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English
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"From the two-time Booker Prize winner: a masterful, exceedingly timely new novel--at once dark, suspenseful, and seriously funny--that takes us on a journey to the place where the cyber underworld of radicals and hackers collides with international power politics. When an internet virus throws open the gates at thousands of American prisons, the hacker turns out to be an unlikely young Australian woman. Has she declared cyber war on the United States...
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Examining the art, buildings, and pieces left behind after the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D., the story of Pompeii and what life was like for its residents is presented in an illustrated guide about a thriving ancient Roman city.
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Chronicles Olympics history from the eighth century B.C. to the competitions of the twentieth century, with historical profiles of athletes and insights into how the games were shaped by international events.
11) Anne Frank
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Explores what life was like for Anne Frank prior to and during the war years, with a timeline of events, family records, and detailed illustrations of the author and her attic home.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Describes the conditions in the textile industry in the early 20th century behind the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company that led to the death of many young women, and explains its impact on the labor movement and on society.
15) I, Galileo
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Examines the life of the Italian scientist from a first-person perspective that surveys his achievements while covering his world-changing ideas about a heliocentric solar system and his imprisonment for heresy.
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Recounts the true story of an African grey parrot who was the subject of a graduate student's scientific experiment on animal intelligence and who astonished everyone with its ability to add, understand concepts and speak hundreds of words.
17) Brave new world
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Series
Everyman's library volume 359
Language
English
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Description
Describes the socialized horrors of a futuristic utopia devoid of individual freedom.
18) Good dog: poems
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of poems about the playfulness and companionship of dogs.
19) The nutcracker
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this retelling of the original 1816 German story, Godfather Drosselmeier gives young Marie a nutcracker for Christmas, and she finds herself in a magical realm where she saves the nutcracker and sees him change into a handsome prince.
20) Anil's ghost
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English
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Winning a Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction, the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize and the Scotiabank Giller Prize, Anil’s Ghost is another award-winning novel from Michael Ondaatje.
Steeped in centuries of cultural achievement and tradition, Sri Lanka has been ravaged in the late twentieth century by bloody civil war. Anil Tissera, born in Sri Lanka but educated in England and the U.S., is sent by an international...
Steeped in centuries of cultural achievement and tradition, Sri Lanka has been ravaged in the late twentieth century by bloody civil war. Anil Tissera, born in Sri Lanka but educated in England and the U.S., is sent by an international...
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