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Lexile measure
1080L
Language
English
Description
Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and must endure the hypocrisies of society. Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenth-century Russia, the novel's seven major characters create a dynamic imbalance, playing out the contrasts of city and country life and all the variations on love and...
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Lexile measure
950L
Language
English
Description
When orphaned Mary Lennox comes to live at her uncle's great house on the Yorkshire Moors, she finds it full of secrets. The mansion has nearly one hundred rooms, and her uncle keeps himself locked up. And at night, she hears the sound of crying down one of the long corridors. The gardens surrounding the large property are Mary's only escape. Then, Mary discovers a secret garden, surrounded by walls and locked with a missing key. With the help of...
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Series
Chronicles of Narnia volume 3
(Clive Staples),Chronicles of Narnia) volume 5
(Clive Staples),Chronicles of Narnia) volume 3
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(Clive Staples),Chronicles of Narnia) volume 5
(Clive Staples),Chronicles of Narnia) volume 3
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Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
A boy and a talking horse share an adventurous and dangerous journey to Narnia to warn of invading barbarians.
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Language
English
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The unabridged digital audio edition of Prince Caspian, book four in the classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia, narrated by Academy Award-nominated actor Lynn Redgrave.
The Pevensie siblings travel back to Narnia to help a prince denied his rightful throne as he gathers an army in a desperate attempt to rid his land of a false king. But in the end, it is a battle of honor between two men alone that will decide
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English
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The Fellowship of the Ring: The dark, fearsome Ringwraiths were searching for a hobbit. Frodo Baggins knew they were seeking him and the Ring he bore--the Ring of Power that would enable evil Sauron to destroy all that was good in Middle-earth. Now it is up to Frodo and his faithful servant, Sam, with a small band of companions, to carry the Ring to the one place it could be destroyed--Mount Doom, in the very center of Sauron's dark kingdom.
The...
Author
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
"When Hercule Poirot and his associate Arthur Hastings arrive in the French village of Merlinville-sur-Mer to meet their client Paul Renauld, they learn from the police that he has been found that morning stabbed in the back with a letter opener and left in a newly-dug grave adjacent to a local golf course. Among the plausible suspects are Renauld's wife Eloise, his son Jack, Renauld's immediate neighbor Madame Daubreuil, the mysterious 'Cinderella'...
17) Countermoves
Series
Adventures in Odyssey audio volume 37
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
4 audio discs : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Features 12 episodes from the children's radio drama and includes such topics as facing trials and tragedies.
20) Jakob the Liar
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
Widescreen and standard full screen versions.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In Nazi-occupied Poland, a poor Jewish cafe owner invents fictitious news bulletins about Allied advances against the Nazis. These lies keep hope and humor alive among the ghetto inhabitants. When the Germans learn of the mythical radio, they begin a search for the resistance hero who operates it.