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63) Starfish Pier
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Hope Harbor volume 6
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First-grade teacher Holly Miller enjoys a quiet, low-profile life in Hope Harbor. All of that changes, however, when she must advocate for a cause dear to her heart and finds herself on the opposite side of the issue from a take-charge ex-Delta Force operator turned fisherman. Not only is he making her mission difficult, but he also threatens to steal her heart.
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Marvin Redpost volume 4
Pub. Date
c1994
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Marvin is really excited to take care of his teacher's dog while she's away. He'll even earn a bonus if he does a good job! And he gets to be alone in his teacher's house! But when Mrs. North's dog starts to look sick, Marvin isn't sure he'll get that bonus. In fact, Mrs. North may never talk to Marvin again! Hilarious and relatable, Marvin Redpost is perfect for kids who love to bond with quirky characters like Junie B. Jones and George Brown,...
66) Impact
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Wyman Ford novels volume 3
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"Wyman Ford is tapped for a secret expedition to Cambodia... to locate the source of strangely beautiful gemstones that do not appear to be of this world. A brilliant meteor lights up the Maine coast... and two young women borrow a boat and set out for a distant island to find the impact crater. A scientist at the National Propulsion Facility discovers an inexplicable source of gamma rays in the outer Solar System. He is found decapitated, the...
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2017.
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Dr. Dylan Reinhart wrote the book on criminal behavior. Literally--he's a renowned, bestselling Ivy League expert on the subject. When a copy of his book turns up at a gruesome murder scene--along with a threatening message from the killer--it looks like someone has been taking notes. Elizabeth Needham is the headstrong and brilliant NYPD Detective in charge of the case who recruits Dylan to help investigate another souvenir left at the scene--a playing...
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2017.
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Several decades of research have established the benefits of high-quality early care and education (ECE) to children's short and longer-term social-emotional and academic outcomes. Early educators are considered "the single most important factor" in high-quality ECE. Yet despite the fact that early educators' jobs have expanded in recent years, the professional qualifications required, the compensation that they receive, and the environments in which...
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My weird school volume 5
Pub. Date
[2005]
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A.J. and the other second graders do everything except play sports when they go to "fizz ed" class with their new teacher, Miss Small.
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My weird school daze volume 4
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It's Pee Wee football season, and A.J.'s new coach is wants all the boys to do push-ups in the mud. She wants them to pick up a car. And worst of all, she wants to put girls on the team!
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Return to the Canadian West volume 3
Pub. Date
[2016]
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When Beth Thatcher returns to Coal Valley, she has much to be excited about. She anticipates Jarrick's proposal of marriage and perhaps a spring wedding. The mine is expanding, and there are more schoolchildren than ever. But the town's rapid growth brings many challenges. A second teacher is assigned, and Beth finds herself going head-to-head with a very different philosophy of education--one that dismisses religion and rejects God. Fearful for the...
80) Killer instinct
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Instinct (James Patterson) volume 2
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The murder of an Ivy League professor pulls Dr. Dylan Reinhart back to the streets of New York, where he reunites with his old partner, Detective Elizabeth Needham. A heinous act of terror and a name on the casualty list rock Dylan's world. Dylan literally wrote the book on the psychology of murder, but the sociopath they're facing now is the opposite of a textbook case.