Stephen King
Author
Series
Dark Tower volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 20
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
"Taking place mere hours following the events seen in The Gunslinger, The Drawing of the Three continues with Roland of Gilead on his solitary quest for the Dark Tower, leading him to a seemingly endless stretch of beach along the Western Sea -- a terrain filled with unearthly monstrosities that mean certain death if he lets his guard down. But there are other mysteries along this desolate shoreline as well: three arcane doorways standing freely in...
Author
Series
Dark Tower volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 37
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Wolves of the Calla continues the adventures of Roland, the Last Gunslinger and survivor of a civilized world that has "moved on." Roland's quest is ka, an inevitable destiny -- to reach and perhaps save the Dark Tower, which stands at the center of everywhere and everywhen. This pursuit brings Roland, with the three others who've joined his quest to Calla Bryn Sturgis, a town in the shadow of Thunderclap, beyond which lies the Dark Tower. Before...
Author
Series
Dark Tower volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
In a strange, desolate world that has inexplicably "moved on," Roland of Gilead is the last gunslinger--replete with dusty Old West garb and a duo of six shooters. Roland hunts the elusive man in black, the mysterious wizard who holds the key to the secrets of the Dark Tower. If he catches him before it's too late, Roland is sure he will discover why the world changed.
The first fantasy in a projected series of novels called the Dark Tower, which...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Trisha McFarland, on a hike in the Maine woods with her brother and recently divorced mother, steps off the trail and suddenly finds herself lost. As Trisha wanders the woods, the listener is given the back story of her family, friends, fears, and triumphs. King vividly depicts Trisha's psychological turmoil, from the first fluttering of nervous disorientation to full-blown hallucinations. And, as Trisha clings to sanity, listeners will...
Author
Series
Dark Tower volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 40
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Roland the Gunslinger, Eddie, Susannah, and Jake survive Blaine the Mono's final crash, only to find themselves stranded in an alternate version of Topeka, Kansas, that has been ravaged by the superflu virus. While following the deserted I-70 toward a distant glass palace, Roland recounts his tragic story about a seaside town called Hambry, where he fell in love with a girl named Susan Delgado, and where he and his old tet-mates Alain and Cuthbert...
Author
Series
Dark Tower volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
Stephen King The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah with 10 full-color illustrations by Darrel Anderson The next-to-last novel in Stephen King's seven-volume magnum opus, Song of Susannah is at once a book of revelation, a fascinating key to the unfolding mystery of the Dark Tower, and a fast-paced story of double-barreled suspense. To give birth to her "chap," demon-mother Mia has usurped the body of Susannah Dean and used the power of Black Thirteen...
8) Blaze
Author
Language
English
Description
At six foot seven, and just under three hundred pounds, Clay "Blaze" Blaisdell is a giant of a man, but his capers were purely small time until he met George Rackley. George introduced a slow-thinking Blaze to a past paced world of a hundred different cons and one big idea: Kidnapping the child of wealthy parents. Their intended mark is the definition of filthy rich, and the last twig on the Gerard family tree could be worth millions. There's only...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
The 50th Anniversary Edition of the Lord of the Flies is the volume that every fan of this classic book will have to own! Lord of the Flies remains as provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, igniting passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. Though critically acclaimed, it was largely ignored upon its initial publication. Yet soon it became a cult favorite among both students and literary critics who...
11) The running man
Author
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
In 2025, America's favorite TV game show features contestants attempting to evade death at the hands of the Hunters. Thirty days of survival takes the prize--one billion dollars.