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Pub. Date
2016.
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Author John Shaw-Rimmington explains how to build a dry stacked stone wall, coursed walling, bridges, follies and more. He explains the important principles that contribute to the structural integrity of each. He covers all of the essential elements of dry stone building: Design - The foundation - Packing or backfilling within the wall - Slope of a wall face, an "A" profile provides stability - Bridge stones that span the width of the wall - Coping,...
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Stone Barrington novels volume 3
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"In Dead in the Water, Stone has barely arrived in St. Marks, a lovely Caribbean island nation, on a sailing vacation when something very strange happens: a beautiful young woman sails into the harbor, entirely alone on a large yacht. Before long she is under the intense scrutiny of local authorities in the very considerable person of Sir Winston Sutherland, the minister of justice. The problem is, though she arrived alone, she had departed the other...
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Magic tree house. Original series volume 12
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to the Arctic, where a polar bear leads them onto very thin ice.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
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"Till now there's been no magic for Harry Potter. He lives with the miserable Dursleys at number four, Privet Drive. His room is the cupboard under the stairs, and he hasn't had a birthday party in eleven years. But then a mysterious letter arrives by owl messenger: a letter with an invitation to an incredible place called Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. And there he finds not only friends, flying sports on broomsticks, and magic in everything...
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Junie B. Jones series volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Meet the World’s Funniest Kindergartner—Junie B. Jones! Junie B. is the bestest spier in the world. That’s ’cause she has sneaky feet. And her nose doesn’t whistle when she breathes. But guess what? Junie B. might be real sneaky. And real peeky. But when she spies on Mrs., she could get into real trouble!
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Magic tree house. Original series volume 1
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IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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A tree house that travels through time? Not possible, says Jack. But he has to admit--when he and his younger sister, Annie, start running into dinosaurs--that they're not in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, anymore.
Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie find a magic treehouse, which whisks them back to an ancient time zone where they see live dinosaurs.
8) Bombshell
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"Teddy Fay is back in Hollywood and caught in two tricky situations. First, a rising star at Centurion becomes the target of malicious gossip, and Teddy must find and neutralize the source before the situation gets out of hand--or becomes violent. At the same time, Teddy finds himself targeted by a criminal thug bearing a grudge. It's a lot of knives to juggle, even for a former-CIA-operative-turned-movie-producer accustomed to hazardous working conditions....
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This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the boundaries of love. Through Jean M. Auel's magnificent storytelling we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world they shared with the ones who called themselves the Clan of the Cave Bear. A natural disaster leaves the young girl wandering alone in an unfamiliar and dangerous...
10) Ruby Holler
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
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Thirteen-year-old fraternal twins Dallas and Florida have grown up in a terrible orphanage but their lives change forever when an eccentric but sweet older couple invites them each on an adventure, beginning in an almost magical place called Ruby Holler.
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Earth's children volume 5
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IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 53
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Ayla and Jondalar finally reach the Ninth Cave of the Zelandonii, the settlement that is home to Jondalar's people. Here Ayla eagerly learns the ways of her new tribe while in turn sharing her knowledge, but finds her unique spiritual gifts make the quiet life she desires impossible.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Junie B. is having a run of bad luck, losing every game at the school carnival. When she finally wins the Cake Walk on her last ticket, she chooses a fruitcake as her prize. But who in the heck knew that sparkly foil-wrapped fruitcake was really a lethal weapon in disguise?
13) Now We Are Six
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Winnie-the-Pooh volume 3
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A collection of poetry, including King John's Christmas, Sneezles, Us Two, Cradle Song, and other poems from the life and imagination of a small child.
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Magic tree house. Original series volume 20
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie away to Australia where they must save some animals from a wildfire.
15) Bears
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Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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An introduction to the physical characteristics, habits, natural environment, and future prospects of the three species of bears that live in North America.
17) Stone mad
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[2018]
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Readers met the irrepressible Karen Memory in Elizabeth Bear's 2015 novel Karen Memory, and fell in love with her steampunk Victorian Pacific Northwest city, and her down-to-earth story-telling voice. Now Karen is back with a new story about spiritualists, magicians, con-men, and an angry lost tommy-knocker--a magical creature who generally lives in the deep gold mines of Alaska, but has been kidnapped and brought to Rapid City. Karen and Priya are...
18) Grizzlies
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Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of brown bears in general and grizzly bears in particular and discusses differences between them and other bear species. Gives safety tips for bear watchers.
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Lotus Kingdoms volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
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The Stone in the Skull, the first volume in her new trilogy, takes readers over the dangerous mountain passes of the Steles of the Sky and south into the Lotus Kingdoms.