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82) Myths
Author
Series
Pub. Date
p1991
Description
A collection of eight Green myths and hero tales, including three tales from the Trojan War.
Pub. Date
©1991
Description
Starter kits for a basic reading and writing series developed primarily for adults with little or no reading ability. Provides a systematic development of basic reading and writing skills. May also be used with high school dropouts or students in intermediate grades who need remedial work in basic reading, writing, or spelling. Intended for use by trained volunteers acting as tutors. Expected improvement in student reading skills of more than one...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Carter Jackson thinks he has better things to do than entertain the daughter of his mother's friend, but when he meets her he decides they could have fun together, until they get involved in a ten-year-old murder mystery that puts both their lives at risk.
Author
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
An adaptation of the classic novel in which young Tom Sawyer embarks on a series of adventures along the Mississippi River with his friends Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher, including witnessing a murder, looking for buried treasure, and, of course, whitewashing a fence.
88) Treasure
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Franco Silva and his father help Todd Bardo arrange a salvage dive in Ecuador they are hopeful they will find sunken treasure.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Appears on list
Description
"Phileas Fogg is living quietly in London. Then he makes a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days. The result is a crazy, exciting race against time across Europe, Asia and America. There are many dangers along the way--and a detective who wants to arrest him!"--P. [4] of cover.
91) Pocahontas
Author
Description
"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."
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"Each InfoMAG contains real-world informational texts such as articles, ads, blogs, and menus that students can easily access because most of the words in the texts are wholly decodable. These magazines provide a variety of opportunities for students to apply and practice the phonics and decoding skills they have been perviously taught."--Back cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Appears on list
Description
"Gabriel Oak is an honest, hard-working young farmer, who falls in love with the beautiful and independent Bathsheba Everdene. After a tragic accident, Gabriel loses his farm. Bathsheba, on the other hand, becomes rich. Is there any hope for Gabriel?"--Cover.
95) Pepita Jiménez
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Luis de Vargas, an aspiring priest who is raised by his uncle after his mother's death, travels to his father's town to meet a young widow and becomes conflicted about his own feelings for her and his loyalty to his father.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Appears on list
Description
"Edgar Allan Poe, 'the father of the detective story' and a master of horror, is one of the greatest American short story writers. In these stories we meet people struggling with fear, revenge, mental illness and death. Which of them will win - and which will lose - their battles?"--P. [4] of cover.
97) Willie Shoemaker
Author
Pub. Date
c1988
Description
Presents a biography of the jockey nicknamed "The Shoe" who won his fourth Kentucky Derby at the age of fifty-four.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
"Johanna, Rasheedah, and Rachel each became an unmarried mother while she was still in her teens. With the birth of her baby, each girl's 'ordinary' teen life was over. After Rasheedah's baby was born, all she could do was cry. She didn't know anything about babies. She didn't even dare touch this screaming, demanding stranger. Her depression grew as her dreams of college vanished into thin air. Rachel wanted to be popular. Boys liked her. But...