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1180L
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English
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Mansfield Park is a study of three families--the Bertrams, the Crawfords, and the Prices--with the isolated figure of the heroine, Fanny Price, at its center. Fanny's quiet passivity, her steadfast loyalty and love for the son of the family who regard her as the poor relation, and who have taken her under their roof, are not appreciated until they are tried against the brilliant and witty Mary and Henry Crawford, the unfortunate consequences of whose...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.9 - AR Pts: 71
Language
English
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Published in 1839, Nicholas Nickleby is Charles Dickens' third novel. In it, Nicholas Nickleby must earn a living to support his mother and sister after his father dies unexpectedly. Turning to a wealthy uncle in London for help, Nicholas is hired on as assistant to Wackford Squeers, a sadistic and small-minded schoolmaster. Meanwhile, his sister must take a job in a milliner's studio and is occasionally pressed into service by their uncle who exploits...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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What would you do to inherit a million dollars? Would you be willing to change your life? Jason Stevens is about to find out.
Red Stevens has died, and the older members of his family receive their millions with greedy anticipation. But a different fate awaits young Jason, whom his great-uncle Stevens believed might be the last vestige of hope in the family.
"Although to date your life seems to be a sorry excuse for anything I would call promising,...
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Klaatu diskos volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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After thirteen-year-old Tucker Feye's parents disappear, he suspects that the strange disks of shimmering air that he keeps seeing are somehow involved, and when he steps inside of one he is whisked on a time-twisting journey trailed by a shadowy sect of priests and haunted by ghostlike figures.
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Little Wolf Adventures volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Little Wolf has been behaving too courteously, so his parents send him to his uncle's Big Bad Wolf school to learn to be a proper wolf.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Tom goes with his Uncle Harvey to Peru, where they narrowly escape imprisonment and death as they hunt for buried treasure after tracking down a journal written by John Drake, a young relative of Sir Francis Drake, on a voyage to Lima in 1577. Includes biographical information on John and Francis Drake.
9) Dormia
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Series
Dormia series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Appears on list
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After learning of his ancestral ties to Dormia, a hidden kingdom in the Ural Mountains whose inhabitants possess the ancient power of "wakeful sleeping," twelve-year-old Alfonso sets out on a mission to save the kingdom from destruction, discovering secrets that lurk in his own sleep.
10) Pig Pig returns
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Pig Pig books volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Pig Pig is concerned about travelling across the country with his aunt and uncle, but is even more worried when he returns.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
It is 1987, and only one person has ever truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus -- her uncle, the renowned painter Finn Weiss. Shy at school and distant from her older sister, June can only be herself in Finn's company; he is her godfather, confidant, and best friend.
12) Seconds away
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Mickey Bolitar novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Having ended the Edgar-Award nominated Shelter with a jaw dropping cliffhanger, Coben picks up Mickey's story right where it left off in thie suspenseful new adventure. Mickey and his loyal new friends, sharp-witted Emma and adkorkably charming Spook, once again find themselves in over their heads on the hunt for missing pieces to a puzzle they have yet to understand. As the mystery surrounding Mickey's dad's death unfolds, he soon learns that they...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
After his father is reported dead and his wicked uncle takes over the castle, eleven-year-old Shan hides his father's precious sword and, after escaping with his mother, makes his way to King Arthur's court to seek help in winning back his inheritance.
17) Find him
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English
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A pregnant teenager and her black sheep uncle search for her missing boyfriend and father of her child through the criminal underworld of the Arkansas/Tennessee border.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Forced to move to a new town with his karate-loving uncle after the events in "Jumping off swings," high school senior Josh struggles with regrets while practicing karate with upstairs neighbor Stella, whom Josh fears will reject him because of her jealous boyfriend and his own checkered past.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Eleven-year-old Primrose living in a small fishing village in British Columbia recounts her experiences and all that she learns about human nature and the unpredictability of life in the months after her parents are lost at sea.
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