This deluxe hardcover edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic prelude to his Lord of the Rings trilogy contains a short introduction by Christopher Tolkien, a reset text incorporating the most up-to-date corrections, and all of Tolkien's own drawings and full-color illustrations, including the rare “Mirkwood” piece.

2) Pirate latitudes : a novel

Author

Crichton, Michael

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, Audiobook MP3-CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Large Print

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The Caribbean, 1665. A remote colony of the English Crown, the island of Jamaica holds out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Port Royal, its capital, is a cuttthroat town of taverns, grog shops, and bawdy houses. In this steamy climate there's a living to be made, a living that can end swiftly by disease - or a dagger. For Captain Charles Hunter, gold in Spanish hands is gold for the taking, and the law of the land rests with those...

3) Wuthering heights

Author

Brontë, Emily

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 11.3 - AR Pts: 23

Lexile measure

880L

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Large Print, Playaway

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"Wuthering Heights is one of the most famous love stories in the English language. It is also one of the most potent revenge narratives. The intense and unbreakable bond between the fiery Catherine Earnshaw and the foundling Heathcliff has startled and fascinated readers since its first publication in 1847. Of uncertain parentage and ethnicity, Heathcliff comes to Wuthering Heights as a child when Catherine's father finds him wandering alone through...

4) House rules : a novel

Author

Picoult, Jodi

Series

WSP readers club

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 27

Lexile measure

880L

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print, Playaway

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"Jacob Hunt is a teen with Asperger's syndrome. He's hopeless at reading social cues or expressing himself well to others, though he is brilliant in many ways. But he has a special focus on one subject - forensic analysis. A police scanner in his room clues him in to crime scenes, and he's always showing up and telling the cops what to do. And he's usually right. But when Jacob's small hometown is rocked by a terrible murder, law enforcement comes...

5) The Secret Garden /

Author

Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13

Lexile measure

AD 950L

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook Cassette, Audiobook CD, Book + CD, CD + Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print, Playaway, Playaway Bookpack

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Revisit the hallowed halls of the Misselthwaite Manor in this new edition of the classic novel, The Secret Garden, presented with eye-catching manga-style artwork.Young Mary Lennox is left an orphan when her parents die of illness while living abroad in India. Raised primarily by servants, Mary is left to mourn the loss of her inattentive parents before eventually being sent under the care of her Uncle in Yorkshire, England. It's there in Misselthwaite...

6) The Grapes of wrath

Author

Steinbeck, John

Series

Penguin great books of the 20th century
Greatest books of the twentieth century
World's best reading
Viking critical library
More Series...

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 25

Lexile measure

680L

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print, Playaway

Description

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The Grapes of Wrath is a landmark of American literature. A portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless, of one man's fierce reaction to injustice, and of one woman's stoical strength, the novel captures the horrors of the Great Depression and probes into the very nature of equality and justice in America. Although it follows the movement of thousands of men and women and the transformation of an entire nation, The Grapes of Wrath...

7) Dracula

Author

Stoker, Bram

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

GN 430L

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, CD + Book, eAudiobook, eBook, eComic, Graphic Novel, Kindle, Large Print, Manuscript, Playaway

Description

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"A true masterwork of storytelling, Dracula has transcended generation, language, and culture to become one of the most popular novels ever written. It is a quintessential tale of suspense and horror, boasting one of the most terrifying characters ever born in literature: Count Dracula, a tragic, night-dwelling specter who feeds upon the blood of the living, and whose diabolical passions prey upon the innocent, the helpless, and the beautiful. But...