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From America’s most beloved superstar and its greatest storyteller-—a thriller about a young singer/songwriter on the rise and on the run, and determined to do whatever it takes to survive. Every song tells a story. She’s a star on the rise, singing about the hard life behind her. She’s also on the run. Find a future, lose a past. Nashville is where she’s come to claim her destiny. It’s also where the darkness she’s fled might find...
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"Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go-Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it's the rock and roll she loves most. By the time she's twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things. Another band getting noticed is The Six, led by the brooding Billy Dunne....
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"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wish comes a poignant love story about risking everything for a dream--and whether it's possible to leave the past behind. Colby Mills once felt destined for a musical career, until tragedy grounded his aspirations. Now the head of a small family farm in North Carolina, he spontaneously takes a gig playing at a bar in St. Pete's Beach, Florida, seeking a rare break from his duties at home. But...
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"What I say is that this is the story of my life, told as clear as a Texas sky and in the same rhythm that I lived it. It's a story of restlessness and the purity of the moment and living right. Of my childhood in Abbott, Texas, to the Pacific Northwest, from Nashville to Hawaii and all the way back again. Of selling vacuum cleaners and encyclopedias while hosting radio shows and writing song after song, hoping to strike gold. It's a story of...
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339 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"Sparkly and charming Natalie Fincher has it all-a handsome new husband, a fixer-upper cottage of her dreams, and the opportunity to tour with the musical she's spent years writing. But when her husband suddenly dies, all her hopes and dreams instantly disappear. Two and a half years later, Natalie is still lost. She works, sleeps, and sees friends just often enough to allay their worries, but her life is empty. And she can only bring herself to play...
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014.
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First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
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English
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A portrait of the legendary country music star is told through lyrical free verse that conveys information about his impoverished childhood and the extraordinary talent that enabled his career and rise to success on the world stage.
"There's never been anyone like music legend Johnny Cash. His deep voice is instantly recognizable, and his heartfelt songs resonate with listeners of all ages and backgrounds. G. Neri captures Johnny's story in beautiful...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 20
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English
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"#1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz is at the peak of his acclaimed powers with this major new novel. The city changed my life and showed me that the world is deeply mysterious. I need to tell you about her and some terrible things and wonderful things and amazing things that happened. and how I am still haunted by them. Including one night when I died and woke and lived again. Here is the riveting, soul-stirring story of Jonah Kirk,...
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Gabriel Allon volume 21
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English
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"The fatal poisoning of a Russian billionaire sends Gabriel Allon on a dangerous journey across Europe and into the orbit of a musical virtuoso who may hold the key to the truth about his friend's death. The plot Allon uncovers leads to secret channels of money and influence that go to the very heart of Western democracy and threaten the stability of the global order.
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Smithsonian Books
Pub. Date
2018.
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215 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
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English
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Uses unpublished materials and memorabilia from his family to describe the life of the music icon, including his rural Arkansas upbringing, his first recordings with Sun Records, and his romance with June Carter.
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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English
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A one-hundredth birthday tribute to the late jazz artist explores his observations about humanity's discriminatory and violent behaviors as well as his efforts to forge world peace through music with the Sun Ra Arkestra.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Zack Dylan has a dream. He wants to sing on the biggest stages, for the biggest crowds, and he'll do whatever it takes to make it come true. But Zack also made a promise to his college sweetheart when he left Kentucky to compete on the popular TV show Fifteen Minutes: If he made it, nothing would change him or his faith in God. Overnight, Zack becomes the nation's most popular contestant, a country singer comparable to a young Tim McGraw. As his star...
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Disney Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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"La Musica exists in many places--in the twang of a guitar, in the beat of a drum, even in the whistling wind and the morning bird's son. She brings color and life wherever she goes, connecting people to a grand harmony. And in the town of Santa Cecilia, she is everywhere. When La Musica discovers a boy with longing in his heart and no music in his home, she vows to help him find his passion."--Dust jacket.
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Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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"When Summer's music career crumbles, she returns to the place where secrets, wounds, and fears destroyed her closest friendships. It will take a reckoning with her past and the friends she lost to help her gain the closure she needs to move forward"--
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ix, 252 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"Joey and Rory Feek were enjoying a steadily growing fan base in country music when Joey was diagnosed with a rapidly spreading cancer. By inviting so many into the final months of Joey's life as she battled cancer, they captured hearts around the world. In this vulnerable book, Rory takes us into his own challenging life story"--
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Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
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"Right after the sudden death of her mother--her first and most devoted fan--and just before the launch of her high-stakes sophomore album, Greta James falls apart on stage. The footage quickly goes viral and she stops playing, her career suddenly in jeopardy--the kind of jeopardy her father, Conrad, has always predicted. Months later, Greta--still heartbroken and very much adrift--reluctantly agrees to accompany Conrad on the Alaskan cruise her parents...
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Little, Brown and Company
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English
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"John Lennon was one of the world's most influential people. Mark David Chapman was one of the most invisible. By the end of 1980, the Beatles had been broken up for a decade -- a decade John Lennon had spent in search of his true identity: singer, songwriter, activist, burn out. "It's the perfect time to be coming back," he declared. Except that Lennon was a marked man. As early as the Beatles' controversial 1966 American tour, the band had feared...
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Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
286 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Describes the author's transition from a street musician to an international celebrity and the moments of friendship, bravery, and humor he has shared with his feline companion.
20) Wild symphony
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Travel through the trees and across the seas with Maestro Mouse and his musical friends! You'll meet a big blue whale and speedy cheetahs, tiny beetles and graceful swans. Each has a special secret to share. Along the way, you might spot the surprised Maestro Mouse has left for you-- a hiding buzzy bee, jumbled letters that spell out clues, and even a coded message for you to solve! Dan Brown makes his picture book debut with this mindful, mysterious,...