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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the medieval poem about a group of travelers on a pilgrimage to Canterbury and the tales they tell each other. With their astonishing diversity of tone and subject matter, The Canterbury Tales have become one of the touchstones of medieval literature. Translated here into modern English, these tales of a motley crowd of pilgrims drawn from all walks of life-from knight to nun, miller to monk-reveal a picture of English life in the fourteenth...
2) Macbeth
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
She is only fourteen, he only a few years older. Their families are bitter enemies, sworn to hatred. Yet Romeo and Juliet meet and fall passionately in love. Defying their parents' wishes, they are secretly married, but their brief happiness, is shattered by fate.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
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Description
A prose retelling of William Shakespeare's play about the strange events that take place in a forest inhabited by fairies who magically transform the romantic fate of two young couples.
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
If you've ever suffered through a Passover Seder, you're well aware of the fact that the entire evening can feel like we're still in bondage. There are endless stories, frequent hand washing, and not enough eating. The book you hold before you is no ordinary Haggadah. For This We Left Egypt? is a hilarious and entertaining parody from the comedic minds of Dave Barry, Alan Zweibel, and Adam Mansbach. These award-winning comedy writers take you through...
Author
Publisher
Encore
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
From 1939-1946 Americans gathered around their radio to listen to The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes -- featuring Basil Rathbone as the high strung crime solver and Nigel Bruce as his phlegmatic assistant, Dr. Watson. This special CD edition includes 12 of the series' best episodes and features nostalgic war-time announcements, original commercials and radio narrations.
Author
Publisher
Well-Trained Mind Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"This spirited retelling brings us Shakespeare's cast of immortal characters with excerpts from the original dialogue told in a way that young listeners can grasp. This recording will nurture a passion for Shakespeare and an understanding of why these people and historical events still shape our world today."--Publisher's website
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Ltd
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Boy (CD 1): Dahl's childhood was one of excitement, wonder, terror and sadness. From his fascination with the local sweetshop to the Great Mouse Plot, the horrors of boarding school, the obnoxious Boazers and his time as a chocolate taster for Cadbury's, we hear of the extraordinary events that shaped him and inspired his bestselling books. Going Solo (CD 2 & 3): Setting sail for Africa on the SS Montola, aged 22, Dahl is plunged into an unfamiliar...
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