Rebecca K. Reynolds
2) Moby Dick
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Moby-Dick, by Herman Melville, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies...
3) White Fang
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"White Fang" by Jack London is a riveting tale of the wild, set in the Yukon Territory during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush. This novel, a companion to London's famous "The Call of the Wild", inversely explores the world from the perspective of a wolf-dog mix named White Fang.
Born in the wild but gradually brought into the world of humans, White Fang's journey is one of survival, adaptation, and the struggle between his wild instincts and the...
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English
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The Man in the Iron Mask, by Alexander Dumas, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies...
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English
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In this enchanting version of the story of King Arthur, the renowned American illustrator and storyteller Howard Pyle displays his unique talent for capturing and stimulating the imaginations of the young. Inventively retold and vividly illustrated, these stories describe the perilous and thrilling adventures of King Arthur and his knights in that glorious age of chivalry and honor. After showing how Arthur established his right to the throne by drawing...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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This story begins at an observatory in England where the narrator witnesses explosions on Mars. This event is followed by what is thought to be a meteor landing not far from the observatory. Once the narrator travels to the spot of the meteor landing he discovers it is actually a cylinder and the cylinder contains Martians. The story chronicles the Martian attacks throughout many parts of England, even devastating London and the narrator escapes with...
8) Pollyanna
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English
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"The timeless children's story about a young orphan whose sunny outlook and effervescent spirit transform a Vermont town Alone in her big house in Beldingsville, Vermont, Miss Polly welcomes neither friends nor companions of any sort. And so when a letter arrives notifying her that her orphaned niece Pollyanna has been sent east to live with her, the cantankerous Miss Polly braces for her cherished calm to be shattered. Pollyanna seems to have little...
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The spirited redhead returns in this heartwarming sequel to" Anne of Green Gables," Now she's the schoolma'am in the same place where she was a student, and not much older than her pupils. Anne's determination provides the same "scope for imagination" that made this book's predecessor a treasure for young readers.