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1) Kidnapped
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 14
Description
The story of young David Balfour, whose miserly uncle cheats him out of his inheritance and schemes to have him kidnapped, shanghaied, and sold into slavery. But justice triumphs - after a spirited odyssey that includes a shipwreck, a hazardous journey across Scotland with a daredevil companion, intrigues, narrow escapes, and desperate fighting.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 10
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In the summer of 1723, 8 boys and 3 men were marooned on a rocky stack in the middle of the sea at the edge of the Outer Hebrides. This book tells the story of how they survived nine months of deadly storms, madness and starvation with only a few ropes and baskets, and their own fortitude and endurance to save them.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 12
Description
"Young Jim Hawkins and his friends set sail for Treasure Island, hoping to find the buried loot of Captin Flint, fiercest of all the pirates. But, unknown to them, the crew of their own ship is made up of Flint's former crew, led by the evil one-legged pirate Long John Silver. Once on the island Jim and his friends must find the buried treasure and escape before the pirates capture them. Robert Louis Stevenson's timeless tale of greed and gold remains...
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Lord John Grey novels volume 4
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Lord John Grey has documents that expose the corruption of a high-ranking British officer. But they also elude to an even greater danger, one that sends Grey on a quest to the Irish country. Along the way, he seeks the aide of Jamie Fraser, a paroled Jacobite still fighting for Ireland's independence. Grey needs Fraser to help translate a message left in the language of the Scottish highlanders, but Fraser has his doubts about helping the British...
5) The Rogues
Author
Series
Stuart quartet volume 4
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Description
After his family is evicted from their Scottish farm, fifteen-year-old Roddy forms an unlikely friendship with a notorious rogue who helps him outwit a tyrant landlord in order to find a family treasure and make his way to America.
Author
Series
Stuart quartet volume 3
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Description
In 1746, a year after the Scottish clans have rallied to the call of their exiled prince, Charles Stuart, to take up arms against England's tyranny, fourteen-year-old, epileptic Duncan MacDonald and his cousin, Ewan, run away to join the fight at Culloden and discover the harsh reality of war.
7) Kidnapped
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A world-famous classic novel is the basis for this brand-new, dramatically illustrated book. Transformed from Robert Louis StevensonU+2019s original text into a graphic novel, this, like other Graphic Classics editions, makes a good introduction for young readers to the imaginative riches of literature. These books contain many extra features, including brief biographies of their authors, a list of each authorU+2019s important works, a glossary, and...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Ten-year-old Martha Morse, who would grow up to become the great-grandmother of author Laura Ingalls Wilder, experiences the larger world outside of tiny Glencaraid, Scotland, when she goes to visit her married sister in Perth.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 9
Description
In Scotland in 1791, eight-year-old Martha Morse, who would grow up to become the great-grandmother of author Laura Ingalls Wilder, meets her new governess and learns the difference between growing up a laird's daughter and a child of a cottager.
11) Kidnapped
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Pub. Date
c2012
Description
A graphic novel adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Kidnapped," about David Balfour, who is kidnapped and thrown onto a ship, but manages to escape and make his way back through Scotland.