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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.4 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
1170L
Language
English
Description
"Few works by comic book artists have earned the universal acclaim and reverence that Bernie Wrightson's illustrated version of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein was met with upon its original release in 1983. A generation later, this magnificent pairing of art and literature is still considered to be one of the greatest achievements made by any artist in the field. This book includes the complete text of the original groundbreaking novel,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 27
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the aging Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil roads of London, they are drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Alice's adventures begin as she lies on a grassy bank one sunny afternoon. After following the White Rabbit down a rabbit hole she meets all kinds of strange and wonderful characters. She talks with the Cheshire Cat, swims with the Mouse, takes tea with the Mad Hatter and plays croquet with the Queen.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 28
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Description
"An American frigate tracks down a ship-sinking submarine commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo." *** "The voyage of the 'Nautilus' permitted Verne to describe the wonders of an undersea world almost totally unknown to the general public of the period. Indebted to literary tradition for his Atlantis, he made his major innovation in having the submarine completely powered by electricity, although the interest in electrical forces goes back to Poe...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
1150L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Adventures in Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer's school for boys; a place of light, warmth, comfort, and delights; where self-knowledge and self-control are acquired along with book learning.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.5 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
1160L
Language
English
Formats
Description
This beloved historical satire, played out in two very different socio-economic worlds of 16th-century England, centers around the lives of two boys born in London on the same day: Edward, Prince of Wales, and Tom Canty, a street beggar. During a chance encounter, they realize they are identical and, as a lark, decide to exchange garments and roles -- a situation that briefly, but drastically, alters the lives of both youngsters. Brimming with gentle...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 21
Lexile measure
1200L
Language
English
Description
"Published in 1883, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood is one of the most popular interpretations of the English hero. Influenced by the classic texts, author Howard Pyle creates a cohesive narrative full of action, adventure and humor. Although intended for children, this story's an enjoyable read for all ages."--Page 4 of cover
9) Kidnapped
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Description
In 1751 in Scotland, cheated out of his inheritance by a greedy uncle who has him kidnapped and put on a ship to the Carolinas, seventeen-year-old David Balfour escapes to the Highlands with the help of the Jacobite Alan Breck Stewart and there encounters further danger and intrigue as he attempts to clear his name and regain his property.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
Description
A lawyer in Victorian London tries to understand the nature of the strange relationship between his physician friend and the cruel and violent man he seems to protect. Illustrated sidebar notes provide historical background to the text.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
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Description
On an ordinary summer's afternoon, Alice tumbles down a hole and an extraordinary adventure begins. In a strange world with even stranger characters, she meets a grinning cat and a rabbit with a pocket-watch, joins a mad tea party and plays croquet with the Queen. Lost in this fantasy land, Alice finds herself growing more and more curious by the minute.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 13.5 - AR Pts: 25
Lexile measure
NC 1300L
Language
English
Description
Gulliver's strange adventures in some of the most unusual lands ever imagined have made this one of the rare classics with an enduring and wide-ranging appeal to all ages. Gulliver's bad luck at sea not only gets him shipwrecked and castaway, but repeatedly throws him into strange societies of even stranger people. Readers are likely aware of Gulliver's experiences in Lilliput, where he meets a kingdom of six-inch-tall people with a set of prejudices...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
1190L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Horrified at the thought of caring for talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca, the spinster aunts nevertheless spend seven difficult years raising their niece, rewarding years for all three inhabitants of the little brick house in a small New England town.
15) White Fang
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
Up in the frozen north, life is harsh and dangerous. But this is where White Fang, the wolf-dog, feels at home--in the wild. When White Fang lives among man-animals, he must learn to fend for himself. And when he finds himself with a man who is kind to him, he must learn to love.
16) The jungle book
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 20
Lexile measure
NC 1140L
Language
English
Description
Deep in the pages of the Jungle Book romps a boy raised by wolves, a mongoose who raises up against a deadly cobra, & a young seal who raises the question: What's out there in the great wide world? Rudyard Kipling's enduring collection of adventurous tales are written with warmth, wit, & a gentle wisdom for readers of all ages.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.5 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
1090L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When young Edward VI of England and a poor boy who resembles him exchange places, each learns something about the other's very different station in life. Includes a brief biography of the author.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
"Young Mary Lennox is left an orphan when her parents die of illness while living abroad. In their absence, Mary is sent to stay under the care of her Uncle in Yorkshire, England. It's there in Misselthwaite Manor that she meets two young boys--a servant named Dickon and her cousin Colin, who lives locked away in the manor due to a disability that leaves him bound in a wheelchair. The trio discover a secret garden hidden in the manor grounds and work...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
The irrepressible Anne Shirley dreams of the woman she hopes to be when she decides to leave Green Gables and her beloved Prince Edward Island for college. She is eager for new adventure. But now she faces difficult choices involving her secret aspirations to be a writer and her hopes of finding the right person to marry. When she is the recipient of unexpected marriage proposals from the most unlikely young men, she may shock friends and Islanders...
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