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2) Chez Nancy
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Nancy has a new playhouse, but one of her friends wants to be the boss of who can come play.
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Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), City of Girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love. In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College,...
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Princess in Black volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Noseholes and elephants! A pet-eating monster interrupts a perfect playdate with Princess Sneezewort ... but who is that new masked avenger? Princess Magnolia and Princess Sneezewort have plans ... mysterious plans, like a princess playdate! They dress-up slam! They karaoke jam! They playhouse romp and snack-time stomp! But then a shout from outside Princess Sneezewort's castle interrupts their fun. It's a monster trying to eat someone's kitty! This...
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In the heart of Elizabethan England, Richard Shakespeare dreams of a glittering career in one of the London playhouses, a world dominated by his older brother, William. But he is a penniless actor, making ends meet through a combination of a beautiful face, petty theft and a silver tongue. As Williams star rises, Richards onetime gratitude is souring and he is sorely tempted to abandon family loyalty.So when a priceless manuscript goes missing, suspicion...
8) Deadline
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"In southeast Minnesota, down on the Mississippi, a school board meeting is coming to a close. The board chairman announces that the rest of the meeting will be closed, due to personnel issues. "Issues" is correct. The proposal up for a vote before them is whether a local reporter should die. And the vote is four to one in favor. Meanwhile, not far away, Virgil Flowers is doing a favor for a friend by looking into a dognapping, which seems to be turning...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A young boy plants the seeds in a large circle. He waters them and waits patiently until they grow taller than himself, with huge nodding blossoms that form a perfect "sunflower house." He and two friends play in the "house" all summer, even sleeping in it one night, until the leaves turn brown and the stems fall down.
10) Shadowplay
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"Henry Irving is Victorian London's most celebrated actor and theater impresario. He has introduced groundbreaking ideas to the theater, bringing to the stage performances that are spectacular, shocking, and always entertaining. When Irving decides to open his own London theater with the goal of making it the greatest playhouse on earth, he hires a young Dublin clerk harboring literary ambitions by the name of Bram Stoker to manage it. As Irving's...
11) The Hanging Hill
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
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During rehearsals for a play based on his stepmother's bestselling children's books, eleven-year-old Zack discovers that the director is planning to raise a horde of evil specters from the dead by offering up a human sacrifice.
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Pub. Date
2017
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Lauren Walsh, a divorcee and elementary teacher, wanted to feel sexy again, after her ex tossed her aside for a younger woman. Her teaching partner and best friend encouraged her to sign up for The Playhouse-a renowned dating agency.
Mac Thomas remained trapped in a marriage to a money grubbing socialite. Forced to stay away from his young son, Mac lost the ability to trust. After the death of his wife, he returned to care for his son but his sister...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
It's the hottest day of the year and even Goofy's chicken noodle ice cream cone has melted into soup. So Mickey and his pals are cooling off at Star Lake. Pete's hosting a Hawaiian luau, and it just might be the best beach bash ever, but only if you can help the gang pick the right mouseketools to get the party started. You'll ride on a tide of fun with Mickey as you reel in a big, red Gooey fish, float above the clouds with Pluto in a giant soap...
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KEY News thrillers volume 9
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"In Mary Jane Clark's latest novel, you will enter the mind of a sociopath. It's a place where the rules don't apply. Where anything is fair game. And where murder is the ultimate means to an end." "Key News film and theatre critic Caroline Enright thinks her trip to a theatre festival in the beautiful Berkshire mountains of Massachusetts will be as easy as a summer breeze ... until her complicated relationship with her stepdaughter, Meg, grows even...
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Miniaturist novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
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Amsterdam in the year 1705. It is Thea Brandt's eighteenth birthday. She is ready to welcome adulthood with open arms, but life at home is increasingly difficult. Her father Otto and her Aunt Nella argue endlessly over their financial fate, selling off furniture in a desperate attempt to hold on to the family home. As catastrophe threatens to engulf the household, Thea seeks refuge in Amsterdam's playhouses. She loves the performances, and the stolen...
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Detective Gemma Monroe novels volume 4
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An enthralling, atmospheric new novel from the author of acclaimed debut Inherit the Bones, featuring Colorado police officer Gemma Monroe. It's Halloween night in Cedar Valley. During the town's annual festival, Detective Gemma Monroe takes a break from trick or treating with her family to visit an old family friend, retired Judge Caleb Montgomery, at his law office. To Gemma's surprise, Caleb seems worried--haunted, even--and confides in her that...
Pub. Date
2003
Description
The cat in the hat cleans up his act: When the Cat in the Hat loses his bow tie in his very messy Cat's Playhouse, it's cleaning time! The cat in the hat's indoor picnic: In the Cat's Playhouse, rain spoils plans for a picnic, but the cat saves the day. The cat in the hat's big birthday surprise: It's Terrence's birthday, and he thinks that everyone in the Cat's Playhouse has forgotten.
Three episodes of the children's program.
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Pub. Date
[2010]
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Welcome to the grand opening of Minnie's new store, packed with the coolest bows and bow ties. Daisy's amazing mood bow magically changes colors. Donald has an amazing camera bow tie, and helps catch a bunch of runaway butterfly bows. Pete wants to get a present for his Aunt Mabel, but he'll need a lot of help from Minnie and Toodles to find the perfect gift. Join the Clubhouse pals for a daytime sleepover and a picnic in Mickey Park. There's something...
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