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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 25
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
The Grapes of Wrath is a landmark of American literature. A portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless, of one man's fierce reaction to injustice, and of one woman's stoical strength, the novel captures the horrors of the Great Depression and probes into the very nature of equality and justice in America. Although it follows the movement of thousands of men and women and the transformation of an entire nation, The Grapes of Wrath...
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Homestead volume 03
Language
English
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When a boy is killed by a breakaway rail car, Jolie Bowers'scompulsion to control is stretched to the limit. The homesteaders of western Nebraska threaten to retaliateagainst the railroad. And this is only the beginning. In the midstof teaching school, preparing for her wedding, and dealing with theviolent reaction to the railroad accident, Jolie finds herselffacing trouble from all sides. Mr. Avery shows up with legal papersdemanding a return of...
5) East of Eden
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 34
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks and the Hamiltons--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel.
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