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Author
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
Join Ebenezer Scrooge--a cold-hearted, lonely old man--one Christmas eve as he is visited by the Ghost of Jacob Marley, his sole friend and former business partner. The troubled phantom has come to tell Scrooge that in order for him to avoid Marley's horrible fate, Scrooge must heed the warnings of Three Spirits who will haunt him that very night.
Author
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
4) Moby-Dick
Author
Lexile measure
1200L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young seaman joins the crew of the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick.
Author
Lexile measure
HL 990L
Language
English
Description
"Huckleberry Finn had a tough life with his drunken father, until an adventure with Tom Sawyer changed everything. But when Huck's dad returns and kidnaps him, he must escape down the Mississippi River with a runaway slave named Jim. They encounter trouble at every turn, from floods and gunfights to armed bandits and the long arm of the law. Through it all the friends stick together...but can Huck and Tom free Jim from slavery once and for all?" --...
10) Jane Eyre
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
186 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A simplified, abridged version of Jane Eyre's experiences as a governess for the mysteriously remote Mr. Rochester in nineteenth-century England.
Author
Language
English
Description
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is set circa 1790 in the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town, New York, in a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow. It tells the story of Ichabod Crane, a lean, lanky, and extremely superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut, who competes with Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt, the town rowdy, for the hand of 18-year-old Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter and sole child of a wealthy farmer. As Crane leaves a party, he is pursued...
13) Little women
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
189 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in the nineteenth-century, New England.
14) Oliver Twist
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
184 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Oliver Twist is an orphan who runs away to London to escape a harsh life in a workhouse. That life is full of danger, but Oliver ultimately finds safety with a loving family.
15) Peter Pan
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
186 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The adventures of the three Darling children in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. Join Peter, Wendy, John, Michael, the fairy Tinkerbelle, and the Lost Boys as they do battle with Indians and the notorious Captain Hook.
17) The Wizard of Oz
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
186 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
After being transported by a cyclone to the land of Oz, Dorothy and her dog are befriended by a scarecrow, a tin man, and a cowardly lion, who accompany her to the Emerald City to look for a wizard who can help Dorothy return home to Kansas.
19) Pygmalion
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
189 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Professor Henry Higgins thinks he can turn Eliza Doolittle, a poor flower seller, into a duchess by teaching her how to speak and look a certain way.
Author
Publisher
Modern Publishing, a division of Kappa Books Publishers, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
187 pages : black and white illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Twas the night before Christmas, and you have a wonderful book filled with delightful holiday tales! Follow Santa as he leaves wonderful presents on Christmas Eve, two little elves as they change a poor shoemaker's life, a little fir tree and so many more characters as they celebrate the Christmas season!"--publisher.