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Between earth and sky volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 17
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"The first book in this trilogy is inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and woven into a tale of celestial prophecies, political intrigue, and forbidden magic. In the holy city of Tova, the winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world. Meanwhile, a ship launches from a distant...
2) Stolen
Author
Pub. Date
2023
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-- A spellbinding Swedish novel that follows a young indigenous woman as she struggles to defend her family’s reindeer herd and culture amidst xenophobia, climate change, and a devious hunter whose targeted kills are considered mere theft in the eyes of the law. On a winter day north of the Arctic Circle, nine-year-old Elsa—daughter of Sámi reindeer herders—sees a man brutally kill her beloved reindeer calf and threaten her into silence. When...
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Series
Storyteller trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
1997
Description
A historical novel on the Aleut people, who inhabited prehistoric Alaska. The hero is Chakliux, a trader of hunting dogs who becomes embroiled in tribal intrigues, leading to murder and the massacre of dogs. Lots of detail on the Aleut way of life.
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
An avid comic book geek, Wes excels at two things: slacking off and pining after his best friend, Nico. Advice from his friends, ‘90s alt-rock songs, and online dating articles aren't helping much with his secret crush. And his dream job at Once Upon a Page, the local indie bookstore, is threatened when a coffeeshop franchise wants to buy the property. To top it off, his family won't stop pestering him about picking a college major. When all...
Pub. Date
2013
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Kings from across the continent of Westeros vie for the Iron Throne. As winter approaches, the cruel young Joffrey sits upon the Throne in King's Landing, counseled by his conniving mother Cersei and his uncle Tyrion, who has been appointed the new Hand of the King. But the Lannister hold on power is under assault on many fronts, with two Baratheons donning crowns, and Robb Stark fighting as the King in the North.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
On a winter day north of the Arctic Circle, nine-year-old Elsa—daughter of Sámi reindeer herders—sees a man brutally kill her beloved reindeer calf and threaten her into silence. When her father takes her to report the crime, local police tell them that there is nothing they can do about these “stolen” animals. Killings like these are classified as theft in the reports that continue to pile up, uninvestigated. But reindeer are not just the...
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Song of ice and fire volume 2
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 49
Description
"Time is out of joint. The summer of peace and plenty, ten years long, is drawing to a close, and the harsh, chill winter approaches like an angry beast. Two great leaders--Lord Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon--who held sway over an age of enforced peace are dead . . . victims of royal treachery. Now, from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns, as pretenders to the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms...
Pub. Date
2002.
Description
For 90 years "Poetry" has been America's most distinguished magazine of verse. This 90th anniversary anthology may be the most bountiful collection of American poems ever published. It offers a record of poetic achievement as well as some of the vagaries, fads, fashions, and failures of the last 90 years.
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30 days by K Larsen// The 6th Extinction: A Sigma Force novel by James Rollins// Above the Bridge by Deborah Garner// Aijlan: The Silk Revolution (The Lords of Misrule book 1) by Andy Graham// The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel) by Michael Scott// The American Heiress by Dorothy Eden// Ancient Guardians: The Legacy of the Key by S l Morgan// Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak by Maurice Herzog// Armed and...
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30 days by K Larsen// The 6th Extinction: A Sigma Force novel by James Rollins// Above the Bridge by Deborah Garner// Aijlan: The Silk Revolution (The Lords of Misrule book 1) by Andy Graham// The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel) by Michael Scott// The American Heiress by Dorothy Eden// Ancient Guardians: The Legacy of the Key by S l Morgan// Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak by Maurice Herzog// Armed and...