H.G Wells
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Wells' thrilling story of an inventor who travels in time and discovers a nightmarish dystopian future has been adapted several times for TV and film. This first ever UK radio adaptation, starring Robert Glenister as the Time Traveller and William Gaunt as H. G. Wells, brings Wells' fascinating ideas and extraordinary visions to vivid life. It opens in 1943, when Wells is recording a talk for the Home Service in which he questions mankind's future....
Author
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
In The Invisible Man, a stranger arrives in a tiny English village. His face and head are covered with bandages. His eyes are hidden by dark blue glasses. He always wears gloves, even indoors. He tells people that he has had a terrible accident and that he just wants to be left alone. Soon, strange things start to happen in the village. Doors and furniture move by themselves. Money disappears from a house. People hear a voice when no one seems to...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Written in 1896, The Island of Dr. Moreau is one of the earliest scientific romances. An instant sensation, it was meant as a commentary on Darwin's theory of evolution, which H.G. Wells stoutly believed. The story centers on the depraved Dr. Moreau, who conducts unspeakable animal experiments on a remote tropical island, with hideous, human-like results. Edward Prendick, an English-man whose misfortunes bring him to the island, is witness to the...
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the earlier part of the 20th century, C. S. Lewis noted that fantasy was more accepted in juvenile literature, and therefore a writer interested in fantasy often wrote in it to find an audience.
Full of mythical creatures, legendary quests, and daring heroes, these fantasy books are sure to leave your kids enchanted and spellbound. This list is full of books that will push the limits of kids' imaginations. So enjoy one of these epic adventures,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Description
In the Time Traveller's miraculous new machine, we will be carried from a Victorian dinner table to 802,701 AD, when the Earth is divided between the gentle, ineffective Eloi, and the ape-like Morlocks; forward again by a million years or so to glimpse a dying world of blood-red beaches and menacing shapes; and on again to the last days of our planet, a remote twilight where nothing moves but darkness and a cold wind.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1170L
Language
English
Description
As life on Mars becomes impossible, Martians and their terrifying machines invade the earth. Find yourself caught in the middle of an alien invasion in the late 1800s in this collectible hardcover edition of the thrilling science fiction classic. A classic science fiction novel, The War of the Worlds tells the story of the martian invasion of Planet Earth. This late–nineteenth century novel plays on the mood of the period in which it was written—a...
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
01. F.Scott Fitzgerald - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 02. O.Henry - The Gift of the Magi 03. Mark Twain - On The Decay of the Art of Lying 04. Sun Tzu - The Art of War 05. E.A. Poe - The Raven 06. Kahlil Gibran - The Madman 07. W.W. Jacobs - The Monkey's Paw 08. Anonymous - Aladdin 09. The Founding Fathers - The Declaration of Independence 10. Plato - The Apology of Socrates 11. Lord Alfred Tennyson - Charge of the Light Brigade 12. T.S. Eliot...