Charles Dickens
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
The story of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by a series of ghostly visitors. On Christmas Eve Scrooge sits in his counting-house with not a kind word for a soul, just wanting to be left alone until the 'humbug' of Christmas is over. Four ghostly visitors (his partner Marley, followed by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come) show him the error of his ways. By the time Christmas...
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Series
Language
English
Description
It tells the story of bitter and miserly Ebenezer Scrooge and his ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation resulting from supernatural visits by Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come.
Una novela de fantasmas donde se cuenta la historia de un hombre avaro y egoísta llamado Ebenezer Scrooge y su transformación tras ser visitado por una serie de espíritus en Nochebuena.
3) Oliver Twist
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.3 - AR Pts: 33
Lexile measure
320L
Language
English
Description
"First published in 1838, ‘Oliver Twist' is one of the most admired novels by Charles Dickens, an English writer, and social critic. It is the story of a young orphan who dares to say, ""Please, sir, I want some more."" After escaping from the dark and dismal workhouse where he was born, Oliver finds himself on the mean streets of Victorian-era London and is unwittingly recruited into a scabrous gang of scheming urchins. In this band of petty thieves,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 27
Lexile measure
HL 870L
Language
English
Formats
Description
After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the aging Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil roads of London, they are drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 35
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Great Expectations is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel: a bildungsroman that depicts the personal growth and personal development of an orphan nicknamed Pip. It is Dickens's second novel, after David Copperfield, to be fully narrated in the first person. The novel was first published as a serial in Dickens's weekly periodical All the Year Round, from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. In October 1861, Chapman...
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Series
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
The sensational bestselling story of Little Nell, the beautiful child thrown into a shadowy, terrifying world, seems to belong less to the history of the Victorian novel than to folklore, fairy tale, or myth. The sorrows of Nell and her grandfather are offset by Dickens's creation of a dazzling contemporary world inhabited by some of his most brilliantly drawn characters-the eloquent ne'er-do-well Dick Swiveller; the hungry maid known as the "Marchioness";...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Experiencing a story read out loud is one of the oldest forms of entertainment there is. Fireside Reading is a way to slow down, reconnect with the timeless wisdom of great books and rediscover the simple pleasure of being read to. Join Gildart Jackson in front of a cozy fire as he reads A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens to you and your family.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The unabridged text of the beloved story of old Scrooge and the three Christmas ghosts is broken down into easy, twenty-minute chunks-perfect for daily read=aloud. Thoughtful question after each passage boost comprehension and facilitate meaningful discussion, while definitions in the margins make it easy for parents to explain what challenging words might mean.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Description
The adventures of an orphaned young man in Victorian England who is given a great deal of money by an unknown benefactor to enable him to live as a gentleman, pursuing a good education and fulfilling great expectations.
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Series
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ebenezer Scrooge is a cranky old mouse who is only concerned with his business and making money. Scrooge thinks Christmas is just a waste of time. But on the night of Christmas Eve, he is visited by three ghosts who take him on a journey through his past, present, and future. His experience could change him forever and teach him the true meaning of Christmas!
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Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this graphic retelling of the classic novel, Ebenezer Scrooge is warned by the ghost of Marley, his former partner, that he will be visited by the spirits of Christmas past, present, and future.
13) Oliver Twist
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Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the adventures of the orphan boy who is forced to practice thievery and live a life of crime in nineteenth-century London.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
Ebenezer Scrooge es un anciano tacaño de cirazón endurecido, que odia con todas sus fuerzas la fiesta de la Navidad. Pero este año, la noche anterior al 25 de diciembre recibe una visita inesperada: ante él se presenta el fantasma de su socio Jacob Marley, muerto siete años antes. Este le anuncia la llegada de tres Espíritus de la Navidad: el del Pasado, el del Presente y el del Futuro. Así comienza una larga y complicada noche de golpes de...
15) Oliver Twist
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Pub. Date
[2002]
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.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
460L
Language
English
Description
After harsh early years, Pip, an orphan growing up in Victorian England, is given the means to become a gentleman by an unknown benefactor and learns that outward appearances can be deceiving.
19) A nature carol
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Pub. Date
24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Join Hal, Squeeks, Daisy, Ronald, and Nature Cat in a new picture book based on their hour-long holiday special."--Amazon.