessimistic outlook. Now that he's in college, he's hoping to find a sense of belonging. But after a whole life of being left out, does he even know how to fit in?!
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"It sucks to have big, frizzy hair and a decidedly average body ... when you really want to have model good looks and a cool boyfriend. That's why Lily's on a mission to get beautified, or at least get a red-hot makeover. And the attention of her crush. Now if she could only stop that pesky unwanted visitor from messing with her plans! "--Cover.
623) Team players
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IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
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"A girl with Asperger's joins Cassie's softball team but not everyone on the team welcomes her, creating a rift between Cassie and her teammates"--
625) Ghost town (DVD)
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Bertram Pincus is an irritable dentist whose people skills leave much to be desired. Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts. Even worse, they all want something from him. Frank Herlihy, in particular, pesters him into breaking up the impending marriage of his widow Gwen. Now, Pincus is put squarely in the middle of a triangle with spirited...
626) Sisters
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Smile volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Raina Telgemeier's #1 New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-winning companion to Smile!Raina can't wait to be a big sister. But once Amara is born, things aren't quite how she expected them to be. Amara is cute, but she's also a cranky, grouchy baby, and mostly prefers to play by herself. Their relationship doesn't improve much over the years, but when a baby brother enters the picture and later, something doesn't seem...
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IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 10
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"The monumental bestseller Quiet has been recast in a new edition that empowers introverted kids and teens Susan Cain sparked a worldwide conversation when she published Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking. With her inspiring book, she permanently changed the way we see introverts and the way introverts see themselves. The original book focused on the workplace, and Susan realized that a version for and about kids...
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Bregdan chronicles volume 12
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Follow the continuing struggles and triumphs of Carrie, Moses and Rose, Susan, Thomas and Abby, and Marietta and Jeremy as they work to rebuild their lives as America continues to struggle with post-Civil War realities.
629) Drama
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IL: MG+ - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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From Raina Telgemeier, the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning author of Smile and Sisters!Callie loves theater. And while she would totally try out for her middle school's production of Moon over Mississippi, she can't really sing. Instead she's the set designer for the drama department's stage crew, and this year she's determined to create a set worthy of Broadway on a middle-school budget....
631) Anything but Typical
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IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
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Jason, a twelve-year-old autistic boy who wants to become a writer, relates what his life is like as he tries to make sense of his world.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 12
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It seems Decker is the only person who does not believe that Falcon Lake is under a curse somehow connected to his best friend Delaney, but everything changes when Delaney senses the imminent death of Decker's father and says nothing.
633) Keys to the city
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
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Nearly-thirteen-year-old Melinda Jia Mackay was adopted from China as a baby, and she has always preferred to stay out of the limelight, reading and writing for her own pleasure--but now she has a summer assignment, so with the help of a new friend, Tyler, and a therapy dog named Odie, she reluctantly hits the streets of New York City in search of her "true passion," one which she can share with others.
634) The Longest Storm
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When a strange storm confines a fractured family in tight quarters, leaving them all in the dark, they must find a way to reconnect and face whatever the future brings-together.
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Late 1942 in New York City finds fifteen-year-old Iris helping more with her father's detective business, as long as she follows his rules and learns his techniques, but her investigation into her mother's supposed suicide gets Iris in big trouble--and not just with her father.
636) She Gets the Girl
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"Alex Blackwood is really good at getting the girl she wants, but coming from a broken home with an alcoholic mother she finds committment difficult, even when she thinks she is in love; impossibly awkward Molly Parker has a crush on the cool Cora Myers, but she does not know how to even start a conversation, much less make a connection; now they are all at college in Pittsburgh Alex decides to 'help' Molly get the girl, while proving to her own flame...
637) Noggin
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
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After dying at age sixteen, Travis Coates' head was removed and frozen for five years before being attached to another body, and now the old Travis and the new must find a way to coexist while figuring out changes in his relationships.
638) Out at home: a novel
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Twelve-year-olds Mickey Labriogla and Zach "Zoom" Winslow, rivals on and off the baseball field, must learn to work together as teammates to help the Dulaney Orioles win a regional championship game against Zoom's former team.
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Bregdan chronicles volume 11
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English
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Carrie, Moses and Rose, Marietta and Jeremy, Thomas and Abby, and Janie continue to struggle to rebuild their lives as the nation struggles with post-Civil War realities. "America struggles to become a country for everyone ... Carrie fights to free a friend from an insane asylum, while she also struggles to understand her heart. An unexpected letter takes her life in a direction she never could have dreamed. Moses and Rose make a decision that surprises...
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