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1) The idiot
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Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
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"Into a compelling real portrait of nineteenth-century Russian society Dostoevsky introduces his ideal hero, the saintly Prince Myshkin. The tensions subsequently unleashed by the hero's innocence, truthfulness, and humility betray the inadequacy of his moral idealism and disclose the spiritual emptiness of a society that cannot accommodate him. Myshkin's mission ends in idiocy and darkness, but it is the world that is rotten, not he. The Idiot (1868),...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 32
Lexile measure
1280L
Language
English
Description
"The unforgettable first novel that established Isabel Allende as one of the world's most gifted and imaginative storytellers. The House of the Spirits brings to life the triumphs and tragedies of three generations of the Trueba family. The patriarch Esteban is a volatile, proud man whose voracious pursuit of political power is tempered only by his love for his delicate wife, Clara, a woman with a mystical connection to the spirit world. When their...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"A Doll's House (Norwegian: Et dukkehjem; also translated as A Doll House) is a three-act play in prose by Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having been published earlier that month. The play is significant for its critical attitude toward 19th century marriage norms. It aroused great controversy at the time, as it concludes with the protagonist, Nora, leaving her husband and children because...
4) Nana
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Lexile measure
1060L
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English
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Nana Coupeau is a beautiful woman, able to attract men of enormous wealth with the crook of her finger. Part-time prostitute, part-time actress, she makes her debut in a mediocre operetta The Blonde Venus at the bustling Paris World's Fair of 1867. She can't sing, act or dance, yet she is stunning. Nana soon rockets through elite Parisian society, and, blinded by desire, men crawl to her feet, yielding to her every demand. Affections are manipulated,...
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Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"As high society's social calendar opens up and the Season draws to a close, London is gripped by fear. Someone has taken to stalking women of the night and painting the town red-- in their blood. The name on everyone's lips seems to be 'Jack the Ripper' -- and as a result, the name on Queen Victoria's lips is Phantomhive. Summoned to London to clean up the mess created by this madman, Ciel Phantomhive arrives with Sebastian, his extraordinary butler,...
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Pub. Date
2011.
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English
Description
The cheer of the holidays has passed, but the Noah's Ark traveling circus has been making the rounds, bringing fun and joy to children of all ages. However, as the ringmaster's cries fade away, a disturbing trend begins to surface in the wake of the colourful entourage. Children seem to disappear whenever the circus packs up for its next destination, and there are no clues--or corpses--to be found. But when the situation calls for Ciel and Sebastian...
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Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Terrorizing its populace, Jack the Ripper has shaken London to its very core. But when Sebastian Michaelis, singular butler of the Phantomhive house, lays bare the madman's true identity, all that is left for him to do is eliminate the perpetrator in the name of the Queen and Phantomhive. But inhumanly efficient skills don't guarantee victory when the opponent is just as supernaturally gifted! And though Sebastian may be able to save Ciel from physical...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
Description
London--capital of the Great Empire--is once again under siege, as a string of bizarre attacks on British citizens returned from India sends rumours flying and casts a pall upon Queen Victoria's rule. Sent in by Her Majesty, young Earl Phantomhive and his most capable butler, Sebastian, follow a trail that collides head-on with an Indian youth who claims to be a prince. And this prince possesses an extraordinary butler of his own! As an intense rivalry...
10) Black butler: IX
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Pub. Date
2012.
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English
Description
As Her Majesty Queen Victoria takes over Phantomhive Manor to throw a banquet, those in attendance must withstand the weathering storm outside of the manor and the one brewing between the guests.
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In the English-language debut novel of one of Mexico's most poignant writers, a man guilty of a minor offense finds himself caught between the tedium of his temperate city and the growing menace of crime there. After an accident-or "the misfortune," as his cancer-ridden father's caretaker calls it, Eduardo is sentenced to a year of community service reading to the elderly and infirm. Stripped of his driver's license and feeling impotent as he nears...
12) Black butler 5
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Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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For an impeccable gentleman's butler like Sebastian Michaelis, the word "impossible" is just not in his vocabulary. Everything demanded of him under the English sun is well within his grasp. But do his talents extend to things under the scalding Indian sun?! As Harold West-Jeb's plan to use Agni, Prince Soma's superhuman butler, in a curry battle to win himself a Royal Warrant is exposed, Earl Ciel Phantomhive sets Sebastian to the task of creating...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Widely considered a reigning master of the modern short story, Manto vividly conjures life on the streets of Bombay - its prostitutes, pimps, gangsters, artists, writers, and those caught in the fore of the India-Pakistan partition. Deeply opposed to partition, Manto is best known for his portrayals of its violence and absurdities. From an ownerless dog caught in the firing squad at the border of the two countries, to neighbors turned enemy soldiers...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Translated into English by Sarah Booker, GRIEVING is Cristina Rivera Garza's collection of short cronicas, journalism, and personal essays on systemic violence in contemporary Mexico and along the US-Mexico border. Drawing together horror theory and historical analysis, Rivera Garza outlines how neoliberalism, corruption, and drug trafficking-culminating in the misnamed "war on drugs"-has shaped her country. Working from and against this political...
15) Black butler: 10
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Pub. Date
2012.
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English
Description
The royally-sanctioned dinner party is a shambles and a murderer is on the loose on the Phantomhive grounds. Worse yet, Earl Ciel has found himself without the aid of his manservant--and demonic ally--Sebastian. And then, a thirteenth guest arrives....
16) Black butler: 17
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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Due in no small part to Sebastian, his uncommon butler, Earl Ciel Phantomhive finally succeeds in earning an audience with the enigmatic headmaster of Weston College following the outcome of the annual cricket tourney. As moon-pale petals bloom on the lapels of the students who have been granted a place at the Midnight Tea Party, the man who holds all authority at the school reveals himself to his guests. Will his appearance shed light on the fate...
17) Black butler: 8
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Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A battle is fought between Sebastian, Earl Ciel Phantomhive's butler, and the villain who hid the missing children while the Noah's Ark Circus attacks Phantomhive Manor.
18) Black butler: 19
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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Ciel and his butler Sebastian travel to Germany to investigate a string of deaths and wind up in a cursed forest, finding themselves face-to-face with a witch."--From B&T.
19) Black butler: 12
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Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"The decks of the Campania run red with blood when the corpses brought back to a semblance of life by the Aurora Society's "absolute salvation" turn on the ship's passengers in a ghoulish farce. Their investigation waylaid by a primitive struggle for survival, Earl Ciel Phantomhive and his exceptional butler, Sebastian, are at the mercy of both the unnatural and Mother Nature herself. For even as dead feet shuffle along the opulent decks of the luxury...
20) Dawn
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"In Dawn, translated into English for the first time, legendary Turkish feminist Sevgi Soysal brings together dark humor, witty observations, and trenchant criticism of social injustice, militarism, and gender inequality. As night falls in Adana, ı̀æftes and cups of cloudy raki are passed to the dinner guests in the home of Ali - a former laborer who gives tight bear hugs, speaks with a southeastern lilt, and radiates the spirit of a child. Among...
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