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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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Margaret Simon, almost twelve, likes long hair, tuna fish, the smell of rain, and things that are pink. She’s just moved from New York City to Farbook, New Jersey, and is anxious to fit in with her new friends—Nancy, Gretchen, and Janie. When they form a secret club to talk about private subjects like boys, bras, and getting their first periods, Margaret is happy to belong. But none of them can believe Margaret doesn’t have religion, and that...
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English
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"It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. England is facing attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east. Those in power bend justice according to their will, regardless of ordinary people and often in conflict with the king. Without a clear rule of law, chaos reigns. In these turbulent times, three characters find their lives intertwined: A young boatbuilder's life is turned upside down when the only home he's ever known is raided...
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Language
English
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The daughter of faith-healing Christians and the son of a TV evangelist are the stars of this lively cautionary tale about religion, family, faith, and love I start my story with the day I first saw Jesse Pegler. That was when my whole life first started changing. Sixteen-year-old Opal Ringer is the daughter of Royal Ringer, the Pentecostal leader of a motley flock of down-on-their-luck believers. Jesse Pegler is the son of Brother Pegler. An "evangelist...
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English
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Three Milan editors, who have spent much time rewriting crackpot manuscripts on the occult, decide to have a little fun. Their plan encompasses the secrets of the solar system, Satanic initiation rites, and Brazilian voodoo. A terrific joke--until people begin to disappear.
5) Sam I am
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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Sam, the son of a Jewish father and Christian mother, struggles to understand religion and its role in his family's life during the Hanukkah and Christmas holidays.
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Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
To be more like her best friend, eleven-year-old Justine decides to give up Judaism to become Catholic, but after her beloved, religious grandmother dies, she realizes that she needs to seek her own way of being Jewish.
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Octavia puzzles over life's biggest questions when her mother seems to find the answers in a conservative Christian church, while her artist father believes the writings of Henry David Thoreau hold the key.
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Publisher
Albatros
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Polish
Description
Koniec pierwszego tysiąclecia naszej ery. Anglia, nękana od wschodu przez wikingów i od zachodu przez Walijczyków, pogrąża się w chaosie. Ale trzy pochodzące z różnych środowisk osoby rozpaczliwie próbują dojrzeć na horyzoncie światło i sprawić, by świat wydobył się z mroków barbarzyństwa. Edgar, młody szkutnik, który w napadzie wikingów stracił dom i ukochaną, rozpoczyna życie w nowym miejscu i wykorzystuje swoje zdolności,...
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Series
Publisher
Plaza y Janés
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Reseña del editor:Año 997, finales de la Edad Oscura. Inglaterra se enfrenta a los ataques de los galeses por el oeste y de los vikingos por el este. La vida es difícil y aquellos que ostentan algo de poder lo ejercen con puño de hierro y, a menudo, en conflicto con el propio rey. En estos tiempos turbulentos, tres vidas se entrecruzan: el joven constructor de barcos Edgar, a punto de fugarse con la mujer a la que ama, comprende que su futuro...