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That summer / by Dessen, Sarah.(CARDINAL)634802;
During the summer of her divorced father's remarriage and her sister's wedding, fifteen-year-old Haven comes into her own by letting go of the myths of the past.1020LAccelerated Reader (AR)Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fiction.; Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of; Interpersonal relations; Sisters; Weddings;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 13
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Freak the Mighty / by Philbrick, W. R.(W. Rodman),author.(CARDINAL)522225;
Maxwell Kane, who is learning disabled and unusually large for his age, shies away from others, but when a brilliant boy with a birth defect that has kept his body from growing to normal size moves in next door, the two become Freak the Mighty, pooling their brains and brawn to conquer their world. The harrowing events of Max's childhood are revealed gradually, as he is able to face them, thanks to the wisdom of his friend.930LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fiction.; Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of; Friendship; Learning disabilities; People with disabilities; Friendships.;
Available copies: 104 / Total copies: 122
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Because of Winn-Dixie / by DiCamillo, Kate.(CARDINAL)343152;
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.670LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fiction.; Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of; City and town life; Dogs; Dogs;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 29
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The weirdo / by Taylor, Theodore,1921-2006.(CARDINAL)122733;
Seventeen-year-old Chip Clewt fights to save the black bears in the Powhatan Swamp, a National Wildlife Refuge, in North Carolina.770LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Bears; Swamps; Wildlife conservation; People with disabilities; Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of;
Available copies: 18 / Total copies: 22
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Truesight / by Stahler, David,Jr.(CARDINAL)459897;
In a distant frontier world, thirteen-year-old Jacob is uncertain of his future in a community that considers blindness a virtue and "Seers" as aberrations.860LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Science fiction.; Blind; People with disabilities; Science fiction; Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of; Blind; People with disabilities;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 10
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The unknowns : a mystery / by Carey, Benedict.(CARDINAL)493086; Beckerman, Chad,illustrator.(CARDINAL)689773;
When people start vanishing from a godforsaken trailer park next to the Folsom Energy Plant, two eleven-year-olds investigate using mathematical clues that were hastily planted by their friend Mrs. Clarke before she disappeared.760LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Mathematical fiction.; Missing persons; Conspiracies; Mathematics; Trailer camps; Detective and mystery stories; Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of; Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of; Missing persons; Conspiracies;
Available copies: 58 / Total copies: 69
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My dog Skip / by Morris, Willie,author.(CARDINAL)122104;
Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Morris, Willie; Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of; Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of; Authors, American; Boys; City and town life; Dog owners; Dogs; Pet owners; Boys.;
Available copies: 48 / Total copies: 53
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Good masters! Sweet Ladies! : voices from a medieval village / by Schlitz, Laura Amy,author.(CARDINAL)460872; Byrd, Robert,illustrator.(CARDINAL)712952;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 82-85).Hugo, the Lord's nephew -- Taggot, the blacksmith's daughter -- Will, the plowboy -- Alice, the shepherdess -- Thomas, the doctor's son -- Constance, the pilgrim -- Mogg, the villein's daughter -- Otho, the miller's son -- Jack, the half-wit -- Simon, the knight's son -- Edgar, the falconer's son -- Isobel, the Lord's daughter -- Barbary, the mud slinger -- Jacob Ben Salomon, the moneylender's son and Petronella, the merchant's daughter -- Lowdy, the varlet's child -- Pask, the runaway -- Piers, the glassblower's apprentice -- Mariot and Maud, the glassblower's daughters -- Nelly, the sniggler -- Drago, the tanner's apprentice -- Giles, the beggar.A collection of short one-person plays featuring characters, between ten and fifteen years old, who live in or near a thirteenth-century English manor.NPAccelerated Reader ARNewberry Award WinnerA Junior Library Guild selection
Subjects: Novels.; Drama.; Middle Ages; Monologues; Children's plays, American.; Drama; Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of; Monologues; Drama;
Available copies: 132 / Total copies: 154
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Peace, Locomotion / by Woodson, Jacqueline.(CARDINAL)352344;
Through letters to his little sister, who is living in a different foster home, sixth-grader Lonnie, also known as "Locomotion," keeps a record of their lives while they are apart, describing his own foster family, including his foster brother who returns home after losing a leg in the Iraq War.860LAccelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader/Renaissance LearningNotable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2010Odyssey Honor, 2010.A Junior Library Guild selection
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Children's stories.; Novels.; Foster home care; Siblings; Orphans; Peace; African Americans; Letters; Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of; Siblings.;
Available copies: 56 / Total copies: 61
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The Enlightenment : a genealogy / by Edelstein, Dan.(CARDINAL)869511;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-192) and index.Interpreting the Enlightenment: on methods -- A map of the Enlightenment: whither France? -- The spirit of the moderns: from the new science to the Enlightenment -- Society, the subject of the modern story -- Quarrel in the Academy: the ancients strike back -- Humanism and Enlightenment: the classical style of the philosophes -- The philosophical spirit of the laws: politics and antiquity -- An ancient god: pagans and philosophers -- Post tenebras lux: Begriffsgeschichte or regime d'historicité? -- Ancients and the Orient: translatio imperii -- Enlightened institutions (i): the royal academies versus the Republic of Letters -- Enlightened institutions (ii): universities, censorship, and public instruction -- Worldliness, politeness, and the importance of not being too radical -- From Enlightenment to Revolution: a shared history? -- France and the European Enlightenment -- Modern myths.
Subjects: Enlightenment; Philosophy; Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of.; Philosophy, European;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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