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1) The Iliad
Author
Series
Lexile measure
1330L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The centuries old epic about the wrath of Achilles is rendered into modern English verse by a renowned translator and accompanied by an introduction that reassesses the identity of Homer. In Robert Fagles' beautifully rendered text, the Iliad overwhelms us afresh. The huge themes godlike, yet utterly human of savagery and calculation, of destiny defied, of triumph and grief compel our own humanity. Time after time, one pauses and re-reads before continuing....
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
NC 720L
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the tale of the four Musketeers' final adventure during which they plot to replace King Louis XIV of France with the mysterious, masked prisoner in the Bastille believed to be Louis' falsely imprisoned twin brother and the true king.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
[Abridged ed.].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
152 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the adventures of Tom and his friends growing up in a small Missouri town on the banks of the Mississippi River in the nineteenth century.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
c c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
153 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the novel chronicling the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in mid-nineteenth-century New England.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the tale of ten-year-old Mary who, after the death of her parents, comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors where she discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.
11) Treasure Island
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune as well as great danger.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
v, 153 p. : ill. 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
The abridged adventures of a French professor and his two companions as they sail above and below the world's oceans as prisoners on the fabulous electric submarine of the deranged Captain Nemo.
14) Frankenstein
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
[Abridged ed.].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
v, 153 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An abriged version of the novel in which a monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator.
16) Oliver Twist
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
[Abridged ed.].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
vi, 151 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the adventures of the orphan boy who is forced to practice thievery and live a life of crime in nineteenth-century London.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
149 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the tale set in the spring of 1863 when, while engaged in the fierce battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia, a young Union soldier matures to manhood and finds peace of mind as he comes to grips with his conflicting emotions about war.
18) Robinson Crusoe
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the tale of Englishman Robinson Crusoe, who, after becoming the sole survivor of a 1659 shipwreck, lives on a deserted island for more than twenty-eight years.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
vi, 151 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the adventures and exploits of King Arthur and his knights at the court of Camelot and elsewhere in the land of the Britons.
20) White Fang
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
vi, 151 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the adventures in the northern wilderness of a dog who is part wolf and how he comes to make his peace with man.
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