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4) The walk
Author
Series
Walk novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
The New York Times bestselling author of The Christmas List and The Christmas Box returns with the first book in an inspiring new series about a man who loses everything and embarks on a walk that takes him across America to reclaim his life. The Walk is the story of Alan Christoffersen, a once successful California advertising executive who loses everything he holds dear. At first he considers taking his life; instead he embarks on a walk across...
5) Friends
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When his friend moves away, a boy sets out on a journey to find her.
6) The road
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In this postapocalyptic novel, a father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. They sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"The original adventure! Join the search for Waldo on his worldwide hike from the beach to the ski slopes, the train station to the airport, and the museum to the fairground! The more you look, the more you'll find, as Waldo and his friends challenge you to the ultimate game of hide-and-seek! It's a global phenomenon that's got the whole world asking "Where's Waldo?""--Page 4 of cover
8) Nine lives
Author
Language
English
Description
A woman who longs to avoid risk at all cost learns that men who love danger are the most exciting. After a carefree childhood, Mary Margaret Kelly came of age in the shadow of grief. Her father, a dashing daredevil Air Force pilot, died when she was nine. Maggie saw her mother struggle to put their lives back together. As the family moved from one city to the next, her mother warned her to beware of daredevil men and avoid risk at all cost. Following...
Author
Language
English
Description
"In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of historical fiction from the author of Enemy Women that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust.In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings from newspapers...
10) Savvy
Author
Series
Savvy (Ingrid Law) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Recounts the adventures of Mibs Beaumont, whose thirteenth birthday has revealed her "savvy"--a magical power unique to each member of her family--just as her father is injured in a terrible accident.
13) Train
Author
Publisher
Orchard/Scholastic
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Board a commuter train in New York, then follow the journey west and see the stations, the scenery, the different types of trains, and all the people who travel and work on the railroad system.
14) The green road
Author
Language
English
Description
"Ardeevin, County Clare, Ireland. 1980. When her oldest brother Dan announces he will enter the priesthood, young Hanna watches her mother howl in agony and retreat to her room. In the years that follow, the Madigan children leave one by one: Dan for the frenzy of New York under the shadow of AIDS; Constance for a hospital in Limerick, where petty antics follow simple tragedy; Emmet for the backlands of Mali, where he learns the fragility of love...
15) Starlight
Author
Series
Warriors (Erin Hunter). New Prophecy volume 4
Warriors the new prophecy volume 4
Warriors. New Prophecy volume 4
Warriors the new prophecy volume 4
Warriors. New Prophecy volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"The Clans have finally arrived in their new home, and now they must establish territories and uncover the hidden dangers of this unfamiliar world. But the threats they faced in the forest may not be as perilous as the threats they face from within"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
When Apophis, the chaos snake, threatens to plunge the world into eternal darkness, siblings Carter and Sade Kane plan to use an ancient spell to destroy the snake, but first must rely on the murderous ghost of a powerful magician.
17) Compass south
Author
Series
Four points volume 1
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books/Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After escaping the Black Hook Gang in 1860 New York City, twelve-year-old twins Alexander and Cleopatra flee to New Orleans, become separated, and try to find each other in San Francisco, while being followed by pirates who think they hold the key to treasure.
Author
Language
English
Description
"This is the story of Tsukuru Tazaki, a young man haunted by a great loss; of dreams and nightmares that have unintended consequences for the world around us; and of a journey into the past that is necessary to mend the present. It is a story of love, friendship, and heartbreak for the ages."--Publisher.
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