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Harry Potter (Original series) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 14
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When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 27
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It was the time of the French Revolution - a time of great change and great danger. It was a time when injustice was met by a lust for vengeance, and rarely was a distinction made between the innocent and the guilty. Against this tumultuous historical backdrop, Dickens' great story of unsurpassed adventure and courage unfolds.Unjustly imprisoned for 18 years in the Bastille, Dr. Alexandre Manette is reunited with his daughter, Lucie, and safely transported...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
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When ten-year-old India Opal Buloni moves to Naomi, Florida, with her preacher father, she doesn't know what to expect, least of all, that she'll adopt Winn-Dixie, a dog she names after the supermarket where they met. Opal is lonely at first, but with such an unusually friendly dog at her side, she makes some unusual friends and discovers she has a whole lot to be thankful for.
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Perennial classic volume P 3095
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 11
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towering classic of dystopian satire, BRAVE NEW WORLD is a brilliant and terrifying vision of a soulless society⁰́₄and of one man who discovers the human costs of mindless conformity. Hundreds of years in the future, the World Controllers have created an ideal civilization. Its members, shaped by genetic engineering and behavioral conditioning, are productive and content in roles they have been assigned at conception. Government-sanctioned drugs...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 13.5 - AR Pts: 25
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The wayward traveler -- Lemuel Gulliver -- ends up on a series of bizarrely populated islands. First he is a giant among little people, but then sees the situation reversed when he's surrounded by giants twelve times his size. Next he finds himself in the clouds, in a society of devoted but ultimately hapless mathematicians. Lastly, his journey brings him to an island where incredibly noble horses must deal with a race of uncouth, reviled ape-men:...
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Harry Potter (Original series) volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 32
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Fourteen-year-old Harry Potter joins the Weasleys at the Quidditch World Cup, then enters his fourth year at Hogwarts Academy where he is mysteriously entered in an unusual contest that challenges his wizarding skills, friendships and character, amid signs that an old enemy is growing stronger.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
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"Till now there's been no magic for Harry Potter. He lives with the miserable Dursleys at number four, Privet Drive. His room is the cupboard under the stairs, and he hasn't had a birthday party in eleven years. But then a mysterious letter arrives by owl messenger: a letter with an invitation to an incredible place called Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. And there he finds not only friends, flying sports on broomsticks, and magic in everything...
8) The Odyssey
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IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty and power; about marriage, family and identity; and about travellers, hospitality and the changing meanings of home in a strange world. This vivid new translation - the first by a woman - matches the number of lines in the Greek original, striding at Homer's sprightly pace. Emily Wilson employs elemental, resonant...
9) The Iliad
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Due to a lack of biographical evidence regarding the identity of Homer it has been suggested that the two great works attributed to him, the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" may in fact be the work of multiple authors passed down through a long oral tradition. While scholarship on the subject will likely never definitely prove one way or the other, it is now generally accepted that these two great epic poems are the work of a single Greek author, Homer,...
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All creatures great and small volume 1
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IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 26
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Take an unforgettable journey through the English countryside and into the homes of its inhabitants--four-legged and otherwise--with the world's best-loved animal doctor. For over 25 years, since "All Creatures Great and Small" was first published, readers have delighted to the storytelling genius of James Herriot, the Yorkshire veterinarian whose fascinating vignettes brim with the wonder of life, animal and human.
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Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee mysteries volume 8
Leaphorn and Chee volume 2
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 8
Leaphorn and Chee volume 2
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 8
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IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
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"A noted anthropologist vanishes at an ancient Indian ruin where 'thieves of time' ravage sacred ground for profit. When two corpses appear amid stolen goods and bones at an ancient burial site, Navajo Tribal Police Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee must plunge into the past to unearth the astonishing truth behind a mystifying series of horrific murders.
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Hank the Cowdog volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
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While trying to outwit his arch enemy Pete the Barncat, Hank the Cowdog is duped into believing a worthless corncob will bring him fame and fortune.
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If you give-- (Laura Numeroff) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Relating the cycle of requests a mouse is likely to make after you give him a cookie takes the reader through a young child's day.
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Hank the Cowdog volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
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While investigating a murder on his ranch, Hank finds himself as the number one suspect. Hank heads for the hills and becomes an outlaw, where he is befriended by band of coyotes. Then they unveil a plan to raid Hank's ranch.
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The Rainbow Trail is a tale of survival, rescue, and revenge, all steeped in the atmosphere of the Wild West. Twenty years ago, Jane Withersteen and her adopted daughter Fay Larkin were trapped in a remote canyon by evil men, and have not been heard from since. John Shefford, a preacher from Illinois, is determined to find out what happened to Jane and Fay. But will he be able to overcome all of the obstacles in his way including a harsh landscape,...
17) Step on a crack
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Michael Bennett mysteries volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
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The nation has fallen into mourning after the death of a beloved former first lady. The most powerful people in the world gather in New York for her funeral - then the inconceivable occurs. Billionaires, politicians, and superstars of every kind are suddenly trapped within one man's brilliant and cold-blooded scenario. Detective Michael Bennett - father of ten - is pulled into the fray. As the danger escalates, Michael experiences a devastating loss:...
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All creatures great and small volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 23
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All Things Bright and Beautiful is the beloved sequel to Herriot's first collection, All Creatures Great and Small, and picks up as Herriot, now newly married, journeys among the remote hillside farms and valley towns of the Yorkshire Dales, caring for their inhabitants---both two- and four-legged. Throughout, Herriot's deep compassion, humor, and love of life shine out as we laugh, cry, and delight in his portraits of his many, varied animal patients...
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Hank the Cowdog volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
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Fearless Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, enters the "dark unchanted forest" to rescue his master's son from Sinister the bobcat.