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36981) The Halloween tree
Author
Lexile Measure
800L
Summary
A group of children and a "spirit" go back through time to discover the beginnings of Halloween.
36982) Much ado about nothing
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Series
Summary
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
36983) Fudge-a-mania
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Series
Fudge volume 4
Lexile Measure
490L
Summary
Pete describes the family vacation in Maine with the Tubmans, highlighted by the antics of his younger brother Fudge.
36984) Villette
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Series
Formats
Summary
Villette, by Charlotte Bronte, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of contemporary...
36985) The phantom of Pine Hill
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Series
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 42
Lexile Measure
740L
Summary
Nancy and her two friends spend a week as guests in a Georgian mansion where they capture a phantom
36986) The door in the wall
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Lexile Measure
990L
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Summary
A ten-year-old disabled boy in fourteen-century England proves his courage and earns recognition from the King.
36987) The story of my life
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Lexile Measure
1090L
Summary
Helen Keller relates the story of her life and how, with the help of her teacher Anne Sullivan, she learned to overcome the handicaps of being both deaf and blind.
36988) Old Yeller
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Lexile Measure
910L
Summary
A timeless American classic and one of the most beloved children?s books ever written, Old Yeller is a Newbery Honor Book that explores the poignant and unforgettable bond between a boy and the stray dog who becomes his loyal friend.
36989) Coriolanus
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Shakespeare's late tragedy about the Roman leader who ascends to power has much to say about politics, leadership, and government that still applies to our world today.
36991) Jennie's hat
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Lexile Measure
560L
Summary
When the hat Jennie receives from her aunt is not as fancy as she had hoped, her bird friends decorate it for her.
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Time warp trio volume 3
Lexile Measure
620L
Summary
The Time Warp Trio find themselves in the Wild West of yesteryear, rubbing elbows with cowboys and Indians.
36993) Mirette on the high wire
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Lexile Measure
660L
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Mirette learns tightrope walking from Monsieur Bellini, a guest in her mother's boarding house, not knowing that he is a celebrated tightrope artist who has withdrawn from performing because of fear.
36994) The high king
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Series
Chronicles of Prydain volume 5
Lexile Measure
900L
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When the most powerful weapon in the land of Prydain falls into the hands of Arawn, Lord of the Land of Death, Taran and Prince Gwydion rally an army to stand up to the dark forces. The companions' last and greatest quest is also their most perilous. The biting cold of winter is upon them, adding to the danger they already face. Their journey, fraught with battle and bloodshed, ends at the very portal of Arawn's stronghold. There, Taran is faced with...
36997) The little prince
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Series
Lexile Measure
630L
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Summary
In the meeting of the narrator who has ditched his plane in the Sahara desert, and the little prince, who has dropped there through time and space from his tiny asteroid, comes an intersection of two worlds, the one governed by the laws of nature, and the other determined only by the limits of imagination. The world of the imagination wins hands down, with the concerns of the adult world often shown to be lamentably silly as seen through the eyes...
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A classic fictional chronicle of life on the open trail, long considered the best and most reliable account of real cowboy life ever written. In the years following the Civil War, sixteen-year-old Andy Adams left his home in San Antonio Valley and took to the range. Here he charts his first journey as a bona fide cowboy, from south Texas to Montana along the western trail.