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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
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Scientist Pierre Aronnax and his colleagues set out on an expedition to find a strange sea monster and are captured by the infamous and charismatic Captain Nemo and taken abroad the Nautilus submarine as his prisoners. As they travel the world's oceans, they become embroiled in adventures and events beyond their wildest dreams. Visionary in its outlook, Vern's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a legendary science fiction masterpiece.
3) Oliver Twist
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
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The adventures of an orphan boy who lives in the squalid surroundings of a nineteenth-century English workhouse until he becomes involved with a gang of thieves.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.3 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
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This is the story of the savage, tormented foundling Heathcliff, who falls wildly in love with Catherine Earnshaw, the daughter of his benefactor, and the violence and misery that result from their thwarted longing for each other. A book of great power and strength, it is filled with the raw beauty of the moors and an uncanny understanding of the terrible truths about men and women. It is an understanding made even more extraordinary by the fact that...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 34
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
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Description
Based on actual events, this sweeping historical romance, considered to be Dumas' finest work, recounts the story of Edmond Dantès, a gallant young sailor whose life takes a bitter turn when, during the final days of Napoleon's reign, he is falsely accused of treason and condemned to lifelong imprisonment. After languishing for many years in a fetid dungeon, he makes his dramatic escape. In a labyrinthine tale plump with themes of justice, vengeance,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.7 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
1340L
Language
English
Description
Set in the harsh Puritan environment of 17th century Boston, The scarlet letter describes the plight of Hester Prynne, an independent-minded woman who stands alone against society. Having given birth to a child after an illicit affair, she refuses to name the father and is forced to wear the letter A for adulteress embroidered on her dress
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 206
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 32
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Description
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" was revolutionary in 1852 for its passionate indictment of slavery and for its presentation of Tom, "a man of humanity," as the first black hero in American fiction.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 40
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
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Description
Raskolnikov commits murder. He then must deal both with the police, and his own guilty conscience. Determined to overreach his humanity and assert his untrammeled individual will, Raskolnikov, an impoverished student living in the St. Petersburg of the Tsars, commits an act of murder and theft and sets into motion a story which, for its excruciating suspense, its atmospheric vividness, and its profundity of characterization and vision, is almost unequaled...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 86 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
With his bronze David, Donatello created modernity's first life-size, free-standing sculpture - a masterpiece of the early Italian Renaissance. Familiar with classical art, he enriched sculpture with individual expression, becoming an artist much in demand. He worked for the Quattrocento's most powerful patrons, such as Cosimo de' Medici and the Catholic Church. Innovations in sculptural craft like his flat relief technique made him very influential...
11) Oedipus the king
Author
Language
English
Description
Dramatizes the story of Oedipus, who killed his father and married his mother
Author
Series
28 summers (Elin Hilderbrand) volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"When Mallory Blessing's son, Link, receives deathbed instructions from his mother to call a number on a slip of paper in her desk drawer, he's not sure what to expect. But he certainly does not expect Jake McCloud to answer. It's the late spring of 2020 and Jake's wife, Ursula DeGournsey, is the frontrunner in the upcoming Presidential election. There must be a mistake, Link thinks. How do Mallory and Jake know each other? Flash back to the sweet...
Publisher
The Baby Einstein Co
Pub. Date
[between 2000 and 2009?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 70 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + Parent's guide ([6] pages)
Language
English
Formats
Description
Baby Van Gogh is an enriching new approach to learning colors through the context of paintings by Van Gogh. The Digital Board Book features interactivity, multimedia programming capabilities and digital playback quality. In the Video Board Book, join puppet host Vincent Van Goat as he creates six colorful masterpieces. Treat your child to a concert of classical favorites by Bizet, Rossini, Strauss, Tchaikovsky and others. Also included is a 20-page...
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
xviii, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.).
Language
English
Description
This is the fun and easy way to play blues on the harmonica. Blues harmonica is the most popular and influential style of harmonica playing, and it forms the basis for playing harmonica in other styles such as rock and country.
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
lv, 509 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
For 90 years "Poetry" has been America's most distinguished magazine of verse. This 90th anniversary anthology may be the most bountiful collection of American poems ever published. It offers a record of poetic achievement as well as some of the vagaries, fads, fashions, and failures of the last 90 years.
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