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Great western edition volume 25
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English
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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872-October 23, 1939) was an American author and dentist best known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American frontier. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his bestselling book. The success of Grey's The Lone Star Ranger (the novel was adapted into four movies: 1914, 1919, 1930, and 1942, and a comic book in 1949) and King of the...
2) Infamous
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Rebels of the ton volume 3
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English
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"A mean girl reformed... Once the reigning beauty of her social set, Celia--whom the newspapers dubbed Lady Infamous--has fallen on hard times and is practically destitute, her reputation in shreds. When Celia is forced to attend a society wedding as a companion to an elderly guest, she must confront the clique she once commanded; the gentleman she'd once hoped to marry--who is now wed to a girl Celia relentlessly taunted; and the powerful man who...
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Lexile measure
820L
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English
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"In the law of the gun, a man must shoot his way to innocence. At least that's how Captain McKelly of the Texas Rangers puts it to Buck Duane. On the run for killing a man to save his own skin, Duane must now infiltrate the deadly Chelsedine gang. These ruthless rustlers are running amok in Texas and it's going to take a matchless gunfighter to stop their rampage. With the legendary Rangers providing firepower, Duane has more than a fighting chance....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
700L
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English
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Dylan, an aspiring photographer, is spending a month in Mumbai with his friend Rohit Lal and his family, but knowing nothing of Indian culture, he cannot seem to do anything right (do not hit cows!)--and the situation is made worse by the tensions within the Lal family over whether Rohit should be raised in India, which Mr. Lal's wealthy sister is pushing for.
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Dark. Dangerous. Damaged. This man will protect her. After years of an unhappy and bitter marriage, cautious Lady Violet Addington is intrigued by the Comte de Beaumont. His air of danger, mysterious scars and pure sexuality pose a temptation that's hard to resist. Threatened by her late husband's enemies, she makes a daring proposition: in exchange for the Comte's protection, she'll join him in his bed! Gentlemen of Honor miniseries Book 1 -...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 24
Lexile measure
1090L
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English
Description
"Life on the Mississippi is a powerful narrative concerning the past, present, and future of the Mississippi River, including its towns, peoples, and ways of life. Before addressing the river and his personal relationship to it, Twain provides a brief history of the Mississippi River. He comments in the first few chapters on the river's historic standing as a wonder that surpasses many rivers around the world. Twain also provides a history of explorers...
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Elizabeth Cornish raises the infant son of outlaw Black Jack Hollis as her own, building up the legend of the Colby name, making the boy, Terry, believe he is descended from aristocracy. Then Elizabeth makes it known that Terry will inherit the family ranch on his twenty-fifth birthday, not her ne'er-do-well brother, Vance. As the celebration nears, Vance decides that he must make Terry aware of his outlaw heritage, and who better to set the record...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 35
Lexile measure
710L
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English
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"Great Expectations is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel: a bildungsroman that depicts the personal growth and personal development of an orphan nicknamed Pip. It is Dickens's second novel, after David Copperfield, to be fully narrated in the first person. The novel was first published as a serial in Dickens's weekly periodical All the Year Round, from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. In October 1861, Chapman...
10) Oliver Twist
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.3 - AR Pts: 33
Lexile measure
320L
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English
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"First published in 1838, ‘Oliver Twist' is one of the most admired novels by Charles Dickens, an English writer, and social critic. It is the story of a young orphan who dares to say, ""Please, sir, I want some more."" After escaping from the dark and dismal workhouse where he was born, Oliver finds himself on the mean streets of Victorian-era London and is unwittingly recruited into a scabrous gang of scheming urchins. In this band of petty thieves,...
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