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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Themes: Adapted Classics, Low Level Classics, H.G. Wells, Fiction, Tween, Teen, Young Adult, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Timeless Classics-designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original classic. These classics...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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When lawyer Gabriel John Utterson witnesses the odd behavior of a man named Edward Hyde, who uses cheques signed by Utterson's friend Dr. Henry Jekyll, he decides to investigate the strange and violent man. Utterson soon discovers the horrible and incredible truth in the form of a letter written by Dr. Jekyll and left near the body of the late Mr. Hyde.
Author Robert Louis Stevenson is believed to have had a somewhat volatile relationship with...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Around the World in Eighty Days is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1873. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager (roughly £1.6 million today) set by his friends at the Reform Club. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works. The story starts in London on Tuesday, October 1, 1872. Fogg is a rich English...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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One of the most beloved animal characters of all time comes to life in Black Beauty. Although originally dismissed as a trite children’s novel because it is written in the voice of a horse, the novel brings to consciousness the abuses endured by horses in late 1800s England. In fact, Anna Sewell’s effort to write a fantasy novel that would teach the proper treatment of horses ultimately led to its success when the Animal Humane Education...
5) Frankenstein
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
At the age of eighteen, Mary Shelley, while staying in the Swiss Alps with her lover Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, and others, conceived the tale of Dr. Victor Frankenstein and the monster he brings to life. The resulting book, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, is a dark parable warning against the risks of scientific and creative...
At the age of eighteen, Mary Shelley, while staying in the Swiss Alps with her lover Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, and others, conceived the tale of Dr. Victor Frankenstein and the monster he brings to life. The resulting book, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, is a dark parable warning against the risks of scientific and creative...
6) Drácula
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Español
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Drácula de Bram Stoker es una obra seminal de la literatura gótica. La narración se desarrolla a través de una serie de anotaciones en un diario, cartas y recortes de periódico, que proporcionan una perspectiva polifacética de los desgarradores acontecimientos que se suceden. La historia comienza con Jonathan Harker, un joven abogado inglés, que viaja al remoto castillo del Conde Drácula en Transilvania para ayudar en una transacción inmobiliaria....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A CLASSIC TALE OF SHIPWRECK AND SURVIVAL
Widely regarded as the first English novel, Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, is one of the most popular adventure stories and most published books in history. This beautifully designed novel of human endurance set in a faraway land is packed with suspense, enchanting detail and daring heroics. Unfolding over a 30 year period, this classic tale of shipwreck and survival is a timeless celebration of hard work,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Embark on a thrilling adventure with Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale, Treasure Island. Set against the backdrop of the Golden Age of Piracy, this timeless masterpiece immerses readers in the treacherous world of buccaneers and buried treasure.
As young Jim Hawkins stumbles upon a cryptic map in a sea chest, he becomes entangled in a dangerous voyage filled with greed, betrayal, and the search for the legendary loot of the infamous Captain...
10) Pinocchio
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English
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Presents the adventures of Pinocchio, a mischievous wooden puppet, who wants more than anything else to become a real boy.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Why is a house made of sweets not always as sweet as it seems? Readers will find out when they explore the classic story of Hansel and Gretel's adventures. Readers discovering this story for the first time will be captivated by the tale of scary forests, evil witches, and quick-thinking children. Those who have been introduced to this tale before will find new things to be enchanted by, including colorful illustrations that fill each page. The close...
12) The jungle book
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English
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Themes: Adapted Classics, Low Level Classics, Rudyard Kipling, Fiction, Tween, Teen, Young Adult, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Timeless Classics-designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original classic. These classics...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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One day, a young girl named Alice suddenly spots a frantic White Rabbit, wearing a waistcoat and carrying a pocket watch. She follows the hurried creature down a hole into the magical world of Wonderland. While there, Alice meets more crazy creatures, including the Mad Hatter, the Caterpillar, and the Cheshire Cat, and plays a twisted game of croquet with the Queen of Hearts. But when the Queen turns against her, this dream-like world quickly becomes...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Shipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. His subsequent...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Themes: Adapted Classics, Low Level Classics, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Fiction, Tween, Teen, Young Adult, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Timeless Classics-designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original classic....
17) Macbeth Novel
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Themes: Adapted Classics, Low Level Classics, William Shakespeare, Fiction, Tween, Teen, Young Adult, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Timeless Shakespeare-designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original play. These classic plays...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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When an eccentric professor acquires an ancient book, a riddle on a spare piece of parchment tucked neatly within its pages leads him and his nephew on an unparalleled adventure. The unlocked riddle brings them to a remote mountain on Iceland, where they enter an extinct volcano on a daring quest to reach the center of the earth. They soon find themselves at a giant underground ocean where the laws of science are constantly redefined and prehistoric...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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A prophecy states that the king of Argos will be defeated by his infant grandson Perseus, so the king throws Perseus, and his mother, into the sea. They are rescued by a fisherman, and young Perseus grows up, unaware of his royal birth. Before he can claim his heritage, the hero is ordered to slay a hideous monster named Medusa, whose gaze turns men into solid stone. How can the youth fight an enemy he cannot even look at? He will need the wisdom...
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