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Dune novels. Main series volume 1
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English
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE directed by Denis Villeneuve, starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, David Dastmalchian, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Chang Chen, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Charlotte Rampling, and Javier Bardem.
Frank Herbert’s classic masterpiece—a triumph...
Frank Herbert’s classic masterpiece—a triumph...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Greece in the age of Heroes... Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the kingdom of Phthia. Here he is nobody, just another unwanted boy living in the shadow of King Peleus and his golden son, Achilles. Achilles, 'best of all the Greeks', is everything Patroclus is not -- strong, beautiful, the child of a goddess -- and by all rights their paths should never cross. Yet one day, Achilles takes the shamed prince under his wing and soon...
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A Tale of Two Cities is Charles Dickens's great historical novel, set against the violent upheaval of the French Revolution. The most famous and perhaps the most popular of his works, it compresses an event of immense complexity to the scale of a family history, with a cast of characters that includes a bloodthirsty ogress and an antihero as believably flawed as any in modern fiction. Though the least typical of the author's novels, A Tale...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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1984 presents a startling and haunting vision of the world, so powerful that it is completely convincing from start to finish. No one can deny the power of this novel, its hold on the imaginations of multiple generations of readers, or the resiliency of its admonitions — a legacy that seems only to grow with the passage of time.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.
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Lord of the rings volume 1
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English
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Begin your journey into Middle-earth...
The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime Video, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
The Fellowship of the Ring is the first part of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure The Lord of the Rings.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
Sauron, the Dark
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2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 19
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English
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In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child -- not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power -- the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves. Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 22
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English
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When two sisters appear to be deserted by the young men they had intended to marry, the stage is set for a delicious comedy of manners that not only showcases Austen's perception, humor and incomparable prose, but offers a splendid glimpse of upper and middle-class English society of the early 19th century.
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A mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century impresses his friends and horrifies adults by associating with the son of the town drunk, running away from home, attending his own funeral, witnessing a murder, getting lost in a cave, and finding lost treasure.
12) Animal farm
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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A political satire in which the animals take over running the farm, but find their utopian state turning into a dictatorship.
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In this celebrated work, his only novel, Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late-19th-century England. Combining elements of the Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, the book centers on a striking premise: As Dorian Gray sinks into a life of crime and gross sensuality, his body retains perfect youth and vigor while his recently painted portrait grows day by day into a hideous
...14) Little women
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Little Women series volume 1
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English
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American author Louisa May Alcott's 1869 novel about four New England sisters who come of age during the Civil War; also includes a critical essay and an 1875 review.
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Dune novels. Main series volume 2
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English
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Book Two in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles—the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time
Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known—and feared—as the man christened Muad’Dib. As Emperor of the known universe, he possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremen, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he...
Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known—and feared—as the man christened Muad’Dib. As Emperor of the known universe, he possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremen, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he...
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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 1
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English
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Who doesn't love a good mystery novel? Curl up with The Mysterious Affair at Styles, a tale from the pen of Agatha Christie, a writer who is regarded by critics and fans alike as one of the masters of the form. This classic manor-house mystery introduces Christie's much beloved character, the detective Hercule Poirot.
17) Fahrenheit 451
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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A bookburner official in a future fascist state finds out books are a vital part of a culture he never knew. He clandestinely pursues reading, until he is betrayed.
18) Emma
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"Arrogant, self-willed and egotistical, Emma is Jane Austen's most unusual heroine. Her interfering ways and inveterate matchmaking are at once shocking and comic. She is 'handsome, clever and rich' and has 'a disposition to think too well of herself'. When she decides to introduce the humble Harriet Smith to the delights of genteel society and to find her a suitable husband, she precipitates herself and her immediate circle into a web of misunderstanding...
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To kill a mockingbird volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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Eight-year-old "Scout" Finch tells of life in a small Alabama town where her father is a lawyer.
20) Dracula
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Dracula opens the door to the unknown. Do all superstitions have a basis in reality, or are they just folklore? Bram Stoker's Dracula is one of the most feared and most loved tales in literature. From Transylvania to London, the reader explores the dark side of mystery and intrigue riding on the coattails of Dracula's cape, changing from wolf to bat, and living only in the nighttime. Do vampires really exist? Read Dracula and decide for yourself.
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