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21) Snow Lane
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Fifth grader Annie is just like every other girl in her small suburban town. Except she's starting to realize that she isn't. Annie is the youngest of nine children. Instead of being condemned to the bottom of the pecking order, she wants to carve out place for herself in the world. But it's hard to find your destiny when the only thing you're good at is being cheerful. Annie is learning that it's difficult to be Annie, period, and not just because...
22) Eleven
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When Sam, who is a talented woodworker but can barely read, discovers an old newspaper clipping just before his eleventh birthday, it brings forth memories from his past. With the help of a new friend at school and the castle they are building for a school project, his questions are eventually answered.
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"An endearing family story about love and dyslexia. Olivia is a little girl full of life and imagination. But when her grandmother asks her to write a story for her birthday, Olivia feels a little unsure. Because when it comes to writing, things never go as she intended. Words thumb their noses at her. Lowercase letters turn into uppercase letters. Subjects and verbs don't always agree. How can Olivia write a story when words and letters won't cooperate?...
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Lost Wonderland diaries volume 2
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"Celia and Tyrus must travel through another secret diary of Charles Dodgson (a.k.a. Lewis Carroll) into the Looking-Glass World to save their reflections, which have been stolen by the Bandersnatch, and reunite the warring Red and White Kingdoms"--
28) Pinch me
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After a night of partying, teen pop sensation Darius Zaire wakes up to find himself back in his mother's house where his success of the past three years no longer exists.
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After the assassination of her older sister Scilla, seventeen-year-old Jiara chooses to take her sister's place as the bride to the young king of a distant country, hoping to identify her sister's killer before Scilla's vengeful ghost murders their family. Includes author's note.
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Even though Rocket is the fastest kid in the third grade, his dyslexia makes him a slow reader. When he finds coded notes, Rocket enlists the help of his friends, the Gumshoe Gnag. Together they try to decide the secret messages but they are kind of stuck. Can the Gumshoe Gang crack this case? Is Mrs. Flores in danger? And is the new computer teacher really an alien?--P. [4] of cover.
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Family tree (Ann M. Martin) volume 3
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In 1977 in Princeton, Dana's daughter seven-year-old Francie is struggling to keep her dyslexia a secret from her teachers and family, and even the thought of high school and college is part of the remote and unattainable future.
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When Adam started kindergarten, the teacher wanted him to learn about letters. But "p" looked like "q," and "b" looked like "d." Adam would rather color or mold clay. In first grade, his teacher wanted him to put the letters into words so he could read. That was the beginning of the Alphabet War. "Was" looked like "saw," and "there" looked like "then." Almost everyone else in his class was learning to read, but Adam was fighting a war against letters....
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Emiline volume 1
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Emiline is learning how to be a knight. There are many skills that knights need: sword fighting, unicorn riding, and PB&J eating! While Emiline is very good at these, she has a hard time reading. But when fixing a dangerous situation means Emiline must read some magic words, she discovers that with practice, curiosity, and help from her friends, she can improve at reading and save the day!
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Pony pals volume 3
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Pam's Pony Pals try to help her find out what is making her pretty pony sick.