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1) On liberty
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John Stuart Mill's resolute dedication to the cause of freedom inspired this 1859 treatise. Discussed and debated from time immemorial, the concept of personal liberty went without codification until the publication of this enduring work which applies an ethical system of utilitarianism to society and the state which to this day remains well known and studied.
Mills (1806-1873), a British economist, philosopher, and ethical theorist whose argument...
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Spirit of Appalachia volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 18
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The frontier has brought Hawk Spencer and Elizabeth MacNeal together. Captivated by the promise of rich land beyond the Appalachian Mountains, they discover that faith alone can carry them through the harshest of times.
5) The return
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Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
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Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan race to stop an ancient enemy with the power to strip spirit animals from their partners, while one young hero faces the loss of a spirit companion.
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Spirit animals. Main series volume 1
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
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As a dark force engulfs the land, the fate of Erdas has fallen on the shoulders of four young strangers who each have forged a rare bond with their spirit beasts -- a bond that gives great powers to all of them.
7) Silent bite
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2020.
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"Andy Carpenter and his golden retriever, Tara, are finding that all is not calm or bright in Silent Bite, the latest Christmas mystery in this heartwarming series from bestselling author David Rosenfelt. Lawyer Andy Carpenter can finally take a breath; he's back on dry land after a family Caribbean cruise forced on him by his wife, Laurie, to get into the Christmas spirit. Of course the family's first stop is to the Tara Foundation, the dog rescue...
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Spirit of Appalachia volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
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Though the war for American independence has come to an end, Nathanael "Fox" Carter still struggles to survive the tragic loss he has suffered. When greed and selfish ambition threaten to destroy the only home he has known, Fox and his mother flee over the Misty Mountains to start a new life. But with growing hostilities between the settlers and the Cherokee, Fox soon discovers frontier life is a daily battle for survival.
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Spirit animals. Main series volume 3
Pub. Date
[2014].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
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As the Conquerors try to destroy Erdas, Meilin -- fed up with waiting and ready to fight -- sets off into enemy territory with her spirit animal, a panda named Jhi. Her friends Conor and Abeke aren't far behind ... but they're not the only ones.
11) Spirit
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Elemental series (Brigid Kemmerer) volume 3
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Hunter Garrity just wants to be left alone. He's learned the hard way that his unusual abilities come at a price. And he can't seem to afford any allies.
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Pub. Date
2017.
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IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
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With some convinced the Greencloaks are to blame for recent destruction, Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan find themselves on trial and later on the run when a Greencloak attacks the council of world leaders from within its ranks.
13) The jumbies
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The jumbies (Tracey Baptiste) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
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Eleven-year-old Corinne must call on her courage and an ancient magic to stop an evil spirit and save her island home.
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Seventeen-year-old twins--and powerful mediums--Edie and Violet Bond are part of a Spiritualist show, a tight-knit group of young women who express unladylike talents and opinions under the guise of communing with spirits, but when the dark spirit responsible for their mother's death crosses into the land of the living, the twins race against time to uncover a killer who will stop at nothing to cheat death.
15) Spirit Wolf
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Wolves of the Beyond volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
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When earthquakes and erupting volcanoes strike the Beyond, Faolan and the other surviving wolves must head for the Distant Blue, where they hope to find a new home.
16) The spirit woman
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The search for a missing history professor, who vanished while visiting the Wind River Reservation, draws Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malley into a twenty-year-old mystery involving the disappearance of another historian and into a complex puzzle from the past involving a young Shoshone woman named Sacajawea.
17) Let us descend
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Pub. Date
2023.
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"Let us descend,' the poet now began, 'and enter this blind world.'" --Inferno, Dante Alighieri Let Us Descend is a reimagining of American slavery, as beautifully rendered as it is heart-wrenching. Searching, harrowing, replete with transcendent love, the novel is a journey from the rice fields of the Carolinas to the slave markets of New Orleans and into the fearsome heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation. Annis, sold south by the white enslaver...
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[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
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At the edge of the Endless Ice, the four bears Ujurak, Toklo, Lusa, and Kallik reach Star Island, where a large group of bears is in trouble but believes Lusa is destined to help bring back the favor of the spirits.
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Bravelands. Original series volume 5
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
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"The true Great Parent has finally risen and must unite all the animals of Bravelands to prevent an ancient evil from taking root"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
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After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.