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1) White fang
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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.
2) Heidi
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Lexile measure
AD 650L
Language
English
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Description
A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city. Includes illustrated notes throughout the text explaining the historical background of the story.
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English
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The Beautiful and Damned, F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel, tells the story of Anthony Patch, a 1920s socialite and presumptive heir to a tycoon's fortune, the relationship with his wife Gloria, his service in the army, and alcoholism. Anthony and Gloria are young and gorgeous, rich and leisured and they dedicate their lives to the pursuit of happiness and we follow the intimate story of their marriage as it disintegrates under the weight of their...
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Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
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Description
By turns romantic and harshly realistic, Hemingway's story of a tragic romance set against the brutality and confusion of World War I cemented his fame as a stylist and as a writer of extraordinary literary power. A volunteer ambulance driver and a beautiful English nurse fall in love when he is wounded on the Italian front. The best American novel to emerge from World War I, A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver...
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Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
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An innkeeper's son finds a treasure map that leads him to a pirate's fortune. Climb aboard for the swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime. "Treasure Island" has enthralled readers for decades. The names Long John Silver and Jim Hawkins are pieces of folklore for as long as children read Robert Louis Stevenson's most famous book. Illustrations.
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Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked "and leads a solitary existence on an uninhabited island near the Orinoco river for 24 years. He meets the difficulties of a primitive existence with wonderful ingenuity ... At length he meets a human being, a young native ... and makes him his companion and servant." Benét. The Reader's Encyclopedia.
11) The great Gatsby
Author
Lexile measure
HL 1010L
Language
English
Description
Jay Gatsby had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan, then lost her to a rich boy. Now, mysteriously wealthy, he is ready to risk everything to woo her back. This is the definitive, textually accurate edition of a classic of twentieth-century literature, The Great Gatsby. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan has been acclaimed by generations of readers; however the first edition contained...
12) One more river
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Series
Pub. Date
1970
Physical Desc
286 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Clare Charwell has just fled her sadistic husband in Ceylon and boarded a ship back to England. On the boat, she meets the charming Tony Croom, who falls madly in love with her. Though Clare's relationship with Tony is platonic, her husband has been secretly gathering “evidence” to accuse her of adultery.
Author
Lexile measure
1230L
Language
English
Description
The Last of the Mohicans is the second and most popular of James Fenimore Cooper's five Leatherstocking Tales. Set in 1757 during the fierce French and Indian wars, Cooper's classic novel of adventure follows an adroit scout and his companion as they weave through the lush and spectacular wilderness of upstate New York, fighting to save the beautiful daughters of a fort commander from a treacherous Huron renegade. With its death-defying chases and...
Author
Pub. Date
1986
Physical Desc
xii, 272 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this classic, a mother's past complicates her daughter's future in 1920s New York.
Trapped in an unhappy marriage with a controlling husband, Kate Clephane began an affair with a wealthy man, only to lose her daughter, Anne, and be exiled from New York society. Years later, after their entanglement has ended, Kate meets Chris Fenno in France. Although he is a much younger man, Chris is the love of Kate's life. However, their difficult circumstances...