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3) Little women
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IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33
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Chronicles the joys and troubles of the four March sisters--Meg, Jo, Amy, and Beth--as they grow into young ladies and marry in nineteenth-century New England.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Presents the adventures of a young boy raised by the animals in an Indian jungle. Includes illustrations and extended captions providing background information on history, geography, social customs, animals, architecture, literature, and science pertinent to the story.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 17
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Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm, and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.
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This story begins at an observatory in England where the narrator witnesses explosions on Mars. This event is followed by what is thought to be a meteor landing not far from the observatory. Once the narrator travels to the spot of the meteor landing he discovers it is actually a cylinder and the cylinder contains Martians. The story chronicles the Martian attacks throughout many parts of England, even devastating London and the narrator escapes with...
10) The jungle
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 22
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English
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"The Jungle , a novel by American journalist Upton Sinclair (1878 -- 1968), was written in 1906 to portray the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants living in Chicago and similar industrialized cities in the United States. While his main goal in describing the working conditions in the meat industry was based on an investigation he conducted for a socialist newspaper with the goal of advancing socialism in the United States, most readers...
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This Side of Paradise chronicles the coming of age of Amory Blaine, born to a wealthy midwestern family. It begins with Amory as a spoiled youth, doted on by his eccentric mother Beatrice. It follows him as he attends preparatory school and Princeton, and then briefly attempts but quickly abandons at a career in advertising. His service in World War I is mentioned but mostly glossed over. Covered in much more detail are his various romances:
...12) Emma
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Emma Woodhouse's charitable intentions toward others are increasingly undermined by her supreme narcissism. Bent on improving the looks, manners, and marital prospects of the parentless Harriet Smith, a young boarder at a neighborhood school, Emma must suffer through a series of mortifying misunderstandings before she learns to stop meddling in the lives of others.
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"A Room with a View" by E. M. Forster is a delightful and satirical exploration of the Edwardian society, love, and the clash between societal expectations and individual desires. Set against the picturesque backdrop of England and Italy, Forster's novel is a nuanced portrayal of the awakening of a young woman's spirit in the face of societal constraints.
The story follows the journey of Lucy Honeychurch, a spirited and independent young woman...
14) Mansfield Park
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A shy young woman discovers her true power in this poignant love story from one of the world's most cherished authors The eldest of nine children born to a naval lieutenant with a meager pension, Fanny Price is sent to live with wealthy relatives at Mansfield Park. Only ten years old, she is nervous around her rich cousins and uncomfortable in their grand house. And as the years pass, Fanny comes to believe that she will never truly feel at home....
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If you liked Jane Eyre, Bridgerton, or Downton Abbey, you'll love this best-selling novel of romance and social satire set in Regency era Britain.
Two handsome, single, and wealthy gentleman arrive in town and capture the attention of all the young ladies. A combination of pride and prejudice results in ironic twists and turns in this tale of young English women and their quest for love and security. Delve into the life of the fiercely independent...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 22
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English
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Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility is the story of two sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, who struggle to achieve respectability, each in their own way in the face of the strict social conventions of early eighteenth-century England.
The carefree childhood of the two young sisters comes to an abrupt end upon their father's death which leaves the family penniless and pushed out of the estate upon which they grew up. They move to a modest cottage...
17) Utopia
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Utopia (1516) is a work of political satire by Thomas More. Published in Latin while More was serving as Privy Counsellor under King Henry VIII, the text is stylized as a true account of a new civilization discovered in the New World by traveler Raphael Hythlodaeus. While there have been varying interpretations of Utopia over the centuries, it is most consistently regarded as a work of political philosophy in the tradition of Plato's Republic that...
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Washington Square is a short novel by Henry James. Originally published in 1880 as a serial in Cornhill Magazine and Harper's New Monthly Magazine, it is a structurally simple tragicomedy that recounts the conflict between a dull but sweet daughter and her brilliant, unemotional father. The plot of the novel is based upon a true story told to James by his close friend, British actress Fanny Kemble. The book is often compared with Jane Austen's work...
20) Jane Eyre
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Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of contemporary...
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