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Lord of the rings volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 29
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Frodo Baggins, bearer of the Ring of Power that would enable the evil Sauron to destroy all that is good in Middle-earth, takes on the task of carrying the Ring to Mount Doom to oversee its destruction.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16
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Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure. They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon.
Bilbo reluctantly joins their quest, unaware that on his...
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"Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland comes this richly illustrated and expanded collector's edition of Martin Gardner's The Annotated Alice. First appearing in 1960, The Annotated Alice became an instant classic by, among other things, decoding the wordplay and mathematical riddles embedded within Lewis Carroll's masterpiece. As a result, Martin Gardner's groundbreaking work went on to sell over a million copies,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9
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In the 1930s, all is not well. Nightmares are leaking out of Neverland. Fearing for Peter Pan's life, Wendy and the Lost Boys go back to Neverland -- with the help of the fairy Fireflyer -- only to discover their worst nightmares coming true! Peter Pan and his friends eventually restore Neverland to rights.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 13.5 - AR Pts: 25
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The wayward traveler -- Lemuel Gulliver -- ends up on a series of bizarrely populated islands. First he is a giant among little people, but then sees the situation reversed when he's surrounded by giants twelve times his size. Next he finds himself in the clouds, in a society of devoted but ultimately hapless mathematicians. Lastly, his journey brings him to an island where incredibly noble horses must deal with a race of uncouth, reviled ape-men:...
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Discworld volume 33
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 21
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The wizards of Unseen University in the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork must win a football match, without using magic, so they're in the mood for trying everything else. As the match approaches, four lives are entangled and changed forever.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6
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Four adventurous siblings-Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie-step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia, a land frozen in eternal winter and enslaved by the power of the White Witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great change . . . and a great sacrifice.
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Pub. Date
2020.
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An attractive new edition containing ten stories that feature the mischievous figure known as the leprechaun.
- Eye-catching title at an impulse-purchase price point.
- Perfect for the tourist market.
- Author is a genuine full-time storyteller.
This collection contains ten stories which convey the sense of wonder of the world of fairies, where the marvellous and unexpected can always happen.
The leprechaun is the shoemaker of the...
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Nightside series volume 6
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Nightside, the city within the city of London, is about to be destroyed by PI John Taylor's not-quite-human mother, unless he can find a way to stop her.
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Series
Harry Potter volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 36
Description
Burdened with the dark, dangerous, and seemingly impossible task of locating and destroying Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes, Harry, feeling alone and uncertain about his future, struggles to find the inner strength he needs to follow the path set out before him.
36) Tales of heresy
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Description
An anthology of short stories set during the time of the Horus Heresy, featuring tales by star writers Dan Abnett, Graham McNeill, James Swallow, Mike Lee and more.
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Pub. Date
[2014]
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Paid piper is a retelling of The Pied Piper of Hamelin; Red as blood is a retelling of Snow White; Thorns is a retelling of Sleeping beauty; When the clock strikes is a retelling of Cinderella; The golden rope is a retelling of Rapunzel; The princess and her future is a retelling of The frog prince; Wolfland is a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood; Black as ink is a retelling of Swan lake; Beauty is a retelling of Beauty and the beast.
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'A time of dragons' might conjure the image of a fantastical medieval world, with knights dark and light, clever sorcerers and witches, doomed kings and charmed innocents. Love might seem to be very much a part of such a world, where passions rage and honour fires the blood. But the truth is that dragons come in many guises, even into modern times. As does love.
Love and the dragon go hand in hand: the hot fiery breath of desire and the madness that...