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Heroes of Olympus volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
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At the conclusion of The Mark of Athena, Annabeth and Percy tumble into a pit leading straight to the Underworld. The other five demigods have to put aside their grief and follow Percy's instructions to find the mortal side of the Doors of Death. If they can fight their way through Gaea's forces, and Percy and Annabeth can survive the House of Hades, then the Seven will be able to seal the Doors on both sides and prevent the giants from raising...
Author
Series
Heroes of Olympus volume 2
Publisher
Disney * Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Demigod Percy Jackson, still with no memory, and his new friends from Camp Jupiter, Hazel and Frank, go on a quest to free Death, but their bigger task is to unite the Greek and Roman camps so that the Prophecy of Seven can be fulfilled.
Author
Series
Heroes of Olympus volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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Description
Though the Greek and Roman crewmembers of the Argo II have made progress in their many quests, they still seem no closer to defeating the earth mother, Gaea. Her giants have risen―all of them―and they’re stronger than ever. They must be stopped before the Feast of Spes, when Gaea plans to have two demigods sacrificed in Athens. She needs their blood―the blood of Olympus―in order to wake.
The demigods are having more frequent visions of...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
Demigod Percy Jackson, still with no memory, and his new friends from Camp Jupiter, Hazel and Frank, go on a quest to free Death, but their bigger task is to unite the Greek and Roman camps so that the Prophecy of Seven can be fulfilled.
5) Cymbeline
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Performed as early as 1611 and published in the "First Folio" in 1623, Shakespeare's "Cymbeline" weaves an elaborate tale of palatial envy and power in Ancient Britain. Cymbeline, King of Britain, commands that his lovely young daughter Imogen marry Cloten, the violent and callous son of the current Queen by her former husband. With her heart already promised to the poor yet heroic Posthumus, Imogen refuses. Disgusted at the prospect of his daughter...
Author
Series
Emily Windsnap volume 5
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Neptune, King of the ocean, sends half-mermaids Emily and Aaron to the land of the midnight sun to investigate the source of the dangerous storms brewing in the ocean.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Percy Jackson's hope for a normal senior year is shattered as the gods present him with three quests, beginning with the retrieval of Zeus's goblet, in order to get the necessary three letters of recommendation for college.
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Series
Language
English
Description
"A repackaged edition of the revered author's retelling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche -- what he and many others regard as his best novel. C. S. Lewis -- the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Chronicles of Narnia, and many other beloved classics -- brilliantly reimagines the story of Cupid and Psyche. Told from...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
Description
Starts before the invasions of Julius Caesar, and culminates in the early fifth century AD with the unexpected end of Roman Rule and subsequent collapse of society in Britain. Thematic chapters examine the historical geography of town and country, the economy, and religion and society, evoking a vivid picture of Britain under Roman rule.--From publisher description.
Author
Series
Emily Windsnap volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When Neptune tells Emily and her merman father and human mother to return to Brightport to try to make merpeople and humans work more closely together, Emily faces problems with old enemies, her new, half-merfolk friend Aaron, and a mystery related to a group of legendary lost sirens.
Author
Series
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2007, c1978
Language
English
Description
Spanning three generations, this historical novel tells the tale of Boudicca, the most famous warrior of ancient Britain, and Caradoc, the son of a Celtic king, who sets out to unite the people of the Raven and lead them against Rome. Caradoc's objective is not easily accomplished as the Roman army advances into Britain, raping Celtic women and burning villages to the ground. His efforts are also met with fierce opposition from Aricia, the vain
...14) Roman Britain
Author
Series
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
The achievements of the Roman world have profoundly affected European and world civilization. The original Legacy of Rome, edited by Cyril Bailey, was published in 1923 and has been widely a read and enjoyed. Nearly seventy years on, this new edition, illustrated with 24 pages of plates, offers an entirely fresh assessment of the influence of ancient Rome on the literature, art, culture, thought, and governance of later times. Fourteen contributors...
Author
Publisher
P. F. Collier & son
Pub. Date
1965, c. 1910
Language
English
Description
Benvenuto Cellini started getting onto trouble at a young age. By age sixteen, he had already been exiled from his hometown for six months due to a public assault of another citizen. As a man with endless talents- sculpting, drafting, writing, music, Cellini enjoyed dabbling in many different art forms, a career that enabled him to travel to various major cities. After apprenticing for a goldsmith, Cellini moved to Rome at age nineteen. There, Pope...
18) The eternal city
Author
Publisher
Point, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Laura Martin is on class trip to Rome when Mercury, a dark-eyed boy with wings on his heels, appears to give her a message, and Laura soon realizes that she is at the center of a brewing battle between the gods and goddesses--and only she and her friends can unravel the mystery behind what is happening.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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"Michael Ondaatje's three previous novels have each been met with the highest praise: for their startling narrative inventiveness, the richness of their imagery and emotion, and the spellbinding quality of their language. When In the Skin of a Lion was published in 1987, Carolyn Kizer, writing in The New York Times Book Review, called Ondaatje "a beautiful writer... brilliantly gifted." And Tom Clark wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle that "Ondaatje...
Author
Series
Emily Windsnap volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When she incurs Neptune's wrath by finding a diamond ring buried under rocks in the ocean, Emily is put under a curse that will force her to choose to be either a mermaid or a human and split up her parents forever.