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1) A Christmas carol

Author

Dickens, Charles

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 5

Lexile measure

900L

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audio, Audiobook Cassette, Audiobook CD, Book + CD-ROM, eAudiobook, eBook, eComic, Graphic Novel, Kindle, Large Print, Manuscript, Playaway, Pop-Up Book

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"Ebenezer Scrooge is a bitter and selfish old man, and worst of all...he hates Christmas! But this Christmas Eve there's a surprise in store for Scrooge when four spooky ghosts pay him an unexpected visit. As they journey between the past, present and future, Scrooge is shown how his mean and nasty behaviour has affected everyone around him... But is it enough to help Scrooge change his ways, just in time for Christmas Day? Or is he destined to stay...

2) The wind in the willows

Author

Grahame, Kenneth

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 11

Lexile measure

1140L

Language

English

Formats

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

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One of the true classics of English literature, here are the adventures of Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and Toad. Shy Mole is cleaning his underground house until the spring weather lures him above for a cautious encounter with the worldly Water Rat. Their exploration of the Wild Wood includes lunch with Otter and hilarious adventures at Toad Hall. Grahame's idyllic world is as fresh now as when they first discovered his enchanting tales, of Ratty sculling...

3) The wonderful wizard of Oz

Author

Baum, L. Frank

Series

The Wizard of Oz series volume 1
World's classics
Classic collection)
Barnes and Noble classics
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Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 7

Lexile measure

1000L

Language

English

Formats

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

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a children's novel written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. Originally published by the George M. Hill Company in Chicago on May 17, 1899, it has since been reprinted numerous times, most often under the name The Wizard of Oz, which is the name of both the popular 1902 Broadway musical and the well-known 1939 film adaptation.The story chronicles the adventures of a young girl named Dorothy Gale in the...

4) Nightwork

Author

Roberts, Nora

Language

English

Formats

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

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"Harry Booth started stealing at nine to keep a roof over his ailing mother's head, slipping into luxurious, empty homes at night to find items he could trade for precious cash. When his mother finally succumbed to cancer, he left Chicago--but kept up his nightwork. Wandering from the Outer Banks to Savannah to New Orleans, he dons new identities and stays careful, observant, distant. He can't afford to attract attention--or get attached. Still, he...

5) Alice's adventures in Wonderland

Author

Carroll, Lewis

Series

Puffin chalk
BBC children's classics
Dalmatian Press great classics for children
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 5

Lexile measure

880L

Language

English

Formats

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

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"Commemorating the 150th anniversary of one of the most beloved classics of children's literature, this illustrated edition presents Alice like you've never seen her before. In 1865, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an Oxford mathematician and Anglican deacon, published a story about a little girl who tumbles down a rabbit hole. Thus was the world first introduced to Alice and her pseudonymous creator, Lewis Carroll. This beautiful new edition of Alice's...

6) Wish you were here

Author

Picoult, Jodi

Language

English

Formats

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

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"Diana O'Toole has a plan: be married by thirty, done having kids by thirty-five, and move out to the New York City suburbs, all while climbing the professional ladder in the cutthroat art auction world. She's an associate specialist at Sotheby's now, but her boss has hinted at a promotion if she can close a deal with a high-profile client. She just knows her boyfriend, Finn, a surgical resident, is about to propose on their romantic getaway to the...

7) The story of Ferdinand

Author

Leaf, Munro

Series

Reading railroad books
Young Puffin

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

AD 760L

Language

English

Formats

Book, Board Book, CD + Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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Ferdinand likes to sit quietly and smell the flowers, but one day he gets stung by a bee and his snorting and stomping convince everyone that he is the fiercest of bulls.