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1) Treasure Island

Author

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Series

Early reader volume No. 2
First Avenue Classics
Scholastic classics
BBC children's classics
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Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 12

Lexile measure

NC 1070L

Language

English

Formats

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

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The most popular pirate story ever written in English, featuring one of literature's most beloved “bad guys,” Treasure Island has been happily devoured by several generations of boys-and girls-and grownups. Its unforgettable characters include: young Jim Hawkins, who finds himself owner of a map to Treasure Island, where the fabled pirate booty is buried; honest Captain Smollett, heroic Dr. Livesey, and the good-hearted but obtuse Squire Trelawney,...

2) Robinson Crusoe

Author

Defoe, Daniel

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 12.3 - AR Pts: 27

Lexile measure

1320L

Language

English

Formats

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

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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...

3) The Jungle Book / by Rudyard Kipling

Author

Kipling, Rudyard

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 9

Lexile measure

NC 1080L

Language

English

Formats

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

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Penned by English Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling in 1894, The Jungle Book is a collection of allegorical stories that take place in the Indian jungle. The most famous stories of The Jungle Book are those featuring a young boy named Mowgli who was raised by wolves, is friends with a panther, and was educated by the animals of the jungle. Also popular in this collection is Rikki-Tikki-Tavi,” about a mongoose who protects his human family against cobras....

4) Through the looking-glass

Author

Carroll, Lewis

Series

Puffin classics
Alice in Wonderland
BBC children's classics
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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"One moment Alice is wondering what life is like ont he other side on the mirror, the next she finds herself through the looking-glass and in a topsy-turvey land where everything is 'contrariwise'. Alice meets a host of bizarre characters: Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the dotty White Knight and the bad-tempered RedQueen - none of whom are quite qhat they seem. But is Alice's adventure real, or is it all just a dream?" (publisher).

5) Alice's adventures in Wonderland

Author

Carroll, Lewis

Series

Puffin chalk
BBC children's classics
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Dover thrift editions
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Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 5

Lexile measure

850L

Language

English

Formats

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

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"Commemorating the 150th anniversary of one of the most beloved classics of children's literature, this illustrated edition presents Alice like you've never seen her before. In 1865, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an Oxford mathematician and Anglican deacon, published a story about a little girl who tumbles down a rabbit hole. Thus was the world first introduced to Alice and her pseudonymous creator, Lewis Carroll. This beautiful new edition of Alice's...