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IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
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While hiding in a graveyard, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn witness a murder. Except for the killer himself, only they know who committed the deed. Terrified of the killer, Tom and Huck take an oath of secrecy. But their consciences bother them when an innocent man is accused of the crime and jailed. Will Tom and Huck speak out to save the innocent man from hanging? The murderer, meanwhile, remains at large, filling their sleep with nightmares. A...
2) Jane Eyre
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33
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An orphan girl's progress from the custody of cruel relatives to an oppressive boarding school culminates in a troubled career as a governess. Jane's first assignment at Thornfield, where the proud and cynical master harbors a scandalous secret, draws readers ever deeper into a compelling exploration of the mysteries of the human heart. A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 32
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Stowe's powerful abolitionist novel fueled the fire of the human rights debate in 1852. Denouncing the institution of slavery in dramatic terms, the incendiary novel quickly draws the reader into the world of slaves and their masters.
Stowe's characters are powerfully and humanly realized in Uncle Tom, a majestic and heroic slave whose faith and dignity are never corrupted; Eliza and her husband, George, who elude slave catchers and eventually flee...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 8
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From the Publisher: Against the wishes of his widowed mother, young Henry Fleming enlists to fight for the Union in the Civil War. As he first travels from his New York farm to Washington, D.C. and then to a winter campsite in Virginia, he romanticizes battle and anticipates gaining glory. However, when Henry finally sees combat, he is terrified and horrified. He reacts in varying ways to war's intense psychological and physical stress. Largely, he...
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"Mario Puzo's classic saga of an American crime family that became a global phenomenon--nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. With its brilliant and brutal portrayal of the Corleone family, The Godfather burned its way into our national consciousness. This unforgettable saga of crime and corruption, passion and loyalty continues to stand the test of time, as the definitive novel of the Mafia underworld....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 35
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The Clan of the cave bear is the first of Jean Auel's Earth's children series. Ayla, a tall, blond, blue-eyed girl lost her family in an earthquake. She is nurtured and protected by some members of the Clan, but there are those who would cast her out because of her strange and threatening ways. Ayla's adventures 25,000 years ago include details of the world as it might have been.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 25
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A dangerous race is on when the crew of the Soviet Union's new ballistic-missile submarine "Red October" attempts to defect to the United States, while being pursued by the Soviet Atlantic fleet which has been ordered to find and destroy the submarine at all costs.
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A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling.
The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O'Brien, who has
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 14
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A woman wakes in a strange room after being in a coma for 22 days. Things seem very strange and she cannot remember very much about herself. She knows little of the conspiracy that put her there, but she will find out.
16) Born in ice
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Enjoying a spell of peace and quiet when a harsh winter storm chases visitors away from her bed-and-breakfast, Brianna Concannon anticipates the arrival of Grayson Thane, an American mystery writer with a painful past.
17) Naked in death
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Eve Dallas is a New York police lieutenant hunting for a ruthless killer. In over ten years on the force, she's seen it all—and knows her survival depends on her instincts. And she's going against every warning telling her not to get involved with Roarke, an Irish billionaire—and a suspect in Eve's murder investigation. But passion and seduction have rules of their own, and it's up to Eve to take a chance in the arms of a man she knows nothing...
18) Relic
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Years after archaeologists were savagely murdered in failed expedition to the Amazon, a New York museum plans to exhibit some of the salvaged specimens. Just days before the opening it is clear that someone or something is lurking in the museum and is eager to kill. Graduate student Margo Green uncovers a link with an unusual figurine.
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