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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
It's a warm summer's afternoon when young Alice first tumbles down the rabbit hole and into the adventures in Wonderland that have kept readers spellbound for more than 150 years.
Collected here are Lewis Carroll's two classics - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass - in which Alice encounters the laconic Cheshire Cat, the anxious White Rabbit and the terrifying Red Queen, as well as a host of other outlandish and charming...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
"If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write." In 1999, Stephen King began to write about his craft -- and his life. By midyear, a widely reported accident jeopardized the survival of both. And in his months of recovery, the link between writing and living became more crucial than ever. Rarely has a book on writing been so clear, so useful, and so revealing. On Writing begins with a mesmerizing account of King's...
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese, Doubleday
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
Nineteen stories on the battle of the sexes. Included are Gertrude Talks Back, a monologue by Hamlet's mother, The Little Red Hen Tells All, which is on male chauvinism, and Happy Endings, a series of scenarios for finding love.
12) R.L. Stine
Author
Publisher
Abdo Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
13) Dead flip
Author
Publisher
Algonquin
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Eighteen-year-olds Cori and Maz, once inseparable best friends, reunite to solve the mystery of what happened to their other friend Sam--who disappeared five years ago and has now returned, not having aged at all"--
Growing up, Cori, Maz, and Sam were inseparable best friends, sharing their love for Halloween, arcade games, and one another. Now it's 1992, Sam has been missing for five years, and Cori and Maz aren't speaking anymore. How could they...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Reconstruction-era America, vampire Henry Sturges is searching for renewed purpose in the wake of his friend Abraham Lincoln's shocking death. It will be an expansive journey that will first send him to England for an unexpected encounter with Jack the Ripper, then to New York City for the birth of a new American century, the dawn of the electric era of Tesla and Edison, and the blazing disaster of the 1937 Hindenburg crash.
16) Stephen King
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Biography of acclaimed author Stephen King, and an exammination of his most famous works.
Publisher
Published for University of Vermont by University Press of New England
Pub. Date
1985
Language
English
Description
Contains poetic interpretations (the majority for older students) of traditional fairy tales such as The Frog Prince, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and Rapunzel. Poets include Randall Jarrell, Robert Graves, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, and Aileen Fisher. Secondary.
18) Stephen King
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Discusses the life, career, and influence of the popular horror writer Stephen King.
19) R. L. Stine
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
The life of best-selling young adult horror author R.L. Stine including his childhood, the evolution of his writing career, and his popularity with both boys and girls.
20) Alvin Schwartz
Author
Series
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, An Imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to Alvin Schwartz, the successful author of three volumes of Scary Stories books, I Can Read series, and Witcracks. Readers will learn about Schwartz's childhood in New York, his love of folklore, his switch to young adult fiction, and the success and controversy that have accompanied the publication of his books. Easy-to-read text and full-color photos highlight Schwartz's childhood, education, and life as an author....