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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Kate Douglas Wiggin was an important reformer of children's education at the turn of the century. During a period when children's use in society was often little more than for cheap labor, Kate Douglas Wiggin was dedicated to the betterment of youth. She was the first person to found a free kindergarten school in San Francisco in 1878. Her passion for children's rights carried over to her successful career as an author of children's books. In her...
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Baby-sitters little sister. Main series volume 116
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation!
...And if you ever saw ityou would even say it glowed!Karen has seen a reindeer in Stoneybrook! He could be one of Santa's reindeer. So Karen is taking care of him -- to make sure that Christmas is not ruined. But does Santa Claus know what Karen is doing? Karen is waiting for a sign that he does. And she hopes it will come at...
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Main Street (Ann M. Martin) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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"Christmas is coming to Camden Falls, and Flora and Ruby don't know how to feel about it. It's their first Christmas without their parents, and the memories are both happy and sad..."
10) Jingle
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Swindle mysteries volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Santa's Workshop Holiday Spectacular at the Colchester mansion is a long standing tradition in Cedarville, however Griffin, Ben, and Antonia are not happy to find that they have been volunteered as elves by their friend Logan and can not get out of it--but this year the pageant seem plagued by frequent electrical outages, and during one of them the valuable antique known as the Star of Prague disappears from the giant Christmas tree, and as they are...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Fifteen-year-old Miss Penelope Lumley, a recent graduate of the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, is hired as governess to three young children who have been raised by wolves and must teach them to behave in a civilized manner quickly, in preparation for a Christmas ball.
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Hank the Cowdog volume 13
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Accompanying Slim and Little Alfred into town on a Christmas shopping trip, Hank and Drover run up against a gang of toughs so mean and heartless, it's a wonder they ever make it back to the ranch.
16) On Christmas Eve
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Eight-year-old Tess is convinced that if she believes and stays aware of the magic around her, she will meet Santa Claus on Christmas Eve of 1958, when she will thank him for his gifts and ask him to use his magic to cure her best friend's father of cancer.
19) Winterfrost
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Left in charge of her home and infant sibling when her parents are called away at Christmastime, Bettina disregards a family custom about leaving out rice pudding for the nisse, who make their magic known when the baby disappears.
"Christmas has come, and with it a sparkling white winterfrost over the countryside. But twelve-year-old Bettina's parents have been called away unexpectedly, leaving her in charge of the house, the farm, and baby Pia....
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Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 103
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Jessi's Christmas is ruined when Squirt is injured in a car accident and the stress takes its toll on the whole family.