Matt Haig
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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"'Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices... Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets?' A dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived, from the internationally bestselling author of Reasons to Stay Alive...
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English
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"A small book for anyone in search of hope, looking for a path to a more meaningful life, or in need of encouragement. "Happiness occurs when you forget who you're expected to be. And what you're expected to do. Happiness is an accident of self-acceptance. It's the warm breeze you feel when you open the door to who you are." Years ago, Matt Haig began writing notes to his future self. These notes were meant as gifts to his future self: offerings of...
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Language
English
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Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old, but owing to a rare condition, he's been alive for centuries. Tom has lived history--performing with Shakespeare, exploring the high seas with Captain Cook, and sharing cocktails with Fitzgerald. Now, he just wants an ordinary life. So Tom moves back to London, his old home, to become a high school history teacher--the perfect job for someone who has witnessed the city's...
4) The humans
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Language
English
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Regarding humans unfavorably upon arriving on Earth, a reluctant extraterrestrial assumes the identity of a Cambridge mathematician before realizing that there's more to the human race than he suspected.
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Language
English
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The story of a family in crisis and the loyal dog that holds them together, from the witty, imaginative author of The Dead Fathers Club. The Hunters - Adam, Kate, and their children Hal and Charlotte - are a typical family, with typical concerns: work, money, love, the trials of adolescence. What sets them apart is Prince, their black labrador. Prince is an earnest and determined young dog. He strives to live up to the tenets of the Labrador Pact:...
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Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
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Ratatouille When Nikolas left the only home he had ever known, it was a mouse named Miika who kept him company, and it was Miika who accompanied him on his journey to the Far North, in search of his father. But before the events of A Boy Called Christmas A Mouse Called Miika Funny, cheeky, wise, and packed full of Matt Haig's signature warmth. This is set to become a year-round children's favorite.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
328 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduced to the Dead Fathers Club of murdered men by the ghost of his late father, eleven-year-old Philip Noble learns that his uncle, who has designs on Philip's mother, murdered Philip's father in order to get his hands on the family pub.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"A follow-up to Matt Haig's internationally bestselling memoir, Reasons to Stay Alive, a broader look at how modern life feeds our anxiety, and how to live a better life. The societies we live in are increasingly making our minds ill, making it feel as though the way we live is engineered to make us unhappy. When Matt Haig developed panic disorder, anxiety, and depression as an adult, it took him a long time to work out the ways the external world...
10) The Lost Prince
Author
Language
English
Description
A 12-year-old boy called Marco Loristan, is sent on a secret mission by his father, a Samavian patriot, to deliver an important message across Europe. The young man is joined by his neighborhood friend, The Rat, to embark on a history making journey. In Samavian legend, there was a kind and beloved prince called Ivor who held the people's favor. Despite their adoration, he had no desire to take the throne and suddenly disappeared never to be heard...
Author
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
770L
Physical Desc
316, 14 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Accompanied by his aunt's Norwegian elkhound, Ibsen, twelve-year-old Samuel ventures into a weird forest filled with strange and dangerous creatures to rescue his younger sister, Martha, who has been mute since their parents' recent death.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
315 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Amelia Wishart's Christmas spirit helped Santa get the extra boost of magic he needed to make his first trip around the world. When she's sent to the workhouse, now-orphaned Amelia's hope begins to drain away. Santa sets out to find her with the help of his reindeer, a curious cat, and Charles Dickens.
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
366 p. 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Samuel Blink finds himself in a difficult situation when Troll-Son runs away from his Shadow Forest home to come and live with Samuel, his human hero.
15) Fiction Reader
Publisher
Barnes & Noble
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Revised edition.
Physical Desc
1 electronic book reader : ; 7.7 x 4.9 x 0.5 in. + 1 power adapter, 1 USB 2.0 cable.
Language
English
Description
Includes multiple eBooks.