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2) The hangman
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On a cold November morning, a jogger runs through the woods in the peaceful Quebec village of Three Pines. On his run, he finds a dead man hanging from a tree. The dead man was a guest at the local Inn and Spa. He might have been looking for peace and quiet, but something else found him. Something horrible. Did the man take his own life? Or was he murdered? Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is called to the crime scene. As Gamache follows the trail
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This photostory is suitable for adult basic education and ESL students who are beginning readers. Ben and the landlady do an inspection of the apartment Ben wants to move into. As Ben checks out everything from taps and lights to door locks and smoke alarms, the landlady fills in an inspection report. The photographs reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. Emergent readers will appreciate the content and readability of this high-interest,...
6) All night
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Returning home from the funeral of their friend Peter to their cold one-room basement apartment, Jess and Gregor sense that tonight is the night when they will have to face the truth about themselves as individuals and as a couple. Do they have a future together, or will they decide to go their separate ways?
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This photostory is suitable for adult basic education and ESL students who are beginning readers. May always seems busy but gets little done, so she makes some simple changes in her daily life that save her a lot of time. The photographs reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. Emergent readers will appreciate the content and readability of this high-interest, low-vocabulary reader. Lexile level: 150L
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Mallory McDonald books volume 1
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! When eight-and-a-half-year-old Mallory McDonald's parents tell her that they are moving, she's mad-really mad! It's not fair! How can they make her move away from Mary Ann, her best friend in the whole wide world? Who will she paint her toenails with, tell secrets to, and make scrapbooks with? When Mallory arrives at her new house on Wish...
10) Yuk or yum?
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"During a busy restaurant rush, the orders get all mixed up. Can the food get sorted out so that "Yuks" change to "Yums"? Fully decodable text features high-frequency words, and words with the short u sound combined with selected consonant letters."--
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Mallory McDonald books volume 14
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The world is a stage for Mallory McDonald!When Mallory tries out for a part in the school play and gets the lead, she is super excited. But not everyone shares her enthusiasm, especially her best friend Mary Ann. In fact, the more excited Mallory gets, the less excited Mary Ann becomes. Mallory can't understand why Mary Ann is acting so strange. Even though the lights are shining bright, is there something Mallory's not seeing? Can Mallory find a...
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Mallory McDonald books volume 12
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It's New Year's Eve and Mallory can't wait to celebrate! Her camp friends are coming to Fern Falls and she and Mary Ann have planned out every last detail for a perfect winter reunion and New Year's Eve party. But what Mallory hadn't planned on is getting sick. Poor Mallory has to ring in the New Year in the hospital instead of at home with her friends and family. Mallory thinks she's missing out on all the fun. Is this the beginning of the worst...
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Mallory McDonald books volume 2
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Summer is over and that can only mean one thing for eight-year-old Mallory McDonald (like the restaurant, but no relation)-she has to go back to school. But not just any school, a new school with all new kids in it. To make matters worse, her mom is going, too! She's the new music teacher, and Mallory can't think of anything that could...
15) Mallory vs. Max
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Mallory McDonald books volume 3
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Spunky, eight-year-old Mallory McDonald is very unhappy when her parents decide to get her older brother Max a dog. Why would her parents agree to such a thing? Dogs are smelly and bark and chew on things. Plus, they already have a perfectly good cat, Cheeseburger. When they finally get the puppy, it's worse than Mallory imagined....
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Mallory McDonald books volume 4
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Mallory McDonald is turning nine! And she is ready to celebrate getting the past year over-one troubled with moving, starting a new school, making new friends, and sibling rivalry. Mallory wants her ninth birthday to be extra special. So instead of celebrating just one day, she plans an entire "birth month" celebration. But soon, things...
17) Wait and see
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It is Olivia's birthday, and when she blows out the candles on her cake and makes a wish, she gets exactly what she wanted--which might be a problem.
18) Tib's big rig
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"Tib the dinosaur wants to build a big, amazing rig. How do Tib and some hardworking friends make the dream come true? Bit by bit! Fully decodable text features high-frequency words, and words with the short i sound combined with selected consonant letters"--
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Mallory McDonald books volume 20
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Mallory is excited about the six-week arts electives program at Fern Falls Elementary—until she gets stuck in her last-choice class, band. To make matters worse, she is assigned to the tuba, and when she plays, it sounds more like passing gas than music. She dreads the showcase at the end of the program. But with some good guidance from her mom and her band teacher, Mallory learns the meaning of "practice makes perfect" and that, in fact, making...
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Mallory McDonald books volume 16
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Mallory is turning 10, and she's planning a super sleepover! To celebrate her tenth birthday, Mallory wants to have the most super sleepover celebration ever! Mallory plans out everything to the last detail. As long as she promises not to let the fun get out of control, her parents agree to letting her friends sleep over. But Mallory's best friend, Mary Ann, has her own ideas about what a super sleepover party should include. Before Mallory can put...
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