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1) Labyrinth
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Languedoc Trilogy volume 1
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English
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July 2005. In the Pyrenees mountains near Carcassonne, Alice, a volunteer at an archaeological dig, stumbles into a cave and makes a startling discovery-two crumbling skeletons, strange writings on the walls, and the pattern of a labyrinth. Eight hundred years earlier, on the eve of a brutal crusade that will rip apart southern France, a young woman named Alais is given a ring and a mysterious book for safekeeping by her father. The book, he says,...
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Furry Friends Animal Shelter volume 2
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English
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Can Lety find her voice before it's too late? Lety Muñoz's first language is Spanish, and she likes to take her time putting her words together. She loves volunteering at the Furry Friends Animal Shelter because the dogs and cats there don't care if she can't always find the right word. When the shelter needs a volunteer to write animal profiles, Lety jumps at the chance. But grumpy classmate Hunter also wants to write profiles--so now they have...
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2020.
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English
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"In 1933, most people are focused on the Great Depression but all Piper Danson can think about is how to get out of being a debutante and marrying Braxton Crandall. In an act of defiance, Piper volunteers as a frontier nursing courier in the Appalachian Mountains where adventure awaits"--Provided by publisher.
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Guideposts
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Spring has come to Sugarcreek, and the community is rallying behind an effort to help victims of domestic violence. At a word day to remodel abandoned cottages for families in need of safe havens, volunteers discover dozens of jars filled with old coins hidden within the walls of a kitchen. When the money is stolen from the safe in Cheryls office at the Swiss Miss, she feels responsibility to find the thief and recover the loot. The investigation...
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"Anna is eager to begin a new chapter in her life as a Lancaster County tour guide in the picturesque area where her Plain grandmother once stayed. Anna wishes she could talk with her grandmother about those long-ago days, but the elderly woman suffers from Alzheimer's, and beyond a vague hint about an old stone wall, much about that time is a mystery. Thankfully, Martin Nolt, a handsome Mennonite, takes the young Beachy Amish woman under his wing...
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[2023]
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English
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"Bob Comet is a retired librarian, isolated but not lonely, living out his quiet days in a mint-colored house in Oregon, surrounded by his books and small comforts. One morning, out on his daily walk, he performs an act of kindness that brings him into contact with a nearby senior center, where he soon begins volunteering. Here, as a community of peers and friends gathers around Bob, and following a happenstance brush with a painful complication from...
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When Josh Hagarty is recruited by the charitable organization New Africa to manage a farming project in an underdeveloped African country, he signs on, figuring that he can put his newly acquired graduate degree in engineering to good use. However, when Josh gets situated in Africa, he finds that New Africa may not be the philanthropic charity it purports itself to be.
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Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"The Whitmans are adding grandchildren to their family, but middle daughter, Danae, is childless. Though Danae is ready to consider adoption, her husband will not discuss it. Volunteering at a women's shelter is teaching Danae to live her life with gratitude, but then heart-wrenching events on Thanksgiving weekend threatens turmoil for the entire Whitman clan"--
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Colorado Department of Education
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
This document is meant to be a "how-to guide" for high-quality service-learning. The field of service-learning has grown substantially over the past decade and many excellent resources are now available for teachers, administrators, community members and students that describe not only the "how" of service-learning but ideas for "the what."
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Publisher
One Elm Books, an imprint of Red Chair Press LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"Thirteen-year-old Hannah Higgins is convinced her summer is ruined when she is forced to travel to Africa and work in a remote village in Kenya with her mom and uncle ... Just when she thinks nothing could make this trip any worse, she learns people there are dying of hunger and preventable disease. Hannah becomes frustrated and wants to help ... "--
18) Lety alza su voz
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Scholastic Inc
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Español
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When Lety jumps at the chance to write animal profiles for the Furry Friends Animal Shelter, she is forced to team up with a grumpy classmate named Hunter, who devises a contest to decide who gets to be the official shelter scribe.
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