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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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History comes to life in this dynamic volume! Here are inside views of twenty writers-people of all shapes, sizes, temperaments, and lifestyles, from various countries and historical periods. Included are William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Zora Neale Hurston, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Jane Austen, Emily Dickenson, Charles Dickens, and many others.
Author
Publisher
Robert Hale
Pub. Date
1992.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (272 pages)
Language
English
Description
This book offers an intimate and intriguing account of Jane Austen's relations, from 1704, when her great-grandmother was left a widow with six children to support, through to 1870, and the destinies of her many nephews and nieces. Drawing extensively on letters and memoirs written by the Austen family over a period of 150 years, this book traces the development of the family from vigorous Georgian opportunism to respectable Victorian gentility.--Provided...
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Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (224 pages)
Language
English
Description
Providing a theoretically sophisticated and historically nuanced reading of Henry Green's novels, this work makes the case for his importance in reconsiderations of modernism, late modernism, and postwar realism. An ambitious reassessment of Green's oeuvre to date, this book argues against the predominant view of Green's fiction as an autonomous literary construction and connects Green to a number of social and literary contexts, resulting in fresh...
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English
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When a teenage girl disappears from a north London suburb a few days before Christmas, Detective Sergeant Effie Strongitharm puts would-be cult leader and reputed exorcist Nigel Tapster on her list of people to be questioned. But when Effie witnesses Tapster's agonizing death during a church service, she needs to ask a different question: What holy terror spiked the sacraments with strychnine? With her mentor Detective Superintendent Mallard battling...
5) More bears!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
When an author starts writing, children yell that they want more bears in the story.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Few author-illustrators share Mo Willems' keen insight into the minds of young children. Dubbed the "master of the doodle," Willems inspires his readers to laugh and think, and perhaps most importantly, to express themselves creatively. Chronicling Willems' life and development as an illustrator and storyteller, this lively volume provides insight into his whimsical sensibility and demonstrates that hard work can be fun if you love what you do. In...
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"A Most Anticipated Book (Refinery29, HipLatina, Publishers Weekly, Latino Book Review, and more)! Edited by The Bronx Is Reading founder Saraciea J. Fennell and featuring an all-star cast of Latinx contributors, Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed is a ground-breaking anthology that will spark dialogue and inspire hope. In Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed, bestselling and award-winning authors as well as up-and-coming voices interrogate the different myths and...
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Britannica beginner bios volume II
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Afflicted with chronic pneumonia as a child, Kate DiCamillo found solace in books and dreamed of becoming a writer. Her first book, Because of Winn-Dixie, the story of a lonely girl and her dog, resonated with audiences and earned DiCamillo a Newbery Honor. A later book, The Tale of Despereaux, won her the Newbery Medal. DiCamillo has written many more stories, some of which have been adapted to film, and has won many more major awards for her work....
10) Shel Silverstein
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Shel Silverstein. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
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Bunnicula series volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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An overly alarmed Chester the cat predicts a gruesome fate for the pets in the Monroe household when a writer of juvenile horror fiction and his bird companion stay overnight.
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Series
The Brixton Brothers volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Twelve-year-old Steve is investigating a diamond heist but the case suddenly changes when the author of the Bailey Brothers detective novels writes him a letter to say that he fears for his life.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Even as a kid, everyone thought Jeff Kinney was talented. People loved his drawings, and when he went to college, his comic strip Igdoof was so popular that it spread to other universities! Still, Jeff faced challenges. His cartoons were rejected by syndicates that claimed his art was unprofessional. Then, an idea struck: Jeff would write a journal from the perspective of a child, illustrated with doodles just like a kid might do. And so, the Diary...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Another such wave could easily be the end of us. I had to do something, fix something, save the boat, save myself.
But what?
Gary Paulsen takes readers along on his maiden voyage, proving that ignorance can be bliss. Also really stupid and incredibly dangerous. He tells of boats that have owned him—good, bad, and beloved—and how they got him through terrifying storms that he survived by sheer luck. His spare prose conjures...
But what?
Gary Paulsen takes readers along on his maiden voyage, proving that ignorance can be bliss. Also really stupid and incredibly dangerous. He tells of boats that have owned him—good, bad, and beloved—and how they got him through terrifying storms that he survived by sheer luck. His spare prose conjures...
19) Carver
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English
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"Poems about the African American inventor, botanist, artist, and teacher. George Washington Carver was born a slave in Missouri about 1864 and raised by the childless white couple who had owned his mother. In 1877 he left home in search of an education, eventually earning a master's degree. In 1896 Booker T. Washington invited Carver to start the agricultural department at the all-black-staffed Tuskegee Institute, where he spent the rest of his life...
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Tuesday McGillycuddy volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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"When Tuesday McGillycuddy and her beloved dog Baxterr discover that Tuesday's mother--the famous author Serendipity Smith--has gone missing, they set out on a magical adventure. In their quest to find Serendipity, they discover the mysterious and unpredictable place that stories come from"--
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