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Author
Lexile measure
950L
Language
English
Description
The adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century. Who could forget the pranks, the adventures, the sheer fun of Tom Sawyer? It's something every child should experience and every child will love. From Tom's sly trickery with the whitewashed fence, when he cleverly manipulates everyone so they happily do his work for him, to his and Becky Thatcher's calamities in Bat Cave, the...
2) White fang
Author
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
White Fang is part dog and part wolf. To survive in the wilderness he must learn to kill or be killed. He is captured and taken to the Alaska Yukon Territory during the gold rush where he is forced to pull heavy dogsleds and fight for money, until a man named Weedon Scott saves him from destruction and teaches him to love and trust a human master.
Author
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Taken aboard the submarine Nautilus by Captain Nemo, the narrator and his companions find themselves captives on a spectacular tour of the world's oceans, and witnesses to Nemo's increasingly obsessive hatred of the surface world. Professor Pierre Aronnax was rescued from drowning by Captain Nemo, who insists that in order to protect the secret of his submarine, Aronnax must stay on board the Nautilus for the rest of his life. They explore the oceans,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Lexile measure
670L
Physical Desc
vii, 166 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Designed for younger readers of the classics, "Gulliver's Stories" is based on Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels", the hilarious and incredible adventures of a man who finds himself first as a feared giant in the world of tiny people of Lilliput, and then as a man of minuscule proportions in a country full of giants.