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1) Tar baby
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Series
Description
On a tropical island paradise, six people interact with each other in all the tender or hateful ways that human beings are capable of. Rich and poor, black and white, young and old, male and female, each has something to teach the others -- and each has something to learn
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
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Description
Following his doctor's instructions, engaging simpleton Charlie Gordon tells his own story in semi-literate "progris riports." He dimly wants to better himself, but with an IQ of 68 can't even beat the laboratory mouse Algernon at maze-solving. Algernon is extra-clever thanks to an experimental brain operation so far tried only on animals. Charlie eagerly volunteers as the first human subject. After frustrating delays and agonies of concentration,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Description
The visit of the traveling Preacher Man to his small North Carolina town gives new impetus to thirteen-year-old Peter's struggle to reconcile his own deeply felt religious belief with the beliefs and non-beliefs of his family and friends.
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Series
Tales of magic volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
James, Laura, and Deborah along with their friends Kip, Lydia, and Gordy relate their experiences when the unpredictable old wishing well in the backyard continues to involve them in a variety of magical adventures.
8) Ironman
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Description
While training for a triathlon, seventeen-year-old Bo attends an anger management group at school which leads him to examine his relationship with his father.
9) The runner
Author
Series
Tillerman family volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Description
As a dedicated runner, a teenage boy has always managed to distance himself from other people until the experience of coaching one of his teammates on the track team gradually helps him see the value of giving and receiving.
15) If winter comes
Author
Pub. Date
c1986
Description
As an escalating world crisis makes the threat of nuclear warfare imminent, teenage Meredith and her boyfriend Barry draw closer to each other and to other people important to them during what could be the last weekend of their lives.
16) Get the phone!
Author
Pub. Date
c1983
Description
Provides instructions on how to handle phone conversations, including making and answering calls, dealing with wrong numbers, and taking messages.
17) Tongue fu!
Author
Pub. Date
1997
Description
Outlines a method of spoken self-defense known as Tongue Fu, describing harmonious strategies people can use to avoid and deal with verbal attacks.