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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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"The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen In recent years, neither the persistent effort to "clean up" the racial epithets in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn nor its consistent use in the classroom have diminished, highlighting the novel's wide-ranging influence and its continued importance in American society. An incomparable adventure story, it is a vignette of...
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"The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen. A consummate prankster with a quick wit, Tom Sawyer dreams of a bigger fate than simply being a "rich boy." Yet through the novel's humorous escapades-from the famous episode of the whitewashed fence to the trial of Injun Joe-Mark Twain explores the deeper themes of the adult world, one of dishonesty and superstition, murder and revenge,...
3) Roughing it
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English
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Roughing It tells the (almost) true story of Mark Twain’s rollicking adventures across the United States. A hilarious account of how the author tried finding wealth in the rocks of Nevada, it was published before his most famous works and shows why he would grow to become one of the most beloved American writers of all time. The story follows many of Twain’s early adventures, including a visit to Salt Lake City, gold and silver prospecting, real...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 21
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English
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After being knocked unconscious during a fight, Hank Morgan awakes at Camelot in AD 528. As minister to King Arthur, Hank tries to help the peasantry only to be confronted with opposition from the Church, knights, and sorcerers.
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Dover Publications
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English
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"We sai1ed for America, and there made certain preparations. This took but little time. Two members of my family elected to go with me. Also a carbuncle. The dictionary says a carbuncle is a kind of jewel. Humor is out of place in a dictionary." — Following the Equator
So begins this classic piece of travel writing, brimming with Twain's celebrated brand of ironic, tongue-in-cheek humor. Written just before the turn of the century,
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Mark Twains satiric novel about two boys who trade places in Tudor Englandwritten “for young people of all ages”was his first foray into historical fiction. Set in 1547, The Prince and the Pauper brings together Tom Canty, an impoverished urchin who lives with his abusive father in Londons filthiest streets, and pampered Prince Edward, the son of King Henry VIII. Noticing their uncanny resemblance, the two boys trade clothes on a whim. While Tom...
14) The spelling bee
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Sterling Pub. Company
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in "Tom Sawyer" in which Tom cheats during the spelling bee, but later realizes he must make things right.
15) The birthday boy
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Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in "Tom Sawyer" in which Tom learns a lesson about honesty on his brother's birthday.
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