Richard Thomas
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 5
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Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author's book Hatchet, this story portrays what would have happened to Brian had he been forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with only his survival pack and hatchet.
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Historian Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius, as the one-term congressman rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals to become president. On May 18, 1860, everyone waited for the results from the Republican National Convention. Lincoln won, Goodwin demonstrates, because of his extraordinary ability to put himself in the place of other men. It was this capacity that enabled Lincoln as president to bring his disgruntled opponents...
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[c2016].
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Working with conservationists, animal sanctuaries and scientists from around the world, the filmmakers present stories of animal reunions which show that their actions, gestures and perceived intimacy all beg questions about the capacity for animals to remember, feel devotion, longing, happiness, contentment and even love, by displaying their capacity for emotional connections with other animals and human beings.
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Theodore Boone volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
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When his best friend, April, disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, thirteen year old Theo uses his legal knowledge and investigative skills to chase down the truth and save her. Book #2
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Theodore Boone volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
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"On a field trip to Washington, DC, Theo spots a familiar face on the Metro: accused murderer and fugitive Pete Duffy, who jumped bail and was never seen again. Theo's quick thinking helps bring Duffy back to Strattenburg to stand trial. But now that Duffy knows who he is, Theo is in greater danger than he's ever been in before. Even when everything is on the line, Theodore Boone will stop at nothing to make sure a killer is brought to justice."--Back...
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[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 10
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Clearing his name of the false charges of vandalism and theft that were leveled against him, thirteen-year-old legal maverick Theodore Boone hopes to return to his life of giving advice to friends and community members when an exciting new case demands his urgent attention.
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"In this culmination of five decades of acclaimed studies in presidential history, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin offers an illuminating exploration into the early development, growth, and exercise of leadership. Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the man make the times or do the times make the man? In Leadership in Turbulent Times, Goodwin draws upon...
9) IT
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c2010, c1990
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A thriller about a malevolent force in a small New England town that takes the shape of a clown, terrifying youngsters with their innermost fears, bringing them to untimely doom. A group of neighborhood kids fight back, but thirty years later "It" resurfaces, and is meaner, angrier, and deadlier. The friends who vividly remember "It" terrorizing their youth reunite for a final desperate stand against "It".
11) Annie's Point
Pub. Date
2010
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A recently widowed grandmother is determined to grant her husband's last wish, that she set his ashes free over the idyllic bluff they called Annie's Point. When her son Richard refuses to let his mother make the two thousand-mile trip, she takes off anyway with her free-spirited granddaughter in tow.
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Theodore Boone volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
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Theodore Boone is the thirteen year old who knows more about the law than most adult lawyers. He certainly never expected to be the victim of crime himself. But then his bike is vandalised, he's attacked while doing his homework and, worst of all, framed for a robbery. When stolen computer equipment turns up in Theo's school locker, the police start leaning on him hard. And he is the only suspect. What if he is found guilty? What about his dreams...
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[2006]
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The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin, John Wilkes Booth, led Union cavalry and detectives on a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia, while the nation, still reeling from the just-ended Civil War, watched in horror and sadness. James L. Swanson's Manhunt is a fascinating tale...
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[2018]
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Richard Thomas and Nia Peeples host a holiday special filled with joy and hope of the season. It is a collection of the finest holiday stories from the heartwarming series. See ordinary people share stories of miraculous rescues, life-altering healings, and divine interventions that made their holidays truly memorable. It's the most wonderful time of the year for miracles!
16) The Easter story
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[2006]
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Seen through the eyes of the Apostle Mark, this beautifully animated recreation begins with Jesus' joyful entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Then follows the drama of Christ's betrayal, arrest, and crucifixion - and His triumphant resurrection.
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[2021]
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It is set in the 1933 Depression Era and told through the eyes of John Boy, the seventeen-year-old eldest child of John and Olivia Walton. His mother expects John-Boy to help her raise his sisters and brothers, and his father expects him to follow in his footsteps to help support the family, but secretly, John Boy wants to be a writer. Times are hard enough in 1933, but to make matters worse, it looked to be the Waltons' first Christmas without John...