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IL: UG - BL: 12 - AR Pts: 27
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When Elizabeth Bennet meets Fitzwilliam Darcy for the first time at a ball, she writes him off as an arrogant and obnoxious man. He not only acts like an insufferable snob, but she also overhears him rejecting the very idea of asking her for a dance! As life pits them against each other again and again, Darcy begins to fall for Elizabeth's wit and intelligence and Elizabeth begins to question her feelings about Darcy. But when Darcy saves her youngest...
2) Jane Eyre
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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"Jane Eyre recounts the story of a governess who, having suffered during childhood both at her aunt's house and then at school, finds herself falling for her new employer, Mr Rochester. But Mr Rochester and his home are not all they seem and when secrets come to light, Jane is forced to abandon all her hopes and dreams."--Amazon.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.3 - AR Pts: 23
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Wuthering Heights tells the story of a romance between two youngsters: Catherine Earnshaw and an orphan boy, Heathcliff. This tale of hauntings, passion and greed remains unsurpassed in its depiction of the dark side of love.With an Afterword by David PinchingDesigned to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 35
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Great Expectations is Charles Dickens's thirteenth novel. It is his second novel, after David Copperfield, to be fully narrated in the first person. Great Expectations is a bildungsroman, or a coming-of-age novel, and it is a classic work of Victorian literature. It depicts the growth and personal development of an orphan named Pip. The novel was first published in serial form in Dickens's weekly periodical All the Year Round, from 1 December 1860...
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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...
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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...
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IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
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As soon as Anne Shirley arrived at the snug, white farmhouse called Green Gables, she knew she wanted to stay forever. But would the Cuthberts send her back to the orphanage? Anne knows she's not what they expected -- a skinny girl with decidedly red hair and a temper to match. If only she could convince them to let her stay, she'd try very hard not to keep rushing headlong into scrapes or blurt out the very first thing she had to say. Anne was...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 13.5 - AR Pts: 25
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The wayward traveler -- Lemuel Gulliver -- ends up on a series of bizarrely populated islands. First he is a giant among little people, but then sees the situation reversed when he's surrounded by giants twelve times his size. Next he finds himself in the clouds, in a society of devoted but ultimately hapless mathematicians. Lastly, his journey brings him to an island where incredibly noble horses must deal with a race of uncouth, reviled ape-men:...
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IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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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...
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Eighteen-year-old Henry Fleming is a private in the Union Army's 304th New York Regiment. Having enlisted despite his mother's protest, Henry internally questions if his bravery will hold true in the face of battle. Determining that all hope is lost during his regiment's first skirmish, Henry flees in the midst of a bleak and bloody situation. However, as he reaches the rear of the army, he learns that the Union has actually won the battle. Overcome...
11) Mexico
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Pub. Date
1987
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Presents the life of a girl and her family in Guadalajara, Mexico's second largest city, describing her home and school activities and the festivals, religious ceremonies, and national holidays of her country.
12) South Korea
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Pub. Date
1987
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Introduces the culture of South Korea by depicting the life of an eleven-year-old resident of Seoul who is preparing for a career as an athlete.
13) Spain
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Pub. Date
1987
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Presents the life of a girl and her family in a village in southern Spain, describing her home activities and the festivals, religious ceremonies, and national holidays of her country.
14) Sweden
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[1987]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Text and photographs present life in Sweden by following eleven-year-old Isabel, child of divorced parents, as she moves between her two families.
15) Australia
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Pub. Date
[1988]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Presents the life of a young boy in New South Wales describing his family, home, school, and amusements and some of the traditions and celebrations of his country.
16) Brazil
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Pub. Date
1988
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Presents the life of Andre and Camille who live with their parents outside of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, describing their home and school activities and the festivals, religious ceremonies, and national holidays of their country.
17) China
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Pub. Date
1988
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Presents the life of a fifth-grade girl and her family living in Beijing, China, describing her home and school, daily activities, and the ethnic groups, religion, government, education, industry, geography, and history of her country.
18) Greece
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Pub. Date
1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Presents the life of a young girl on the island of Mykonos describing her family, home, school, and amusements and some of the traditions and celebrations of her country.
19) Italy
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Pub. Date
1988
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Presents the life of a young girl living in Florence, Italy, describing her family, home, school, and amusements and some of the traditions and celebrations of her country.
20) Thailand
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Pub. Date
c1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Presents the life of a girl in northern Thailand, discussing her family and the history, political system, and traditions of her country.