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2015.
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E. F. Benson’s beloved Mapp and Lucia novels are sparkling, classic comedies of manners set against the petty snobberies and competitive maneuverings of English village society in the 1920s and 1930s. Benson’s series revolves around two unforgettable characters, both forceful and irrepressible women who dominate their respective villages in southern England and who will eventually end up hilariously at war with each other. Lucia is the more deadly...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 16
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"The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas was written in 1933 by Gertrude Stein in the guise of an autobiography authored by Alice B. Toklas, who was her lover. It is a fascinating insight into the art scene in Paris as the couple were friends with Paul Câezanne, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. They begin the war years in England but return to France, volunteering for the American Fund for the French Wounded, driving around France, helping the wounded...
27) The plague
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 16
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A coastal city in Algeria is struck by bubonic plague and is shut off from the world for months.
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Pub. Date
2003
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"The yellow rose of Texas": Dale's father has broken out of jail where he was doing time for a robbery five years earlier. "Cowboy and the Senorita": Chip has inherited a supposedly worthless gold mine from her father, and town boss John Hubbard is about to buy it. "Home in Oklahoma": Flying U Ranch owner Sam Talbot dies after a fall from a horse, a St. Louis reporter comes to check a rumor about murder. "The Carson City Kid": The Kid is seeking vengeance...