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Series
Bartimaeus trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Nathaniel, a young magician's apprentice, becomes caught in a web of magical espionage, murder, and rebellion, after he summons the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Loveland.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
HL 450L
Language
English
Description
Robert Louis Stevenson's masterpiece of the duality of good and evil in man's nature sprang from the darkest recesses of his own unconscious-during a nightmare from which his wife awakened him, alerted by his screams. More than a hundred years later, this tale of the mild-mannered Dr. Jekyll and the drug that unleashes his evil, inner persona-the loathsome, twisted Mr. Hyde-has lost none of its ability to shock. Its realistic police-style narrative...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol is the most famous, heart-warming and chilling festive story of them all. In these pages we meet Ebenezer Scrooge, whose name is synonymous with greed and parsimony: 'Every idiot who goes about with Merry Christmas on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart'. This attitude is soon challenged when the ghost of his old partner, Jacob Marley,...
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Language
English
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Description
Action, adventure, and time travel combine in the final book of an award-winning trilogy.
Narrowly escaping from a gang of bullies, a boy slips into a grand old gallery--the perfect hiding place, full of mystery and treasures. Suddenly, a painting comes to life and the boy finds himself on an adventure led by a mischievous dog that has leapt from the canvas. The two slip into a Vermeer painting and are transported to Little Street, Delft in seventeenth-century...
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Series
Muppet comics (Boom! Kids!) volume 5
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The Muppets investigate four seemingly unrelated cases, including one involving the sudden illness of Julia Stoneleigh, with Gonzo as Sherlock Holmes, Fozzie as Dr. Watson, and Kermit as Inspector LeStrade. Includes a mysterygame.
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
One of the most influential books of the twentieth century gets the graphic treatment in this first-ever adaptation of George Orwell's 1984.
War is Peace * Freedom is Slavery * Ignorance is Strength
In 1984, London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston Smith is a man in grave danger for the simple reason
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Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Lydia and Edgar have returned to London after their adventure on the Isle of Manan. But life in the capital is no respite for the weary travelers. A being called the Fogman stalks the night streets, snatching children all around town. And it may have something to do with Edgar's dark past..."--From the publisher.
10) Dracula
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 1020L
Language
English
Description
"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...
11) Godchild. Vol. 7
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Shall the son suffer for the continued sins of the father? Alexis hatches an evil plan involving a beautiful girl with a sick fascination for his son. And could Jizabel's hatred of Cain also stem from their father? Step into the past as we learn more about the torturred early life of Dr. Disraeli.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Faced with mounting pressure and a pile of false leads and dead ends, the police are poised to make a hasty arrest for the murder of Mayor King. Detective Ellis has his own suspect in mind but just as little hard evidence to go on. Al's future hangs in the balance as both investigations stall, and the murderer is more than happy to watch Al take the fall for their crime--perhaps even literally"--
13) Godchild. Vol. 4
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Deep in the heart of 19th century London, a young nobleman named Cain walks the shadowy cobblestone streets of the aristocratic society into which he was born. Forced to become an earl upon the presumed death of his father, Cain assumes the role of head of the Hargreaves, a noble family with a dark past. With Riff, his faithful manservant, and Mary Weather, his 10-year-old half sister, Cain investigates the mysterious crimes that seem to follow him...
14) Godchild Vol. 3
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Deep in the heart of 19th century London, a young nobleman named Cain walks the shadowy cobblestone streets of the aristocratic society into which he was born. Forced to become an earl upon the presumed death of his father, Cain assumes the role of head of the Hargreaves, a noble family with a dark past. With Riff, his faithful manservant, and Mary Weather, his 10-year-old half sister, Cain investigates the mysterious crimes that seem to follow him...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Timothy Hunter may be destined to become the most powerful magician in the universe, but he's still a London teenager, and having magical abilities is about to turn his world upside down! While Tim's trying to study and attract the cutest girl in his class, there are cultists who want to kill him, believing his magical powers will eventually corrupt him, turning him into a merciless mage that will bring upon the end of magic forever! But when a mysterious...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 27
Lexile measure
HL 870L
Language
English
Formats
Description
After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the aging Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil roads of London, they are drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained...
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