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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1020L
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English
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This mystery written 1886 is a story that marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The book's title derives from a speech given by a speech given by Holmes, an amateur detective, to his friend and chronicler Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his "study in scarlet": "There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, our duty is to unravel...
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When a strange coded message arrives at 221B Baker Street, sent by a member of Professor Moriarty's criminal organization, Sherlock Holmes soon deciphers it and finds a warning: someone is about to be murdered. A visit from a Scotland Yard inspector confirms that one John Douglas has been mysteriously killed in Sussex. Even Sherlock Holmes, well accustomed to the bizarre, finds the elements of this case unusual. John Douglas lived at Birlstone
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1080L
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English
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To Sherlock Holmes she is always THE woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind. He was, I take it, the most perfect reasoning and observing machine that the world has seen, but as a lover he would...
4) His last bow
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Lexile measure
1100L
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English
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'His Last Bow', the title story of this collection, tells how Sherlock Holmes is brought out of retirement to help the Government fight the German threat at the approach of the First World War. Several of the detective's earlier cases complete the volume, including 'Wisteria Lodge', 'The Bruce-Partington Plans', and 'The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax'. In 'The Dying Detective', Dr. Watson is horrified to discover Holmes at death's door from...
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When Mary Morstan consults Sherlock Holmes on a curious mystery, he is intrigued and anxious to help her. The young governess explains that, since the disappearance of her father ten years earlier, she has received a valuable pearl each year from an unknown donor. The sender then asks to meet Mary and she realises that shes needs an escort. Holmes and Watson accompany Mary to her encounter with the stranger, who tells them a tale of secrecy, hidden...
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