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Welcome to Camden Falls: Main Street, Book 1 (Unabridged)

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Flora and Ruby do not want to move to Camden Falls. But they don't really have a choice - their parents are dead and their grandmother, Min, is taking them in. Min runs a sewing store, Needle & Thread, at the heart of Main Street in Camden Falls. There, Flora and Ruby become friends with Olivia, who likes to organize things, and Nikki, who lives on the wrong side of the tracks.

Author:

Ann M. Martin

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

860L

Length:

04:22

Welcome to Camden Falls: Main Street, Book 1 (Unabridged)

Here Today (Unabridged)

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In 1963, Eleanor Roosevelt Dingman's mother was crowned the Bosetti Beauty of Spectacle, New York, Ellie's classmates decided she was invisible, and President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

It was the year Ellie discovered that in trying to keep her life together, she had to let pieces of it go.

Author:

Ann M. Martin

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

790L

Length:

06:40

'Tis the Season: Main Street, Book 3 (Unabridged)

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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. Luckily, Flora and Ruby are surrounded by people who care about them - from their grandmother, Min, to their friends Olivia and Nikki, who are dealing with problems of their own.

Author:

Ann M. Martin

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

890L

Length:

05:00

'Tis the Season: Main Street, Book 3 (Unabridged)

The Summer of the Swans (Unabridged)

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Sara's life has always flowed smoothly, like the gliding swans on the lake, until her little brother Charlie disappears. Then Sara is forced to see her life in a whole new way.

Author:

Betsy Byars

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

830L

Length:

02:48

Ruby Holler (Unabridged)

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"Trouble Twins" Dallas and Florida have been shuffled between foster families and the orphanage all their lives. All they want is a loving place to call home, but they are mistrustful that one exists for the likes of them.

Author:

Sharon Creech

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

660L

Length:

05:08

Heartbeat (Unabridged)

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Run run run. That's what twelve-year-old Annie loves to do. When she's barefoot and running, she can hear her heart beating...Thump-THUMP, thump-THUMP.

Author:

Sharon Creech

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

520L

Length:

01:29

Bloomability (Unabridged)

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"My second life began when I was kidnapped by two complete strangers...."

Author:

Sharon Creech

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

850L

Length:

04:45

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (Unabridged)

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Joey Pigza can't sit still. He can't pay attention, he can't follow the rules, and he can't help it -- especially when his meds aren't working. Joey's had problems ever since he was born, problems just like his dad and grandma have.

Author:

Jack Gantos

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

970L

Length:

02:59

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (Unabridged)

Henry Huggins (Unabridged)

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Genuinely funny books for children are few and far between. So, when a story like Henry Huggins comes along, it comes to stay. Children everywhere see themselves in this irresistible boy's adventures.

Author:

Beverly Cleary

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

670L

Length:

02:30

Ramona and Her Mother (Unabridged)

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Ramona feels this is the awkward age - too little to stay by herself after school when her mother is at work, but too big to enjoy playing with pesty Willa Jean at her sitter's house. These days, all Ramona really wants is to twitch her nose and be her mother's little rabbit like she used to be. Can't she be her mother's little girl forever?

Author:

Beverly Cleary

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

860L

Length:

02:18

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