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2) The Iliad
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Homer's Iliad describes the final year of the Trojan War, a legendary conflict between an alliance of Greek cities and the city of Troy in Anatolia.
The greatest literary landmark of classical antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time. When Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017--revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that "combines intellectual authority with addictive readability"...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
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The enchanting story of a shipwrecked family--a minister, his wife, and four sons--who are cast up on a desert island, build a wonderful house in a tree, and survive so cleverly and happily apart from the world that they never want to be rescued.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
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"Mary Lennox is a spoiled, sour child, raised by self-involved parents in India. When a cholera epidemic leaves her orphaned she is transplanted to her uncle's rambling estate in Yorkshire. There, she's transformed by the discovery of a secret garden - and many other secrets besides. An enchanting tale about the healing powers of nature and empathy."-- Provided by publisher.
6) Black Beauty
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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An abridged version of Black Beauty's experiences with both good and bad masters in nineteenth-century England.
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Modern Publishing
Pub. Date
2002
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Robin Hood and his band of men are outlaws who live in Sherwood Forest and fight injustice. Whatever they take from the rich, they give right back to the poor! But the Sheriff of Nottingham does not appreciate Robin Hood's good will. He has sworn to destroy him at all costs! Join Robin Hood on his many legendary escapades and see justice and bravery prevail.
8) Pinocchio
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Publisher
Canongate Books
Pub. Date
2023
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Once there was a lonely woodcutter named Geppetto-who dreamed of having a boy of his own. So one day he carved a boy out of wood and named him Pinocchio.
When the puppet comes to life, it's Geppetto's dream come true.
Except Pinocchio turns out to be not such a nice boy after all. Pinocchio enjoys nothing better than creating mischief and playing mean tricks. As he discovers, being bad is much more fun than being good.
For a while, anyway.
Happily...
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Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
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An abridged version of the tale of ten-year-old Mary who, after the death of her parents, comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors where she discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.
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Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
©2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
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An abridged version of the tale set in the spring of 1863 when, while engaged in the fierce battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia, a young Union soldier matures to manhood and finds peace of mind as he comes to grips with his conflicting emotions about war.
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Sterling
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 3
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An abridged version of the adventures and exploits of King Arthur and his knights at the court of Camelot and elsewhere in the land of the Britons--Résumé de l'éditeur.
Littérature de jeunesse en langue anglaise.
15) Dracula
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Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 3
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Having discovered the double identity of the wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire.
16) Heidi
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Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
©2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
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An abridged version of Johanna Spyri's classic story of a Swiss orphan who is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
17) Pollyanna
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Sterling
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
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An abridged version of the tale of orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna, who comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, bringing happiness to her aunt and other members of the community through her philosophy of gladness.
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Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
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An abridged version of Kate Douglas Wiggin's classic story of talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca's adventures after she leaves her home at Sunnybrook Farm to go live in town with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental.
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Sterling Pub. Co
Pub. Date
©2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
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An abridged retelling of the story in which Dr. Dolittle sets off with his assistant, Tommy Stubbins, his dog, Jip, and Polynesia the parrot on an adventurous voyage over tropical seas to floating Spidermonkey Island.
20) Moby-Dick
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Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
©2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
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An abridged retelling of the adventures of a young seaman when he joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod, led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick.
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