Sarah Steele
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English
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An attempt to live wholeheartedly within her Christian community led Sarah Steele into the trap of people-pleasing. What started as selfless giving escalated into a life-sucking addiction...until she was confronted with her own humanity as she faced a need that she could not fill and was forced to speak her first no. When her newly-set boundary was received with bitterness and resentment, the essence of Sarah's identity began to crumble, plunging...
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Buzzfeed calls Speech & Debate the "Greatest Teen Movie of the Year." Frustrated by the hypocrisy they see in their parents, teachers, and the entire school board, three unlikely teenagers form a friendship as they revive a defunct school club and set out to find a common truth and take on the world. Blogging, blackmail and Broadway belting drive the trio's bond in this wickedly funny comedy.
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English
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What's the happiest kid supposed to do when she wakes up not feeling happy? A reassuring picture book debut about recognizing sadness and talking about big feelings.
Sally is usually the happiest kid. She wakes up every morning with a bright sun shining over her bed, and she knows it's going to be a good day. But one day she wakes up feeling different and there's a gloomy cloud hanging over her instead. She doesn't know why it's there, but she doesn't...
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Atria Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"From the "hilarious, heartbreaking, and insightful" (The Miami Herald) bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes a sweeping, modern day fairy tale about first romance and lasting love. When the love you love is the one who got away... Rachel Blum and Andy Landis are just eight years old when they meet late one night in an ER waiting room. Born with a congenital heart defect, Rachel is a veteran of hospitals, and she's intrigued by the boy who shows...
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English
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June Bloom is twenty-nine, broke, and an aspiring comedy writer.
Hugo Best is a beloved late-night TV icon and notorious womanizer who invites her to his mansion for Memorial Day Weekend.
This is the story of their four days together.
June Bloom is a smart, funny, and clear-eyed writers' assistant on the late-night comedy show, Stay Up with Hugo Best. Hugo Best is in his sixties, a beloved icon of TV and humor, and a notorious womanizer. After...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Four high school seniors put their hopes, hearts, and humanity on the line as an asteroid hurtles toward Earth in this contemporary novel.They always say that high school is the best time of your life.Peter, the star basketball player at his school, is worried "they" might actually be right. Meanwhile Eliza cant wait to escape Seattle-and her reputation-and perfect-on-paper Anita wonders if admission to Princeton is worth the price of abandoning her...
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English
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17-year-old Eli (Spencer Daniels, Star Trek) has just moved with his family deep into the backwoods of Kentucky to work on the isolated farm of a local recluse (Brad Dourif, Halloween I & II). Inexplicably drawn into the strange forest that lies beyond the farm, Eli encounters the beautiful, sweet and mysterious Amanda (Alexia Fast, Jack Reacher) - seemingly the perfect girl. But with the discovery of decaying bodies hanging from the trees, he realizes...
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English
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"From one of the most popular and bestselling authors of our time, a penetrating and hilarious new novel about sex, love, and identity on the frontlines of America's culture wars. Eve Fletcher is trying to figure out what comes next. A forty-six-year-old divorcee whose beloved only child has just left for college, Eve is struggling to adjust to her empty nest when one night her phone lights up with a text message. Sent from an anonymous number, the...
10) The To Do List
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English
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Valedictorian, Brandy wants to get "educated" before college, so she assembles a list of all the sexual activities she missed out on. Quickly realizing that she's way out of her league, Brandy solicits her sister and burn-out boss for their help.