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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.3 - AR Pts: 27
Lexile measure
1190L
Language
English
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Contemporary fiction. 'I walk'd about on the shore, lifting up my hands, and my whole being, as I may say, wrapt up in the contemplation of my deliverance . . . reflecting upon all my comrades that were drown'd, and that there should not be one soul sav'd but my self . . . ' Who has not dreamed of life on an exotic isle, far away from civilization? Here is the novel which has inspired countless imitations by lesser writers, none of which equal the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
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The 50th Anniversary Edition of the Lord of the Flies is the volume that every fan of this classic book will have to own! Lord of the Flies remains as provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, igniting passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. Though critically acclaimed, it was largely ignored upon its initial publication. Yet soon it became a cult favorite among both students and literary critics who...
3) Lost horizon
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.5 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
1060L
Language
English
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"While attempting to escape a civil war, four people are kidnapped and transported to the Tibetan mountains. After their plane crashes, they are found by a mysterious Chinese man. He leads them to a monastery...a land of mystery and matchless beauty where life is lived in tranquil wonder, beyond the grasp of a doomed world. It is here, in Shangri-La, where destinies will be discovered and the meaning of paradise will be unveiled." --Cover
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.3 - AR Pts: 27
Lexile measure
1270L
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the life of Alexander Selkirk, a sailor who lived for several years on a Pacific island, the novel tells the story of Crusoe's survival after shipwreck on an island, interaction with the mainland's native inhabitants, and eventual rescue. Read variously as economic fable, religious allegory, or imperialist fantasy, Crusoe has never lost its appeal as one of the most compelling adventure stories of all time.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
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While trying to care for a group of abandoned young children, five Australian teenagers continue their struggle for survival and their resistance against the enemy invading their homeland.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
690L
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English
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A young man awakens on an island, alone and seriously injured, with no memory, and as he searches for his identity he finds himself caught between two notorious pirates battling for a legendary treasure reportedly hidden by monks.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
860L
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English
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Having survived being blinded and shipwrecked on a tiny Caribbean island with the old black man Timothy, twelve-year-old white Phillip is rescued and hopes to regain his sight with an operation. Alternate chapters follow the life of Timothy from his days as a young cabin boy.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
570L
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English
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One fine day, Moose takes a chance and sets out on a spur-of-the-moment sailing trip that ends in a raging storm at sea. Stranded far from home, he has a decision to make: is he going to curl up in a ball and cry, or is he going to make the most of it?
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Cooper kids adventure volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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When the small plane which his uncle allows him to fly tumbles out of control, fourteen-year-old Jay relies on God's help to land the aircraft safely.
12) Never a hero
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English
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"Despite all of the odds, Joan achieved the impossible. She reset the timeline, saved her family--and destroyed the hero, Nick. But her success has come at a terrible cost. She alone remembers what happened. Now, Aaron, her hard-won friend--and maybe more--is an enemy, trying to kill her. And Nick, the boy she loved, is a stranger who doesn't even know her name. Only Joan remembers that a greater and more dangerous enemy is still out there. When a...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 23
Lexile measure
HL 490L
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English
Description
The Swiss Family Robinson (German: Der Schweizerische Robinson) is a novel by Johann David Wyss, first published in 1812, about a Swiss family shipwrecked in the East Indies en route to Port Jackson, Australia.Written by Swiss pastor Johann David Wyss and edited by his son Johann Rudolf Wyss and illustrated by his son Johann Emmanuel Wyss, the novel was intended to teach his four sons about family values, good husbandry, the uses of the natural world...
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Last kids on Earth volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
"Jack teams up with the evil King Wretch in order to convince his friends to stay with him instead of going in search of others who may have survived the monster apocalypse"--
15) Thunder cave
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
Determined, after his mother's accidental death, to foil his stepfather's plans for his future, fourteen-year-old Jacob travels alone to Africa in search of his father, a biologist studying elephants in a remote area of Kenya.
16) The castaways
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Curse of the Jolly Stone trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
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Bad luck continues to follow Tom Tin and his mates as they find themselves aboard a formerly abandoned ship, are taught to be sailors by two black-hearted castaways they rescue, and sail to a Caribbean island where they make important new friends and enemies.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.3 - AR Pts: 27
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English
Description
Defoe's famous work is actually based on the true story of the shipwrecked traveler, Alexander Selkirk, and it has thrilled generations of readers, who have counted among them kings and philosophers, even the founding fathers of the United States.
19) Shipwreck island
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Shipwreck Island volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
Sarah Robinson still can't believe her dad has remarried. Now she has to deal with a new stepmom and two stepbrothers, Marco, who is her age, and Nacho, who's younger. They've moved from Texas to California to start life as a new, blended family. But none of the kids seem happy about it. Sarah's dad and stepmom decide to take the whole family on a special vacation so they can get to know each other. They'll fly to Fiji, charter a boat, and sail for...
20) Black ice
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
HL 720L
Language
English
Description
Britt goes hiking in the Grand Tetons of Wyoming with her ex-boyfriend Calvin, but trouble arises when she is caught in a blizzard, taken hostage by fugitives, finds evidence of murders, and learns whom to trust and whom to love.
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