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Quasimodo, a gentle and kind hunchback who lives a lonely, isolated life in a cathedral in Paris, rescues the beautiful Esmerelda from being hanged for a crime she did not commit.
"A fine exclusive edition of one of literature’s most beloved stories. Featuring a laser-cut jacket on a textured book with foil stamping, all titles in this series will be first editions. No more than 10,000 copies will be printed, and each will be individually numbered...
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IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 5
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When Alice takes a long tumble down a rabbit hole, she lands with a thud and enters a world of teatime with the Mad Hatter, croquet with the Queen of Hearts, nonsensical conversations with a hookah-smoking caterpillar, and adventures that just get curiouser and curiouser.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 21
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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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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 35
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''This Top Five Classics edition of GREAT EXPECTATIONS Includes: • More than 30 black and white and color illustrations • The original ending, included as an addendum at the end of the book • Author biography and bibliography • Introduction GREAT EXPECTATIONS is Charles Dickens's beloved, autobiographical tale of a poor boy haunted by a dark secret and harboring grand hopes for his future as a gentleman. Pip, the story's narrator, takes...
8) The republic
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In this monumental work of moral and political philosophy, Plato sought to answer some of the world's most formidable questions: What does it mean to be good? What enables us to distinguish between right and wrong? How should human virtues be translated into a just society? Perhaps the greatest single treatise written on political philosophy, The Republic has strongly influenced Western thought concerning questions of justice, rule, obedience, and...
9) Moby Dick
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
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Melville's classic story of whaling, romance of unusual adventure and eccentric characters, and a drama of heroic conflict. In New Bedford, Connecticut in the 1800s, a group of seamen board the whaling ship Pequod, captained by Ahab. They know they're out to harpoon whales; what they don't realize is that Ahab once lost a leg to the magnificent white whale Moby Dick, and that he'll risk anything, including himself and every member of his crew, to...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 12
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Ravaged by scarlet fever at the age of two, Helen Keller lost her vision and hearing. Through the tutelage and friendship of Anne Sullivan, Keller developed an unbridled enthusiasm for life and education, valuing education immensely. Graduating with honors from Radcliffe in 1904, Keller went on to pen her autobiography, revealing an inspiring story of an exemplary individual.
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"Charles Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle is considered by many to be the greatest scientific travel narrative ever written. Revised by the author in 1860, this is an account of his experiences on the HMS Beagle, a ship that was mapping the coast of South America. What was set to be a two- or three-year voyage would later lead to his formulation of the theory of evolution. He was able to observe coral reefs, fossil-filled rocks, earthquakes, and...
12) Walden
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 21
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13) Aesop's fables
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Aesop, an ancient Greek poet who was sold into slavery in the early sixth century B.C, relied on animal stories to convey his key points to his masters in court. These are now classic, memorable morality plays in which amusing animal characters drive home thought-provoking morals to generations of listeners and modern day readers. They illustrate what was fundamental to Greek culture yet their appeal lies in logic we still understand.
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Tantor Audio
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2008
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Through the ages children have been enthralled by Cinderella, the glass slipper, and the evil stepmother. Also includes Sleeping Beauty; Little Red Riding Hood; Rumpelstiltskin; Little Tom Thumb; Rapunzel; Hansel and Gretel; and Snow White.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin is arguably the most controversial novel ever written by an American. The impetus for the story was the enactment of the Fugitive Slave Law in 1850, which required all residents of the United States to report to the proper authorities any knowledge they may have had of the whereabouts of escaped slaves.
The critique of greed and inhumanity, innocence and redemption, continues to spark debate about the role and the...
The critique of greed and inhumanity, innocence and redemption, continues to spark debate about the role and the...
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