Marie P Croall
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
From the pages of Arabian Nights comes an amazing tale of chance and adventure. Ali Baba, a poor man who makes his living selling wood, stumbles upon a secret cave where 40 bandits have been hiding priceless treasures. He enters the cave and decides to take some treasures for himself. Ali Baba's wife is thrilled at their newfound fortune-but when she borrows a scale to weigh the riches, Ali Baba's secret gets out. Now that the secret is revealed,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In ancient Greece, a princess rises to a challenge: Psyche lives in the comfort of her parents' wealthy kingdom. But when her beauty draws the jealous anger of the powerful goddess Aphrodite, Psyche finds herself in great danger. She is taken away to an isolated mountain to marry a monster. Will Psyche find love after all with her mysterious new husband? Or will she fall prey to Aphrodite's revenge?
Author
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Sinbad, a rich young man who wastes his fortune, must set sail from his home in Baghdad to earn a living as a merchant at sea. In his travels, he encounters violent storms, fearsome whales, giant birds, and an ogre who threatens to destroy him. Yet even after Sinbad regains his wealth, he returns to the sea seeking more adventure. Will Sinbad overcome the dangers he faces? Or will his thirst for adventure lead to his destruction?
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Bethany Farmer's life is a boring high school routine, and she likes it that way. Soccer, coffee, homework, more coffee, and no goofy romance. That is, until foreign exchange student Allein Atwood shows up in her Midwestern town, and her life turns epically weird. Allein has unearthly good looks, princely politeness, and a bunch of goofy, romantic pick-up lines. But is his country really so foreign that they don't know anything about soccer? Or coffee?...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
From an East African village, into the Land of the Dead: Marwe lives in a village where food is scarce. She tries to be obedient, but it's hard to spend every day working in the fields. When her carelessness ruins the village's crops, she's too scared to face her angry family and runs away-to the strange Land of the Dead. Marwe knows she doesn't belong there. But can she find the right sort of courage to return to the land of the living?
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Series
Twisted journeys volume 15
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
As the youngest operative in a secret agency, the reader is asked to make choices throughout the story to save the world from an invasion of monstrous bugs.
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Series
My boyfriend is a monster volume 4
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Bethany Farmer cares more about soccer than romance until transfer student Allein shows up, but after joining him in his battle to maintain control of the throne of Faerie, she must decide to give up the mortal world for him, or ask him to give up his immortality.
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Take a trip to the other side with these standout stories of world mythology In Marwe's East African village, food is scarce. When she ruins the village's crops, she can't face her angry family. Instead, she runs off―into the Land of the Dead. Marwe knows her home is elsewhere. But will she find the courage that will return her to the land of the living? The Mayan gods have blessed Hunahpu and Xbalanque with special gifts. One of them, the twins'...
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Discover tales of heroes who defied incredible odds In a beloved story from Arabian Nights , the humble Ali Baba discovers a secret cave full of priceless treasure. The problem? Forty bandits have hidden it there. When Ali Baba takes some riches for his family, the secret soon gets out. And Ali Baba will have to outfight or outwit a legion of thieves. Sunjata, warrior king of Mali, leader of West African legend, begins life unable to pull a bow―unable...