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1) A tale of two cities

Author

Dickens, Charles

Series

The Nonesuch Dickens
First Avenue Classics
Greenwich House classics library
Chartwell classics
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Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 27

Lexile measure

HL 870L

Language

English

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Book, Audiobook CD, CD + Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Graphic Novel, Kindle, Large Print, Manuscript

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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...

2) The Count of Monte Cristo

Author

Dumas, Alexandre

Series

Oxford world's classics
Timeless Classics
First Avenue Classics
Universal library
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Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 34

Lexile measure

810L

Language

English

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Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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A beautiful new clothbound edition of Alexandre Dumas's classic novel of wrongful imprisonment, adventure and revenge. Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of the Château d'If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and becomes determined not only to escape but to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible...

3) The good earth

Author

Buck, Pearl S

Series

House of Earth trilogy volume 1
Good Earth Trilogy
Enriched classics
(Pearl Sydenstricker),House of Earth volume 01
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Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 19

Lexile measure

1530L

Language

English

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Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Graphic Novel, Kindle, Large Print

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Pearl S. Buck's epic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of a China that was -- now in a Contemporary Classics edition. Though more than sixty years have passed since this remarkable novel won the Pulitzer Prize, it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know, and I know nothing but China, having always lived there," wrote Pearl Buck. In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when...

4) The Hunchback of Notre- Dame

Author

Hugo, Victor

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 11.8 - AR Pts: 38

Lexile measure

1120L

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, eComic, Graphic Novel, Kindle

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by Victor Hugo, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary...

5) The magnificent Ambersons

Author

Tarkington, Booth

Series

American century
Growth trilogy volume 02
Large print fiction title
Barnes and Noble classics
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Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 18

Language

English

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The Magnificent Ambersons is the epic story of an American family's traumatic tumble from the dizzying heights of fame and fortune. A dynasty spanning three generations, the Ambersons' pre-eminence as society's elite is threatened -- not only by a hungry new breed of industrial entrepreneur -- but from its own arrogance and greed. At the center of the story is George Amberson Minafer, the pampered but pitiful, scion of the clan upon whose shoulders...

6) Sweet tomorrows

Author

Macomber, Debbie

Series

Rose Harbor novels volume 5
Rose Harbor Inn volume 05

Language

English

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NYT - Paperback Mass-Market Fiction

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Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print, Playaway

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"The much-anticipated conclusion to Debbie Macomber's beloved Rose Harbor series, set in the picturesque town of Cedar Cove, Sweet Tomorrows is a vibrant and poignant novel of letting go of fear, following your heart, and embracing the future--come what may. Nine months ago, Mark Taylor abruptly left Cedar Cove on a perilous mission to right a wrong from his past. Though Mark finally confessed his love for her, innkeeper Jo Marie Rose is unsure if...

7) Cottage by the sea: a novel

Author

Macomber, Debbie

Series

Oceanside volume 01

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audio, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print

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Annie Marlow has been through the worst. Rocked by tragedy, she heads to the one place that makes her happy: Oceanside in the Pacific Northwest, the destintation of many family vacations when Annie was a teenager. Once there, Annie begins to restore her broken spirit, thanks in part to the folks she meets: a local painter, Keaton, whose large frame is equal to his big heart--and who helps Annie fix up her rental cottage by the sea; Mellie, the reclusive,...

8) The old curiosity shop

Author

Dickens, Charles

Series

Baker Street readers
International classics
Miniature masterpieces
Oxford illustrated Dickens
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Lexile measure

1320L

Language

English

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Large Print, Manuscript

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The sensational bestselling story of Little Nell, the beautiful child thrown into a shadowy, terrifying world, seems to belong less to the history of the Victorian novel than to folklore, fairy tale, or myth. The sorrows of Nell and her grandfather are offset by Dickens's creation of a dazzling contemporary world inhabited by some of his most brilliantly drawn characters-the eloquent ne'er-do-well Dick Swiveller; the hungry maid known as the "Marchioness";...

9) East of Eden

Author

Steinbeck, John

Series

The Best Seller Library
Penguin classics

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 34

Lexile measure

700L

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print

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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.

10) Unsheltered: a novel

Author

Kingsolver, Barbara

Language

English

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Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Large Print, Playaway

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"Willa Knox has always prided herself on being the embodiment of responsibility for her family. Which is why it's so unnerving that she's arrived at middle age with nothing to show for her hard work and dedication but a stack of unpaid bills and an inherited brick home in Vineland, New Jersey, that is literally falling apart. The magazine where she worked has folded, and the college where her husband had tenure has closed. The dilapidated house is...

11) Small great things: a novel

Author

Picoult, Jodi

Series

Ruth Jefferson volume 01

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 24

Lexile measure

HL 800L

Language

English

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NYT - E-Book Fiction

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Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years' experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she's been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is African American, to touch their child. The hospital complies with their request, but the next day, the baby goes into cardiac distress...

12) A girl's guide to moving on: a novel

Author

Macomber, Debbie

Series

New beginnings volume 02

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audio, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print

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In this powerful and uplifting novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber, a mother and her daughter-in-law bravely leave their troubled marriages and face the challenge of starting over. Leaning on each other, Nichole and Leanne discover that their inner strength and capacity for love are greater than they ever imagined. When Nichole discovers that her husband, Jake, has been unfaithful, the illusion of her perfect life is indelibly...