Tony Ross
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Series
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English
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"A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens is a timeless masterpiece that transcends the holiday season, offering a profound tale of redemption and compassion. This classic novella tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old man whose cold heart is transformed by the visitation of four ghosts on Christmas Eve. Set in Victorian London, the story unfolds as Scrooge confronts the ghosts of his past, present, and future, leading to an emotional journey...
4) Horrid Henry
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Horrid Henry causes his brother Perfect Peter all sorts of problems when he behaves properly for a change, upstages Peter at a dance recital, plays pirates, and goes on a camping trip.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Contains four stories that follow the adventures of Horrid Henry, including the title work in which Henry realizes, much to his chagrin, that he has accidently worn the bright pink "big girl" panties his goofy great-aunt Greta sent him for his birthday.
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HarperCollins
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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"Grandpa is Jack s favorite person in the world. It doesn t matter that he wears his slippers to the supermarket, serves Spam a la Custard for dinner, and often doesn't remember Jack's name. But then Grandpa starts to believe he s back in World War II, when he was a Spitfire fighter pilot, and he's sent to live in an old folk's home run by the sinister Matron Swine. Now it s up to Jack to help Grandpa plot a daring escape!"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
"Hailed as "the heir to Roald Dahl" by The Spectator , the UK's #1 bestselling children's author, David Walliams, will have fans of Jeff Kinney and Rachel Renee Russell in stitches! David Walliams burst on to the American scene with his New York Times bestseller Demon Dentist , and now he's bringing his signature humor to the sick ward in The Midnight Gang. Tom lands in the hospital with a nasty bump on the head after a gym class accident. And things...
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Series
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Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2010.
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English
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Warning: Too rude for parents and for slimy toad little brothers! These are Horrid Henry's very own jokes: the jokes that grossed out Mom and Dad... that made Aunt Ruby run home... that sent Miss Battle-Axe screaming from class. Be horrid! Read Henry's jokes. Then tell them to the world!
9) Bad Dad
Author
Publisher
Harper, a division of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Hailed as “the heir to Roald Dahl” by The Spectator , the UK’s #1 bestselling children’s author, David Walliams, will have fans of Jeff Kinney and Rachel Renee Russell in stitches! David Walliams burst on to the American scene with his New York Times bestseller Demon Dentist , and now he’s bringing his signature humor to this raucous tale of prison breaks and heists gone wrong in Bad Dad. Frank’s dad was a champion hot-rod racer, Gilbert...
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Publisher
Arcadia Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"The unification of Italy in 1861 launched a new European nation promising to fulfill the dreams of Italians, yet millions of poor peasants still found themselves in economic desperation. By 1872, an army of speculators had invaded the countryside, hawking steamship tickets and promising fabulous riches in America. Thousands of immigrants fled to the New World, only to be abandoned upon arrival and forced to find work in hard labor. New York placed...