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1) Treasure Island

Author

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 12

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"Young Jim Hawkins and his friends set sail for Treasure Island, hoping to find the buried loot of Captin Flint, fiercest of all the pirates. But, unknown to them, the crew of their own ship is made up of Flint's former crew, led by the evil one-legged pirate Long John Silver. Once on the island Jim and his friends must find the buried treasure and escape before the pirates capture them. Robert Louis Stevenson's timeless tale of greed and gold remains...

2) A tale of two cities

Author

Dickens, Charles

Series

Oxford world's classics
The World's Great Classics
Harper's modern classics
Classics to grow on
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Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 27

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It was the time of the French Revolution - a time of great change and great danger. It was a time when injustice was met by a lust for vengeance, and rarely was a distinction made between the innocent and the guilty. Against this tumultuous historical backdrop, Dickens' great story of unsurpassed adventure and courage unfolds.Unjustly imprisoned for 18 years in the Bastille, Dr. Alexandre Manette is reunited with his daughter, Lucie, and safely transported...

3) The adventures of Tom Sawyer

Author

Twain, Mark

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1

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"Mark Twain's classic The Adventures of Tom Sawyer has been enjoyed by generations of readers across the world since its publication in 1876. With its humorous glimpses into life in nineteenth-century, small-town America, this novel has provided unique social commentary that continues to be discussed in classrooms today. Tom Sawyer, a mischievous boy growing up in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri, is constantly getting in and out of...

4) Anne of Green Gables

Author

Montgomery, L. M

Series

Anne of Green Gables volume 1
Great classics for children
Mackin classics
Usborne Illustrated Originals
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Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3

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Testing for Tom Sawyer bug

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"Marilla Cuthbert and her brother, Matthew, wanted to adopt a boy. Matthew needed someone to help him with the chores on their farm, and they sent word to town to have the orphanage send them a boy. What they got instead was a skinny, freckled-faced, eleven-year-old girl with a head full of dreams."--BOOK JACKET.

5) A Christmas Carol

Author

Dickens, Charles

Series

Puffin chalk
Scholastic classics
Saddleback classics
Campfire Classics
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Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 5

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Book, CD, Graphic Novel

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"When A Christmas Carol was first published in 1843 it was an overnight success, and set a precedent that was to be followed by other Christmas books, including The Chimes (1844) and The Cricket (1845). Each book was published at the same time of year, in the same format, and extolled similar values about the virtues of love, charity and the family unit. But none would achieve the cult status of A Christmas Carol, a book so popular it has become part...

6) Little women

Author

Alcott, Louisa May

Series

Little Women series volume 1
Classic collection)
Barnes and Noble classics
Collector's editions
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Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33

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Book, CD, Large Print

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For generations, children around the world have come of age with Louisa May Alcott's March girls: hardworking eldest sister Meg, headstrong, impulsive Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. With their father away at war, and their loving mother Marmee working to support the family, the four sisters have to rely on one another for support as they endure the hardships of wartime and poverty. We witness the sisters growing up and figuring out what role...

7) The adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Author

Twain, Mark

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1

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Banned & Challenged Books

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Book, CD, eAudiobook, Graphic Novel, Large Print

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Called "the veriest trash" by a member of the Concord, Massachusetts Library Board that banned the novel when it was first published, Huckleberry Finn has come to be viewed, as H.L. Mencken put it, as "one of the great masterpieces of the world." Ernest Hemingway wrote that "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn....There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since." A daringly ironic...

8) The Secret Garden

Author

Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Series

A Yearling book
Classic literature with classical music
Scholastic classics
Puffin classics
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Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13

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When Mary Lennox is sent from India to the moors of England to live with her uncle after losing her parents, not only does she discover a secret garden, but she also discovers the true meaning of family, friendship, and perseverance. This magical, timeless classic, originally published in 1911, is by the author of A Little Princess and Little Lord Faunteleroy.

9) The Count of Monte Cristo

Author

Dumas, Alexandre

Series

Timeless Classics
Barnes and Noble Classics
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
Barnes and Noble leatherbound classics
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Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 34

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A beautiful new clothbound edition of Alexandre Dumas's classic novel of wrongful imprisonment, adventure and revenge. Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of the Château d'If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and becomes determined not only to escape but to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible...

10) Oliver Twist

Author

Dickens, Charles

Series

Arcturus Children's Classics
Timeless Classics
Campfire Classics
Classic Starts®
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Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2

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Book, CD

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The story of a young orphan who dares to say, "Please, sir, I want some more". After escaping from the dark and dismal workhouse where he was born, Oliver finds himself on the mean streets of Victorian-era London and is unwittingly recruited into a scabrous gang of scheming urchins. In this band of petty thieves, Oliver encounters the extraordinary and vibrant characters who have captured audiences' imaginations for more than 150 years: the loathsome...