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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 5
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The animals of Manor Farm have revolted and taken over. Upon the death of Old Major, pigs Snowball and Napoleon lead a revolt against Mr. Jones, driving him from the farm. The animals embrace the Seven Commandments of Animalism and life carries on, but they learn that a farm ruled by animals looks more human than ever.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 25
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In this trail-blazing novel on spiritual warfare, a prayerful pastor and a hard-boiled reporter compare notes and find themselves fighting a plot to subjugate the human race. A prayerful pastor and a hard-boiled reporter fight a plot to subjugate the human race.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Golding’s iconic 1954 novel, now with a new foreword by Lois Lowry, remains one of the greatest books ever written for young adults and an unforgettable classic for readers of any age.
This edition includes a new Suggestions for Further Reading by Jennifer Buehler.
At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision,...
This edition includes a new Suggestions for Further Reading by Jennifer Buehler.
At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
The last novel Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved itself to be one of the enduring works of American fiction. It is the story of an old Cuban fisherman and his supreme ordeal: a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Using the simple, powerful language of a fable, Hemingway takes the timeless themes of courage in the face of defeat and personal triumph won from loss and transforms...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 12
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An American classic widely considered to be one of the best novels of the 20th century In 1851, Father Jean Marie Latour becomes the Apostolic Vicar to New Mexico. While the area is American by law, it's still Mexican and Indian by custom and belief. During the years that follow, Latour tirelessly but gently spreads his faith while facing external and internal obstacles. Loosely based on the life of Jean-Baptiste Lamy and the construction of the Cathedral...
8) The oath
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Publisher
Word Pub
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 25
Description
In the 1880s, a fiery preacher is hanged in a mining town by people who reject God in favor of Reason. The people's sins give birth to a dragon which to this day terrorizes the area. The story is recounted by a wildlife biologist who meets the dragon while investigating killer-bears. By the author of This Present Darkness.
10) The presence
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Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 19
Description
A small-town lawyer and politician from North Carolina is propelled into the middle of big-time politics in Washington, D.C. There, special interests and the underworld severely test his faith.
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Series
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 25
Description
Joe Christmas does not know whether he is black or white. Faulkner makes of Joe's tragedy a powerful indictment of racism; at the same time Joe's life is a study of the divided self and becomes a symbol of 20th century man. Light in August is the story od Lena Grove's search for the father of her unborn child, and features one of Faulkner's most memorable characters: Joe Christmas, a desperate drifter consumed by his mixed ancestry.
12) El astillero
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 11
Description
Larsen, el conocido Larsen de La vida breve, el hombre que "creyó de una manera y ahora sigue creyendo de otra, que no nació para morir sino para ganar e imponerse", regresa a Santa María cinco años después de que el gobernador decidiera expulsarlo, para consumar su venganza. Nada ha cambiado demasiado en esa pequeña ciudad imaginaria, en la que el astillero se levanta con la convicción de un espejismo, y al que Larsen se acerca para, quizás,...
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