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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.3 - AR Pts: 27
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"Widely acknowledged as the first English novel, Daniel Defoe's adventure story of a shipwrecked sailor became an instant classic upon its publication in 1719 and the yardstick for countless castaway narratives to follow." "Robinson Crusoe, an English sailor, finds himself marooned on a desert island after the rest of his shipmates drown in a terrible wreck. He survives on the island for nearly three decades, domesticating livestock, cultivating plants,...
2) Pocahontas
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"A beautiful young Indian girl and a brave Englishman. Black eyes and blue eyes. A friendly smile, a laugh, a look of love... But this is North America in 1607, and love is not easy. The girl is the daughter of King Powhatan, and the Englishman is a white man. And the Indians of Virginia do not want the white men in their beautiful country. This is the famous story of Pocahontas and her love for the Englishman John Smith."
3) Jane Eyre
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[2008]
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"Jane Eyre is alone in the world. Disliked by her aunt's family, she is sent away to school. Here she learns that a young girl, with neither money nor family to support her, can expect little from the world. She survives, but she wants more from live than simply to survive: she wants respect, and love. When she goes to work for Mr Rochester, she hopes she has found both at once. But the sound of strange laughter, late at night, behind a locked door,...
4) Hamlet
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[2008]
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An adaptation of Shakespeare's "Hamlet," in which a Danish prince seeks vengeance for his father's murder after being visited by his ghost. Includes activities and information about the author.
6) Great Crimes
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OXFORD BOOKWORMS LIBRARY Factfiles volume Stage 4
Pub. Date
2008.
Description
Many great crimes end in a question. Who really killed President Kennedy? What happened to Shergar? Who knows the truth about Azaria Chamberlain? Not all the answers are known. Join the world's detectives and discover the love, death, hate, money and mystery held in the stories of the great crimes.
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2008.
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An adaptation of Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest," in which Jack Worthing creates a fictitious brother Ernest who lives in London to escape his dull country routine, but finds the lie backfiring when he falls in love. Includes activities and information about the author.
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2008.
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Contains adaptations of two plays based on stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, including "The Red-Headed League," and "The Three Students," in which detective Sherlock Holmes, aided by his old friend Dr. Watson, uses his great intelligence to solve unusual cases. Includes activities and information about the author.
11) Les misérables
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2012.
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"France, 1815, Jean Valjean leaves prison after nineteen years. These are dangerous and troubled times, and life is hard. Valjean must begin a new life, but how can he escape his past, and his enemy, Inspector Javert?"--Pg. 4 of cover.
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[2008]
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There were six of them - three Katherines, two Annes, and a Jane. One of them was the King's wife for twenty-four years, another for only a year and a half. One died, two were divorced, and two were beheaded. It was a dangerous, uncertain life. After the King's death in 1547, his sixth wife finds a box of old letters - one from each of the first five wives. They are sad, angry, frightened letters. They tell the story of what it was like to be the...
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2008
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"Dr. Huxtable has a school for boys in the north of England. When the Duke of Holdernesse decides to send his young son there, that is good news for the school. The Duke is a very important person, and Dr. Huxtable is happy to have his son in the school. But two weeks later Dr. Huxtable is the unhappiest man in England. Why? ... Because someone has kidnapped the Duke's son ..."--Pg. 4 of cover.
17) Titanic
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2009.
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An account of the sinking of the steamship Titanic by an iceberg in 1912. Includes activities.
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Pub. Date
2008
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'Soon I felt something alive moving along my leg and up my body to my face, and when I looked down, I saw a very small human being, only fifteen centimetres tall...I was so surprised that I gave a great shout.' But that is only the first of many surprises which Gulliver has on his travels. He visits a land of giants and a flying island, meets ghosts from the past and horses which talk...
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[2008]
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About a quarter of the people in the world today speak or use English... How has this happened? How did English begin, and what will become of it in the future? The history of the English language is a journey through space and time, from thousands of years ago to today and beyond, and to all parts of the world. Come on that journey and meet the monks and soldiers, the kings and scientists...
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