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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 26
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English
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On a spring day in April--sometime in the waning years of the 14th century--29 travelers set out for Canterbury on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Thomas Beckett. Among them is a knight, a monk, a prioress, a plowman, a miller, a merchant, a clerk, and an oft-widowed wife from Bath. Travel is arduous and wearing; to maintain their spirits, this band of pilgrims entertains each other with a series of tall tales that span the spectrum of literary...
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English
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Here Paulo Coelho details his journey across Spain along the legendary road of San Tiago, which pilgrims have traveled since the Middle Ages. On this contemporary quest, he encounters a Chaucerian variety of mysterious guides and devilish opponents and learns to understand the nature of truth through the simplicity of life.
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Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In 1350, a boy with a large hump on his back becomes the servant of a shadowy pilgrim on his way to Rome, who pulls the boy into a dangerous expedition across Europe to gather the seven precious relics of Saint Peter.--Provided by Publisher.
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English
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Chicago celebrity and pitchman Charles James is supposed to be dead. Everyone believes he was killed in a fiery plane crash, a flight he narrowly missed. But thanks to that remarkable twist of fate, he's very much alive and ready for a second chance at life and love. Escaping death has brought Charles some clarity: the money, the fame, the expensive cars; none of it brought him true joy or peace. The last time he was truly happy was when he was married...
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Chicago celebrity and successful pitchman Charles James is supposed to be dead. Everyone believes he was killed in a fiery plane cash. But thanks to a remarkable twist of fate, he's very much alive and ready for a second chance at life - and love. Narrowly escaping death has brought Charles some clarity: the money, the fame, the fast cars - none of that was making him happy. The last time he was happy - truly happy - was when he was married to his...
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The pilgrim's progress volume 2
Publisher
Kingstone Comics
Pub. Date
[2011?]
Language
English
Description
The Pilgrim's Progress, a Christian allegory written by John Bunyan, is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious English literature, and has been translated into more than two hundred languages. Now it is retold and shortened in graphic novel form for children and young adults who want to know Bunyan's story but who might well find the language of the original difficult to understand.
In Volume 2, Christian meets Faithful, also...
8) Hyperion
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Hyperion series volume 1
Language
English
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On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature called the Shrike. There are those who worship it. There are those who fear it. And there are those who have vowed to destroy it. In the Valley of the Time Tombs, where huge, brooding structures move backward through time, the Shrike waits for them all. On the eve of Armageddon, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set forth on a final voyage...
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Series
The pilgrim's progress volume 1
Publisher
Kingstone Comics
Pub. Date
[2011?]
Language
English
Description
The Pilgrim's Progress, a Christian allegory written by John Bunyan, is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious English literature, and has been translated into more than two hundred languages. Now it is retold and shortened in graphic novel form for children and young adults who want to know Bunyan's story but who might well find the language of the original difficult to understand.
In Volume 1, Christian, an everyman character,...
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Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
Language
English
Description
Several of the popular stories are retold with handsome illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman. Beautiful edition of selected stories including: The Pardoner's Tale and The Wife of Bath's Tale. In 1386, Chaucer recorded, or created, the stories spun by 30 pilgrims traveling from London to Canterbury. Cohen and Hyman have responded to Chaucer's masterpiece with lively prose and unforgettable pictures that evoke the colorful world of 14th-century England....
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