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1) Oliver Twist
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
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The story of Oliver Twist - orphaned, and set upon by evil and adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble, Oliver finds himself lured into a den of thieves peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the Artful Dodger, vicious burglar Bill Sikes, his dog Bull's Eye, and prostitute Nancy, all watched over by cunning master-thief Fagin. Combining elements...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 5
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"When A Christmas Carol was first published in 1843 it was an overnight success, and set a precedent that was to be followed by other Christmas books, including The Chimes (1844) and The Cricket (1845). Each book was published at the same time of year, in the same format, and extolled similar values about the virtues of love, charity and the family unit. But none would achieve the cult status of A Christmas Carol, a book so popular it has become part...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 35
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Great Expectations is Charles Dickens's thirteenth novel. It is his second novel, after David Copperfield, to be fully narrated in the first person. Great Expectations is a bildungsroman, or a coming-of-age novel, and it is a classic work of Victorian literature. It depicts the growth and personal development of an orphan named Pip. The novel was first published in serial form in Dickens's weekly periodical All the Year Round, from 1 December 1860...
5) Black Beauty
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 11
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"Black Beauty is a perennial children's favourite, one which has never been out of print since its publication in 1877. It is a moralistic tale of the life of the horse related in the form of an autobiography, describing the world through the eyes of the creature. In taking this anthropomorphic approach, the author Anna Sewell broke new literary ground and her effective storytelling ability makes it very easy for the reader to accept the premise that...
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"In North Kensington three orphaned mixed-race children are bounced from one home to another. The middle child Joel takes care of the youngest, Toby, who isn't quite right. When a local gang threatens Toby, Joel makes a pact with the devil that ends in the murder of Thomas Lynley's wife."--From source other than the Library of Congress
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.9 - AR Pts: 71
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When his father dies, Nicholas is sent by his uncle to a school to be a teacher, but when Nicholas finds that the headmaster bullies the students, he must decide whether to stay, or leave and allow his uncle to cut off support.
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Anna Hibiscus (Early chapter books) volume 2
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Anna Hibiscus loves singing to her two baby brothers, Double and Trouble. But when she is chosen to sing for her school in front of the president, her throat runs dry and her bones turn to stone. Can Double and Trouble save her?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.3 - AR Pts: 42
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"A swashbuckling epic of chivalry, honor, and derring-do, it is set in France during the 1620s and richly populated with romantic heroes, unattainable heroines, kings, queens, cavaliers, and criminals in a whirl of adventure, espionage, conspiracy, murder, vengeance, love, scandal, and suspense. Dumas transforms major and minor historical figures into larger-than-life characters: the brave d'Artagnan, an impetuous young man in pursuit of glory; the...
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2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
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In 1899, 12-year-old Agatha is cast out of her ancestral home by her cruel cousin and while adjusting to her new fate, learns that the local lake is haunted by a young girl who could hold the key to Agatha's true identity.
12) Oliver Twist
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A graphic novel version of the classic, set in Victorian England, in which a poor orphan is forced into the workhouse at age eight and runs away to become a thief and has a series of misadventures before discovering his true identity.
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Anna Hibiscus volume Book 2
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Anna Hibiscus loves singing to her two baby brothers, Double and Trouble. But when she is chosen to sing for her school in front of the president, her throat runs dry and her bones turn to stone. Can Double and Trouble save her?
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2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
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"America 1775, you have applied for the job of a soldier fighting the British in the American War of Independence. The war will last for eight years. Find out what you will eat, how much you will be paid and what happens if you are wounded. An interview at the end of the book will reveal if you have what it takes to be a Revolutionary War Soldier"--Back cover.