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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 10.8 - AR Pts: 41
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HL 510L
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English
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"In this spirited novel by master storyteller Jules Verne, five Civil War prisoners escape their Confederate jail by hijacking a hot-air balloon. Blown halfway across the world and stranded on a remote island, the fugitives' survival depends upon their ability to build a sustainable environment while withstanding pirate attacks, volcanic eruptions, and other challenges. Engineer Cyrus Harding takes charge of the crew, consisting of his servant, Neb;...
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The Riddle of the Sands is a 1903 novel by Erskine Childers. The book, which enjoyed immense popularity in the years before World War I, is an early example of the espionage novel and was extremely influential in the genre of spy fiction. It has been made into feature-length films for both cinema and television. The novel "owes a lot to the wonderful adventure novels of writers like Rider Haggard, that were a staple of Victorian Britain". It was a...
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Fallen world trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
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Sixteen-year-old old Kaelyn challenges her fears, finds a second chance at love, and fights to keep her family and friends safe as a deadly new virus devastates her island community.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 7
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'The crying sounded even louder out of doors. It was as if all the pain in the world had found a voice"At the end of the Nineteenth Century, a sailor is shipwrecked on an island inhabited by scientist Doctor Moreau.Exiled by London's scientific community for his cruel and unnatrual experiments on animals, Moreau continues his work on the island.Very soon it becomes clear that Moreau's experiments are not restricted to mere animals....A new Large Print...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 7
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"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...
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As a DEA agent caught in an unwinnable drug war, Abel has spent his life with the ugliest side of humanity. It?s no wonder he?s given in to corruption, bribery, and an illegal side hustle that has him on the run from some of the most dangerous men in South America. Then, he stumbles upon an alluring creature?a stranded alien who has made her home under the green canopy of the deepest part of the jungle. Her spacecraft crash-landed a decade ago; his...
7) The lesson
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An alien ship rests over Water Island. For five years the people of the US Virgin Islands have lived with the Ynaa, a race of superadvanced aliens on a research mission they will not fully disclose. They are benevolent in many ways but meet any act of aggression with disproportional wrath. This has led to a strained relationship between the Ynaa and the local Virgin Islanders and a peace that cannot last. A year after the death of a young boy at the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
790L
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"When Aster wakes alone on a tropical island, she has no idea what has happened, why she is there, or where to find her younger sister, Poppy. Meanwhile Sam, who once met the sisters on a plane, makes links between the mystery of their disappearance and suspicious happenings in his own life. In a stunning dual narrative, the truth unravels with devastating effect - and the answer lies in the secret underwater world surrounding the desert island, populated...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.3 - AR Pts: 27
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1270L
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Inspired by the life of Alexander Selkirk, a sailor who lived for several years on a Pacific island, the novel tells the story of Crusoe's survival after shipwreck on an island, interaction with the mainland's native inhabitants, and eventual rescue. Read variously as economic fable, religious allegory, or imperialist fantasy, Crusoe has never lost its appeal as one of the most compelling adventure stories of all time.
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