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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.4 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
1170L
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English
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Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley (1797-1851) that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Though Frankenstein is infused with elements of the Gothic novel...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.4 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
HL 650L
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English
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Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings. I arrived here yesterday, and my first task is to assure my dear sister of my welfare and increasing confidence in the success of my undertaking....
3) Frankenstein
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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The most sinister, blood - curdling horror story of all time
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The town psychiatrist has decided to switch everybody in Pine Cove, California, from their normal antidepressants to placebos, so naturally -- well, to be accurate, artificially -- business is booming at the local blues bar. Trouble is, those lonely slide-guitar notes have also attracted a colossal seabeast named Steve with a, shall we say, thing for explosive oil tanker trucks. Suddenly morose Pine Cove turns libidinous and is filled with mysterious...
5) Monster
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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Reed Shelton organized this survival weekend, even hiring the best guide in the region for their trip. But little did they know that surviving the elements would become the least of their worries. During their first night of camping, an unearthly wail pierces the calm of the forest. Then something emerges from the dense woods and begins pursuing them. They aren't the only ones doing the hunting. Something much faster, more relentless--and definitely...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
730L
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English
Description
Every night, ever since Conor's mother fell ill and started the treatments that don't seem to be working, Conor has had the same dream. But tonight is different. Tonight there's a visitor at his window. It's ancient, elemental, a force of nature. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor, It wants the truth.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
820L
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English
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After he feels a mysterious pull drawing him toward a dark, shadowy pond in the woods surrounding North Mountains School, Armie looks to the tales of his Shawnee ancestors for guidance about the dangerous monster lurking in the water.
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"Geralt of Rivia is a Witcher, one of the few capable of hunting the monsters that prey on humanity. A mutant who is tasked with killing unnatural beings. He uses magical signs, potions, and the pride of every Witcher--two swords, steel and silver. But a contract has gone wrong, and Geralt finds himself without his signature weapons. Now he needs them back, because sorcerers are scheming, and across the world clouds are gathering"--Amazon.com.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
820L
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English
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Tiffany Aching, a young witch-in-training, learns about magic and responsibility as she battles a disembodied monster with the assistance of the six-inch-high Wee Free Men and Mistress Weatherwax, the greatest witch in the world. Annotation. The Heroine: Tiffany Aching, incipient witch and cheese maker extraordinaire. Once saved world from Queen of the Elves. Is about to discover that battling evil monarchs is child's play compared to mortal combat...
10) Mrs. Caliban
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2017018492
In the quiet suburbs, while Dorothy is doing chores and waiting for her husband to come home from work, not in the least anticipating romance, she hears a strange radio announcement about a monster who has just escaped from the Institute for Oceanographic Research... Reviewers have compared Rachel Ingalls's Mrs. Caliban to King Kong, Edgar Allan Poe's stories, the films of David Lynch, Beauty and the Beast, The Wizard of Oz, E.T., Richard...
11) The heart forger
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Bone witch volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
HL 760L
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English
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Ending her self-imposed exile with the ability to command the mighty daeva, Tea enacts her revenge against the royals who wronged her and took her true love's life, while being pursued by enemies who wish to use her dark magic for their own ends.
12) School spirits
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
HL 730L
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English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Izzy, who comes from a long line of monster hunters, investigates a series of hauntings at her new high school.
13) Monster High
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Monster High (Lisi Harrison) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
680L
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English
Description
Frankie Stein was created in a laboratory, and when she enters Mount Hood High School camouflaged as a "normi," all she wants is to fit in, but it takes the help of another new student who believes that everyone should be treated equally before Frankie even has a chance.
14) Pet
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
820L
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English
Description
In a near-future society that claims to have gotten rid of all monstrous people, a creature emerges from a painting seventeen-year-old Jam's mother created, a hunter from another world seeking a real-life monster.
15) Shrek!
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 670L
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English
Description
Shrek, a horrid ogre, goes out into the world to find adventure and along the way encounters a witch, a knight in armor, a dragon and, finally a hideous princess who is even uglier than he is!
16) Sword of destiny
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"Geralt is a witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary murderer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent. He roams the country seeking assignments, but gradually comes to realise that while some of his quarry are unremittingly vile, vicious grotesques, others are...
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"Geralt the Witcher has fought monsters and demons across the land, but even he might not be prepared for what is to come. The kings and their armies are maneuvering for position, each fearing invasion from across the river, each fearing their neighbors more. And after decades of oppression, the elves and other races are fighting back and fighting one another. With growing numbers preparing for battle, the threat of a devastating war looms ever greater....
18) Only a monster
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"Joan has just learned the truth: her family are monsters, with terrifying, hidden powers. And the cute boy at work isn't just a boy: he's a legendary monster slayer, who will do anything to destroy her family. To save herself and her family, Joan will have to do what she fears most: embrace her own monstrousness. Because in this story...she is not the hero"--
19) Stargazer
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Land of Elyon volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
830L
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English
Description
Twelve-year-old Alexa and her companions unwittingly lead Abaddon, now in the form of an enormous, horrible sea monster, to the secret community known as the Five Stone Pillars when they go to bring the people living there home.
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