Sarah Aronson
1) Believe
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At age six, Janine was the only survivor of a suicide bombing. Media coverage instantly turned her into a symbol of hope and faith. Now, on the ten-year anniversary of the bombing, reporters are eager to revisit the story. Janine doesn't want the fame or pressure. Everyone wants something from her, expects something of her, including the religious leader who pulled Janine from the rubble and whose followers believe Janine has healing powers. The scariest...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Proposes a radically reconfigured medical model centered on mind-body interaction.
The End of Modern Medicine chronicles the work of a small, influential band of medical theorists and clinicians who over the past decade have sought to redress the physical fundamentalism of the biomedical model that shaped their professional training. Laurence Foss challenges the prevailing medical model whereby mind and body are essentially separated, and charts...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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Happily Ever After? Not so fast!
With two levels of fairy godmother training behind her, Isabelle is actually looking forward to Level Three. But when half the trainees go on strike, regular training seems to go up in sparkles again.
But Isabelle's too close to becoming a real fairy godmother to let her skills get rusty. And when she finds out her first two princesses are unhappy at summer camp, she has to do something! Can Isabelle grant a few...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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Isabelle has finally made it to Level Two of Fairy Godmother Training- but just barely. She'll really have to step it up if she wants to pass the next challenge.
Level Two of training comes with a twist, however. Isabelle's newest practice princess isn't who she expected -and granting the new girl's wish means making her old princess, Nora, really unhappy.
What's a godmother to do? Isabelle will need more than a few magic sparkles to make everyone...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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It takes more than a sprinkle of magic to be a great fairy godmother!
Q: What do you need to become a great fairy godmother?a) kindnessb) determinationc) gustod) all of the aboveFairy-godmother-in-training Isabelle doesn't know what gusto is, but she's pretty sure she has what it takes to pass fairy godmother training with flying colors.But then Isabelle is assigned a practice princess who is not a princess at all. Nora is just a normal girl -- a...
6) Head Case
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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ONE MISTAKE. ONE BAD NIGHT. ONE TOO MANY DRINKS. Sarah Aronson's Head Case is a powerful and heartbreaking debut novel about a guy who had it all...until he drank that fifth beer and got into the car.
Frank Marder is a head, paralyzed from the neck down, and it's his fault. He was drinking. He was driving. Now Frank can't walk, he can't move, he can't feel his skin. He needs someone to feed him, to wash him, to move his body.
But if you ask...
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Jillian isn't so sure she needs a third grandma now that her stepdad is joining the family, but can her brand-new Bubbe win her over?
When Jillian joins Bubbe for some mom-mandated matzo ball soup making, she realizes she has room in her heart (and stomach!) for one more grandmother. But how can she convince Noni and Gram she still loves them just as much? A super soup celebration, of course! Chaos in the kitchen leads to matzo ball soup, spicy gazpacho,...