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Lord of the rings volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 29
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English
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In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages, it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 22
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English
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The standard harcover edition of the concluding volume of The Lord of the Rings includes a large format fold-out map and extensive appendices. As the Shadow of Mordor grows across the land, the Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures. Aragorn, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, has joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard, and takes part in the desperate victory of the Hornburg....
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Last kids on Earth volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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The zombies are disappearing. This might seem like a good thing, since zombies eat your brains, but normal human kid Jack Sullivan is suspicious. He keeps hearing an eerie shrieking noise that seems to be almost summoning the zombiesbut to where, and for what (probably) foul purpose?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Told in their separate voices, sixteen-year-old Prince Oliver, who wants to break free of his fairy tale existence, and fifteen-year-old Delilah, a loner obsessed with Prince Oliver and the book in which he exists, work together to seek his freedom.
5) The Odyssey
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"When Robert Fagles' translation of the Iliad was published in 1990, critics and scholars alike hailed it as a masterpiece." "Now Robert Fagles presents us with the Odyssey, Homer's best-loved and most accessible poem, recounting the arduous wanderings of Odysseus during his ten-year voyage home to Ithaca, after the Trojan War. If the Iliad is the world's greatest war story, then the Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of everyman's journey...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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"In 2001, Eoin Colfer published Artemis Fowl, a hilarious and rip-roaring science-fiction/fantasy adventure about a twelve-year-old criminal mastermind who kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. But these aren't the fairies of bedtime stories; these fairies are armed and dangerous. Artemis thinks he has them right where he wants them... until they stop playing by the rules. The novel was an instant sensation and became the start...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
This book forms part of our 'Pook Press' imprint, celebrating the golden age of illustration in children's literature. 'The Wind in the Willows' is a true classic of Children's literature, penned by Kenneth Grahame and first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a traditional bucolic version of the English Thames valley - a novel notable for its adventure, mysticism, morality...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure. They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon.
Bilbo reluctantly joins their quest, unaware that on his...
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[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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"Posters plastered across the thirteen kingdoms are saying that Briar Rose has been murdered--and the four Princes Charming (Prince Liam, Prince Frederic, Prince Duncan, and Prince Gustav) are the prime suspects. In a desperate attempt to clear their name, they discover that Briar's murder is just one part of a nefarious plot to take control of all thirteen kingdom--a plot that will lead to the doorstep of an eerily familiar fortress for a final showdown...