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Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), City of Girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love. In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College,...
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Mercy Watson volume 6
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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"Mr. and Mrs. Watson and their porcine wonder, Mercy, are off to the Bijou Drive-In. What will happen when the Lincoln Sisters, Frank, Stella, and a gaggle of familiar characters get the same idea for a night out? With the tempting scent of hot buttered popcorn wafting through the air, everyone's favorite pig leads the way in this hilarious romp featuring movies, mayhem, and Mercy!" -- p. [4] of cover.
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New Americana volume 7
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Kelly Jenkins heads to bucolic Blue Moon, Alabama, believing a new life will heal the two orphaned children in her care. Signing on to revive the drive-in theater seems like a worthy venture, until she discovers the property is in deep disrepair. Still, spurred on by the elderly owner’s plea, Kelly takes on the renovation, beginning with an ancient tree that needs to come down—and unexpectedly bringing on the wrath of her reclusive neighbor ....
7) Sing
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[2017]
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A koala hopes to restore his theater to its former glory by producing a singing competition.
9) The Marvels
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
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In 1766, a boy, Billy Marvel, is shipwrecked, rescued, and goes on to found a brilliant family of actors that flourishes in London until 1900--and nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis, runs away from home, seeking refuge with his uncle in London, and is captivated by the Marvel house, with its portraits and ghostly presences.
10) Someday
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Baxter family series. Sunrise volume 3
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Pressures of the celebrity lifestyle weigh heavily on Dayne and Katy Matthews as they take on separate movie projects. Tabloid rumors talk of trouble and unfaithfulness between the two, but finally something drastic catches Daynes attention and makes him realize the destruction they are playing with. But will it be too late? The Flanigan family recognizes the deep loss of the Christian Kids Theater program, and they lead a final effort to keep the...
11) Bat jamboree
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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On a midsummer's night the Marching Bat Band makes a rare appearance, its members grouped in formations that demonstrate multiplication from two times two up to ten times ten.
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1969. Lakshmi, now married to Dr. Jay Kumar, directs the Healing Garden in Shimla. Malik has finished his private school education, and leaves to apprentice at the Facilities Office of the Jaipur Royal Palace. He finds that not much has changed as he navigates the Pink City of his childhood. Power and money still move seamlessly among the wealthy class, and favors flow from Jaipur's Royal Palace, but only if certain secrets remain buried. When the...
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"The book revolves around Crissy, the star of a beloved Princess Diana tribute show in Las Vegas, and her estranged sister Betsy, a therapist who works with children and adolescents in Vermont. Betsy's boyfriend Frankie works in a mysterious branch of cryptocurrency and, seemingly out of nowhere, proposes that they move to Las Vegas together. Betsy and Crissy must navigate how to go about their newfound physical proximity to one another and their...
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2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 16
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Sixteen-year-old Addie McNeal, transported back to 1917 Seattle on the eve of World War I by a mysterious antique mirror, is drawn to the grand Jewel Theater, which still exists in her own time, and must find a way to manipulate the strands of time to save the theater and her friends from destruction.
19) Drive-in of doom
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Wishbone mysteries volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
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While helping Gladys Glendower fix up the old Moonlight Drive-In, Wishbone and his friends try to discover who is responsible for the series of mysterious fires that threaten to destroy the old theater.