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1) Ethan Frome
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 6
Description
A New England farmer must choose between his duty to care for his invalid wife and his love for her cousin, in a new edition of Wharton's classic novel, which features a new foreword by novelist Anita Shreve. Reprint.
5) Halt's peril
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
Description
Tennyson, the false prophet of the Outsider cult, has escaped and Halt is determined to stop him before he crosses the border into Araluen, but Genovesan assassins put Will and Halt's extraordinary archery skills to the test.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 12
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Description
Tom Canty and Edward Tudor alike, but their lives could hardly be more different. For Edward is a royal prince, heir to the throne, and Tom is a miserable pauper. Until one day, fate intervenes, and for awhile each has to live the other's life.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.
8) Heidi
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
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Series
Hunger Games volume Prequel
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 17
Description
"As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear gripsthe districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes. Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves. When Haymitch's name is called, he can feel all his dreams break. He's torn from his family...
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Series
Harry Potter (Original series) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
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Description
What did Harry Potter know about magic? He was stuck with the decidedly un-magical Dursleys, who hated him. He slept in a closet and ate their leftovers. But an owl messenger changes all that, with an invitation to attend the Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches, where it turns out Harry is already famous.. . . Full color.
11) Goodnight moon
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Before going to sleep, a little rabbit says goodnight to all his familiar possessions, as his big, green bedroom slowly darkens.
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Series
Description
"Tells the tale of a little red-headed orphaned girl, mistakenly sent to the Cutherbert's farm on Prince Edward Island. Anne's strong character and vivid imaginaton both help and hinder her as she makes her way through childhood in the pretty little town of Avonlea"--Publisher marketing.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.9 - AR Pts: 17
Formats
Description
An adventurous geology professor mounts an expedition that descends into a subterranean world of luminous rocks, antediluvian forests, and fantastic marine life -- a living past that holds the secrets to the origins of human existence.
14) Black Beauty
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 11
Description
A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 7
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Description
During the gold rush, Buck is snatched away from his peaceful home and brought to the harsh and bitter Yukon to become a sled dog. Will he adapt to life as a member of a sled pack? Or will his newly awakened instincts lead him to search for the freedom he has never known?
16) The book thief
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 18
Description
"When death has a story to tell, you listen. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. By her brother's graveside, Liesel Meminger finds her life changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Grave Digger's Handbook, left there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel,...
17) 1984: a novel
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 17
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Description
Portrays life in a future time when a totalitarian government watches over all citizens and directs all activities.
19) The women
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"When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different choice for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps...
20) Number the stars
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
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