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 Anne Frank's Diary
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| Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank's remarkable diary has since become a world classic -- a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. In 1942, with Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, they and another family lived cloistered in the "Secret Annex" of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death. In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and amusing, her account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short. |
| Lexile: 1080 |
Words: 86682 |
Anne | At First Sight
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| There are a few things Jeremy Marsh was sure he'd never do: he'd never leave New York City; never give his heart away again after barely surviving one failed marriage; and, most of all, never become a parent. Now, Jeremy is living in the tiny town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, married to Lexie Darnell, the love of his life, and anticipating the birth of their daughter. But just as his life seems to be settling into a blissful pattern, an unsettling and mysterious message re-opens old wounds and sets off a chain of events that will forever change the course of this young couple's marriage. |
Lexile: 820
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Words: 83634
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At First Sight | Before I Fall
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| Samantha Kingston has it all: the world's most crush-worthy boyfriend, three amazing best friends, and first pick of everything at Thomas Jefferson High—from the best table in the cafeteria to the choicest parking spot. Friday, February 12, should be just another day in her charmed life. Instead, it turns out to be her last. Then she gets a second chance. Seven chances, in fact. Reliving her last day during one miraculous week, she will untangle the mystery surrounding her death—and discover the true value of everything she is in danger of losing. |
| Lexile: 860 |
Words: 116282 |
BeforeIFall |
Breaking Dawn
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| The astonishing conclusion to the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn illuminates the secrets and mysteries of this spellbinding romantic epic that has entranced millions. Now that Bella has made her decision to join the dark but seductive world of immortals, a startling chain of unprecedented events is about to unfold with potentially devastating, and unfathomable, consequences. Just when the frayed strands of Bella's life-first discovered in Twilight, then scattered and torn in New Moon and Eclipse-seem ready to heal and knit together, could they be destroyed... forever? |
Lexile: 690
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Words: 186225
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Breaking Dawn | Brisinger
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| Following the colossal battle against the Empire's warriors on the Burning Plains, Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have narrowly escaped with their lives. Still there is more at hand for the Rider and his dragon, as Eragon finds himself bound by a tangle of promises he may not be able to keep. |
| Lexile: 1050 |
Words: 254770 |
Brisinger | Catching Fire
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| Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. |
Lexile: 820
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Words: 101609
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Catching Fire |
Copper Sun
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Karina has plenty to worry about on the last day of seventh grade: finding three Ds and a C on her report card again, getting laughed at by everyone again, being sent to the principal—again. But she’s too busy dodging the fists of her stepfather and looking out for her sisters to deal with school. This is the story of a young girl coming of age amidst the violent waters that run just beneath the surface of suburbia—a story that has the courage to ask: How far will you go to protect the ones you love?
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Lexile: 820
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Words: 70424
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Copper Sun | Eclipse
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| As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob --- knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which? |
Lexile: 670
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Words: 148202
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Eclipse | Eldest
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| Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesméra, land of the elves, for further training in magic and swordsmanship, vital skills for a Dragon Rider. |
| Lexile: 970 |
Words: 212195 |
Eldest |
Enders Game
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| In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut--young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training. |
| Lexile: 780 |
Words: 99709 |
Enders | Ender's Shadow
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| Growing up is never easy. But try living on the mean streets as a child begging for food and fighting like a dog with ruthless gangs of starving kids who wouldn't hesitate to pound your skull into pulp for a scrap of apple. If Bean has learned anything on the streets, it's how to survive. And not with fists. He is way too small for that. But with brains. |
| Lexile: 780 |
Words: 140859 |
Ender's Shadow | Eragon
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| When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself. |
| Lexile: 710 |
Words: 157705 |
Eragon |
Everfound
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| """Special Circumstances"": The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her
days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor
-- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary
pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's
never been ordinary." |
| Lexile: 910 |
Words: 120481 |
Everfound | Everlost
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| "Nick and Allie don’t survive the car accident, but their souls don’t
exactly get where they’re supposed to go either. Instead, they’re caught halfway
between life and death, in a sort of limbo known as Everlost: a shadow of the
living world, filled with all the things and places that no longer exist. It’s a
magical, yet dangerous place where bands of lost kids run wild and anyone who
stands in the same place too long sinks to the center of the Earth.
When they find Mary, the self-proclaimed queen of lost souls, Nick feels like
he’s found a home, but Allie isn’t satisfied spending eternity between worlds.
Against all warnings, Allie begins learning the “Criminal Art” of haunting, and
ventures into dangerous territory, where a monster called the McGill threatens
all the souls of Everlost. In this imaginative novel, Neal Shusterman explores questions of life, death,
and what just might lie in between." |
| Lexile: 860 |
Words: 75476 |
Everlost | Everwild
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| "Going against Mary Hightower's wishes, Nick, ""the chocolate ogre,"" is
slowly trying to reach every kid in Everlost to hand each and every one a coin,
which will release them from Everlost. Mikey McGill and Allie have joined a band
of skinjackers who have more of an impact on the living world then any other
inhabitant of Everlost. Except Mikey can't skinjack and Allie can - and there is
a very good reason: Allie is not actually dead." |
| Lexile:870 |
Words:101212 |
Everwild |
Fire
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| It is not a peaceful time in the Dells. In King City, the young King Nash is clinging to the throne, while rebel lords in the north and south build armies to unseat him. War is coming. And the mountains and forest are filled with spies and thieves. This is where Fire lives, a girl whose beauty is impossibly irresistible and who can control the minds of everyone around her. |
| Lexile: 870 |
Words: 112765 |
Fire | Forever
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| "When Sam met Grace, he was a wolf and she was a girl. Eventually he found a way
to become a boy, and their love transformed from curious distance to the intense
closeness of shared lives.
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| Lexile: 770 |
Words: 108553 |
Forever | I Am Number Four
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| Nine of us came here. We look like you. We talk like you. We live among you. But we are not you. We can do things you dream of doing. We have powers you dream of having. We are stronger and faster than anything you have ever seen. We are the superheroes you worship in movies and comic books—but we are real. |
| Lexile: 700 |
Words: 104561 |
I Am Number Four |
I'll Be There
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| Everyone whose path you cross in life has the power to change you--sometimes in small ways, and sometimes in ways greater than you could have ever known. Beautifully written and emotionally profound, Holly Goldberg Sloan's debut novel deftly explores the idea of human connection. |
| Lexile: 810 |
Words: 84384 |
IllBeThere | Linger
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| "the longing.
Once Grace and Sam have found each other, they know they must
fight to stay together. For Sam, this means a reckoning with his werewolf past.
For Grace, it means facing a future that is less and less certain.
the loss.
Into their world comes a new wolf named Cole, whose past is full of
hurt and danger. He is wrestling with his own demons, embracing the life of a
wolf while denying the ties of a human.
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| Lexile: 800 |
Words:90731 |
Linger | Message in a Bottle
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| Divorced and disillusioned about relationships, Theresa Osborne is jogging when she finds a bottle on the beach. Inside is a letter of love and longing to "Catherine," signed simply "Garrett." Challenged by the mystery and pulled by emotions she doesn't fully understand, Theresa begins a search for this man that will change her life. What happens to her is unexpected, perhaps miraculous-an encounter that embraces all our hopes for finding someone special, for having a love that is timeless and everlasting.... Nicholas Sparks exquisitely chronicles the human heart. In his first bestselling novel, The Notebook, he created a testament to romantic love that touched readers around the world. Now in this New York Times bestseller, he renews our faith in destiny, in the ability of lovers to find each other no matter where, no matter when... |
Lexile: 820
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Words: 91981
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Message in a Bottle |
Mockingjay
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Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what's worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss's family, not her friends, not the people of District 12.
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Lexile: 800
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Words: 99855 |
Mockingjay | New Moon
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| The "star-crossed" lovers theme continues as Bella and Edward find themselves facing new obstacles, including a devastating separation, the mysterious appearance of dangerous wolves roaming the forest in Forks, a terrifying threat of revenge from a female vampire and a deliciously sinister encounter with Italy's reigning royal family of vampires, the Volturi. Passionate, riveting, and full of surprising twists and turns, this vampire love saga captures the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This is a love story with bite. |
Lexile: 690
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Words: 133409
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New Moon | November Blues
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| Two months after her boyfriend, Josh, dies in a hazing accident, high school senior November discovers she’s pregnant. Having to tell her mother is hard enough, but Josh’s parents’ reaction is even more devastating: they hire a lawyer to try to take her baby away from her. Josh’s cousin, Jericho, wants to help November however he can, but he’s still dealing with his own sense of responsibility for Josh’s death. The sequel to the Coretta Scott King Honor Book The Battle of Jericho pulls no punches as it explores—with Sharon M. Draper’s trademark keen insight into how teenagers think, feel, and speak—the difficult decisions and harsh realities of teen pregnancy. |
Lexile: 770
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Words: 71878 |
November Blues |
Pretties
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| "In Tally's world, your 16th birthday brings an operation that turns you from a
repellant Ugly into a stunningly attractive Pretty, and catapults you into a
high-tech paradise where your only job is having a really good time. Just before
her birthday, Tally discovered that turning Pretty comes with a terrible price.
She vowed to accept the operation, but with the understanding that her friends
on the outside would rescue her, and let her be the guinea pig for the
experimental and highly dangerous cure they're developing. " |
| Lexile: 860 |
Words: 79746 |
Pretties | Specials
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| """Special Circumstances"": The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her
days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor
-- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary
pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's
never been ordinary." |
| Lexile: 880 |
Words: 76881 |
Specials | The Battle of the Labyrinth
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| Percy Jackson isn’t expecting freshman orientation to be any fun. But when
a mysterious mortal acquaintance appears on campus, followed by demon
cheerleaders, things quickly move from bad to diabolical. In this latest
installment of the blockbuster series, time is running out as war between the
Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near. Even the safe haven of Camp
Half-Blood grows more vulnerable by the minute as Kronos’s army prepares to
invade its once impenetrable borders. To stop them, Percy and his demigod
friends must set out on a quest through the Labyrinth—a sprawling underground
world with stunning surprises at every turn. Full of humor and heart-pounding
action, this fourth book promises to be their most thrilling adventure
yet. |
| Lexile: 590 |
Words: 85134 |
The Battle of the Labyrinth |
The Book Thief
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| Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak’s groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement before he is marched to Dachau. |
| Lexile: 730 |
Words: 116389 |
TheBookThief | The Guardian
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| Julie Barenson's young husband left her two unexpected gifts before he died-a Great Dane puppy named Singer and the promise that he would always be watching over her. Now four years have passed. Still living in the small town of Swansboro, North Carolina, twenty-nine-year-old Julie is emotionally ready to make a commitment to someone again. But who? Should it be Richard Franklin, the handsome, sophisticated engineer who treats her like a queen? Or Mike Harris, the down-to-earth nice guy who was her husband's best friend? Choosing one of them should bring her more happiness than she's had in years. Instead, Julie is soon fighting for her life in a nightmare spawned by a chilling deception and jealousy so poisonous that it has become a murderous desire... |
Lexile: 760
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Words: 121120
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The Guardian | The Help
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| Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step. Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone. Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Something has shifted inside her after the loss of her own son, who died while his bosses looked the other way. She is devoted to the little girl she looks after, though she knows both their hearts may be broken. Minny, Aibileen's best friend, is short, fat, and perhaps the sassiest woman in Mississippi. She can cook like nobody's business, but she can't mind her tongue, so she's lost yet another job. Minny finally finds a position working for someone too new to town to know her reputation. But her new boss has secrets of her own. Seemingly as different from one another as can be, these women will nonetheless come together for a clandestine project that will put them all at risk. And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And sometimes lines are made to be crossed. |
Lexile: 730
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Words: 157,885
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The Help |
The Hobbit
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 Bilbo Baggins, a quiet and contented hobbit, embarks on a grand and dangerous adventure when he joins the wizard Gandalf and a group of dwarves on their quest to reclaim a stolen treasure. |
Lexile: 1000
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Words: 93352
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The Hobbit | The Host
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| Planet-hopping parasites are inserting their silvery centipede selves into human brains, curing cancer, eliminating war and turning Earth into paradise. But some people want Earth back, warts and all, especially Melanie Stryder, who refuses to surrender, even after being captured in Chicago and becoming a host for a soul called Wanderer |
Lexile: 640
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Words: 203043
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The Host | The Hunger Games
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| In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games," a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. |
Lexile: 810
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Words: 99584 |
The Hunger Games |
The Kite Runner
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| Amir, haunted by his betrayal of Hassan, the son of his father's servant and a childhood friend, returns to Kabul as an adult after he learns Hassan has been killed, in an attempt to redeem himself by rescuing Hassan's son from a life of slavery to a Taliban official. |
Lexile: 840
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Words: 106839
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The Kite Runner | The Last Olympian
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| All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the Titans, knowing the odds are against them. Kronos is stronger than ever, and with every god and half-blood he recruits, his power only grows. |
| Lexile: 620 |
Words: 89106 |
The Last Olympian | The Lightning Thief
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| "Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can’t seem to focus on his schoolwork or
control his temper. When his mom tells him the truth about where he came from,
she takes him to the one place he’ll be safe—Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp for
demigods (on Long Island). There, Percy learns that the father he never knew is
actually Poseidon, God of the Sea. Soon Percy finds himself caught up in a
mystery that could lead to disastrous consequences. Together with his friends—a
satyr and other the demigod daughter of Athena—Percy sets out on a quest to
reach the gates of the Underworld (located in a recording studio in Hollywood)
and prevent a catastrophic war between the gods.
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| Lexile: 740 |
Words: 87133 |
The Lightning Thief |
The Titan's Curse
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When the goddess Artemis goes missing, she is believed to have been kidnapped.
And now it’s up to Percy and his friends to find out what happened. Who is
powerful enough to kidnap a goddess? They must find Artemis before the winter
solstice, when her influence on the Olympian Council could swing an important
vote on the war with the titans. Not only that, but first Percy will have to
solve the mystery of a rare monster that Artemis was hunting when she
disappeared—a monster rumored to be so powerful it could destroy Olympus
forever. |
| Lexile: 630 |
Words: 72973 |
The Titan's Curse | The Two Towers
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| Frodo and his companions have been beset by danger during the quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord; Gandalf has been lost in the Mines of Moria and now they journey down the great River Anduin toward the Cracks of Doom. |
| Lexile: 810 |
Words: 152866 |
Towers | Twilight
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Bella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Bella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, especially Bella, the person Edward holds most dear.
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Lexile: 720
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Words: 118909
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Twilight |
Uglies
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| "The Uglies series has more than 3 million books in print, has been translated
into twenty-seven languages, and spent more than fifty weeks on the New York
Times bestseller list. Now all four books feature fresh new covers and will
reach an even wider audience. Tally’s adventures begin in Uglies, where
she learns the truth about what life as a Pretty really
means." |
| Lexile: 770 |
Words: 86738 |
Uglies | | |
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 A Walk To Remember
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| When a twist of fate makes Jamie Sullivan his date at the homecoming dance, Landon Carter never dreamed they would fall in love, but as he comes to realize his true feelings for Jamie, he learns of a terrible secret that will take his love away from him forever. |
| Lexile: 1010 |
Words: 48236 |
A Walk To Remember
| And Then Everything Unraveled
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| Delia Truesdale has no idea her life's about to change forever. She's too busy enjoying the California summer. Her internet tycoon mother, T.K. Truesdale, is out of town, and that means Delia can spend all her time at the beach, surfing. That is, until everything unravels. |
| Lexile: 1010 |
Words: 53809 |
And Then Everything Unraveled
| Bad Boy
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| As a boy, Walter Dean Myers was quick-tempered and physically strong, always ready for a fight. He also read voraciously-he would check out books from the library and carry them home, hidden in brown paper bags in order to avoid other boys' teasing. He aspired to be a writer. But growing up in a poor family in Harlem, his hope for a successful future diminished as he came to realize fully the class and racial struggles that surrounded him. He began to doubt himself and the values that he had always relied on, attending high school less and less, turning to the streets and his books for comfort. |
Lexile: 970
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Words: 44,169
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Bad Boy
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Ball Don't Lie
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| "Sticky is a beat-around-the-head foster kid with nowhere to call home but the
street, and an outer shell so tough that no one will take him in. He started out
life so far behind the pack that the finish line seems nearly unreachable. He’s
a white boy living and playing in a world where he doesn’t seem to belong.
" |
| Lexile: 710 |
Words: 69879 |
Ball Don't Lie
| Battle of Jericho
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When Jericho is invited to pledge for the Warriors of Distinction, he thinks his life can't get any better. As the most exclusive club in school, the Warriors give the best parties, go out with the hottest girls, and sail through their classes. And when Arielle, one of the finest girls in his class, starts coming on to him once the pledge announcements are made, Jericho is determined to do anything to become a member....
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Lexile: 700
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Words: 67122
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Battle of Jericho
| Before We Were Free
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| Anita lives in the Dominican Republic. The country is run by a dictator. Everyone must obey him. If they don't, the police will take them away. One day, Anita learns that her father and uncle plan to kill the dictator. Will the police find out? |
| Lexile: 890 |
Words: 48043 |
Before We Were Free
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Blindsided
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| When 14-year-old Natalie learns she will lose her sight she reluctantly enters a school for the blind. While she does as she's told, inwardly she hopes for the miracle that will save her sight. Ultimately, Natalie must decide how to go on when her future is not what she expected. |
| Lexile: 710 |
Words: 57989 |
Blindsided
| Darkness Before Dawn
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| In her senior year, things are finally looking a little brighter for Keisha. Still haunted by the suicide of her ex-boyfriend, Andy, she finds comfort in the attentions of the new track coach, twenty-three-year-old Jonathan Hathaway, the principal's son. How can Keisha not be swept off her feet by a tall, dark, handsome "lemon drop wrapped in licorice" who treats her like a woman, not a girl? But suddenly this intoxicating relationship takes a frightening turn, and Keisha is once again plunged into the darkness she's fought so hard to escape. Will Keisha ever be able to find her way back into the light? |
| Lexile: 670 |
Words: 56199 |
Darkness Before Dawn
| Double Dutch
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| Delia loves Double Dutch more than just about anything, and she's really good at it -- so good she and her teammates have a shot at winning the World Double Dutch Championships. Delia would die if she couldn't jump -- but Delia has a secret, and it could keep her off the team next year. Delia's friend Randy has a secret too, one that has him lonely and scared. And while Delia and Randy struggle to keep their secrets, their school is abuzz with rumors about what malicious mischief the terrible Tolliver twins -- who just may have a secret of their own -- are planning. Delia and Randy's secrets collide on what should be the happiest day of Delia's life, and the collision threatens to destroy their friendship. Why can't life be as easy for Delia as Double Dutch? |
Lexile: 760
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Words: 44,956
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Double Dutch
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Driver's Ed
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| It was just a prank. But when three teenagers steal a stop sign, there are fatal consequences. Will the confess and take responsibility for what they have done? Find out what happens when three kids ignore the rules of the road. |
| Lexile: 670 |
Words: 48408 |
Driver's Ed
| Extras
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| "Extras, the final book in the Uglies series, is set a couple of years after the
“mind-rain,” a few earth-shattering months in which the whole world woke up. The
cure has spread from city to city, and the pretty regime that kept humanity in a
state of bubbleheadedness has ended. Boundless human creativity, new
technologies, and old dangers have been unleashed upon the world. Culture is
splintering, the cities becoming radically different from each other as each
makes its own way into this strange and unpredictable future . . ." |
| Lexile: 790 |
Words: 60057 |
Extras
| Fire From the Rock
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| Sylvia is shocked and confused when she is asked to be one of the first black students to attend Central High School, which is scheduled to be integrated in the fall of 1957, whether people like it or not. Before Sylvia makes her final decision, smoldering racial tension in the town ignites into flame. When the smoke clears, she sees clearly that nothing is going to stop the change from coming. It is up to her generation to make it happen, in as many different ways as there are colors in the world. |
| Lexile: 830 |
Words: 58845 |
Fire From the Rock
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First Meetings in Ender's Universe
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| Meet Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, the unforgettable boy-hero of Ender's Game--winner of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for Best Novel--and enter his Universe through this collection of stories. |
| Lexile: 850 |
Words: 48120 |
First Meetings in Ender's Universe
| Flight to Freedom
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| Yara lives in Cuba.When leader Fidel Castro takes over, her family must flee to Miami, Florida. Yara doesn't know the language or the customs. And she is not used to so much freedom. Will Yara ever fit in as an American? |
Lexile: 850
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Words: 40,802
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Flight to Freedom
| Game
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| Drew Lawson knows basketball is taking him places. It has to, because his grades certainly aren't. But lately his plan has run squarely into a pick. Coach's new offense has made another player a star, and Drew won't let anyone disrespect his game. Just as his team makes the playoffs, Drew must come up with something big to save his fading college prospects. It's all up to Drew to find out just how deep his game really is. |
| Lexile: 800 |
Words: 43,255 |
Game
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Hoops
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| A teenage basketball player from Harlem is befriended by a former professional player who, after being forced to quit because of a point shaving scandal, hopes to prevent other young athletes from repeating his mistake. |
| Lexile: 740 |
Words: 49759 |
Hoops
| Hope Was Here
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| Hope has travelled all over the U.S. with her aunt Addie. That's because her Aunt Addie is a diner cook and has to go where the jobs are. Hope and Addie have just settled down in a new town. And before long the're involved in local romances and politics. |
Lexile: 710
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Words: 42,151
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Hope Was Here
| Jump
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| Where other portraitists were content to have their subjects sit for them, Philippe Halsman had his jump, an action which he felt caused the real self of his illustrious sitters to come out. Famous sitters included in the book are Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, Brigitte Bardot and Richard Nixon. |
| Lexile: 720 |
Words: 58869 |
Jump
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Just Another Hero
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| Arielle, November, Jericho, and their friends have been through so much: the hazing ritual that left Joshua dead; November finding out that she was pregnant with Josh’s baby. But senior year is going well, and when the fire alarm goes off in English class, everyone assumes that someone is trying to get out of another quiz. But the alarm was pulled for a very different and potentially deadly reason. There’s only a matter of seconds to stop a tragedy, and all eyes are searching for someone—anyone—to step up and do something…. |
Lexile: 660
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Words: 61606
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Just Another Hero
| Lord of the Flies
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| After a plane crash strands them on a tropical island while the rest of the world is ravaged by war, a group of British schoolboys attempts to form a civilized society but descends into brutal anarchy. |
| Lexile: 770 |
Words: 59620 |
Lord of the Flies
| Nights in Rodanthe
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| Two people on the mend from broken marriages go to Rodanthe, North Carolina to figure out a way to start over again. When a storm starts moving in, they turn to each for safety and comfort and find feelings strong enough to last a lifetime. |
| Lexile: 970 |
Words: 49773 |
Nights in Rodanthe
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Pop
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| When Marcus moves to a new town in the dead of summer, he doesn't know a soul. While practicing football for impending tryouts, he strikes up an unlikely friendship with an older man. Charlie is a charismatic prankster—and the best football player Marcus has ever seen. He can't believe his good luck when he finds out that Charlie is actually Charlie Popovich, or "the King of Pop," as he had been nicknamed during his career as an NFL linebacker. But that's not all. There is a secret about Charlie that his family is desperate to hide. |
| Lexile: 740 |
Words: 52885 |
Pop
| Romiette and Julio
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| Romiette and Juliio are in love. But a dangerous local gang isn't happy about that. That's because Romiette is African-American and Julio is Latino. The gang members plan to teach the couple a deadly lesson. Can Romiette and Julio escape? |
Lexile: 610
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Words: 63547
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Romiette and Julio
| Sea of Monsters
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Percy Jackson - the son of Poseidon - has had an unnervingly quiet school
year. But then he discovers that the magical borders protecting Half Blood Hill,
a summer camp dedicated to training young demi-gods, are failing. Unless
something is done, the camp will be attacked by demons and monsters. The only
way to restore power to the camp's borders is to find the mythical Golden
Fleece. And the only person who can undertake this dangerous quest is
Percy |
| Lexile: 740 |
Words: 63300 |
Sea of Monsters
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Slam
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| Sixteen-year-old "Slam" Harris is counting on his noteworthy basketball talents to get him out of the inner city and give him a chance to succeed in life, but his coach sees things differently. |
| Lexile: 750 |
Words: 54617 |
Slam
| Speak
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| Melinda busted an end of summer party by calling the police. Now the whole school hates her, and she is left alone to deal with the terrible thing that happened that night. What did happen, and will she find the coourage to speak about it? |
| Lexile: 690 |
Words: 45796 |
Speak
| Stargirl
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| There's a new kid at school, and she's different. Her name is Stargirl, and she plays a ukulele and has a pet rat. Most of the kids don't lilke her. Except Leo. But can he really handle being friends with the most unusual girl in school? |
Lexile: 590
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Words: 41,379
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Stargirl
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Stick and Whittle
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| Stick is a 27-year old Civil War veteran searching for his long lost sweetheart. Whittle is a 16 year old seeking his fortune. They are headed to the Wild West, and they'll have plenty of wild adventures along the way. |
Lexile: 880
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Words: 43,303
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Stick and Whittle
| Swallowing Stones
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| Michael only firesone shot into the air. But that shot will change his life forever. That bullet from his gun travels for miles and kills a man. Michael tries to hide hide his crime. Across town, the man's daughter tries to cope with her sorrow. |
| Lexile: 820 |
Words: 60304 |
Swallowing Stones
| The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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Berlin 1942
When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence running alongside stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people he can see in the distance.
But Bruno longs to be an explorer and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place than meets the eye. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different to his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences. |
Lexile: 1080
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Words: 46556
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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The Eleventh Plague
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| In the aftermath of a war, America’s landscape has been ravaged and two-thirds of the population left dead from a vicious strain of influenza. Fifteen-year-old Stephen Quinn and his family were among the few that survived and became salvagers, roaming the country in search of material to trade. But when Stephen’s grandfather dies and his father falls into a coma after an accident, Stephen finds his way to Settler’s Landing, a community that seems too good to be true. Then Stephen meets strong, defiant, mischievous Jenny, who refuses to accept things as they are. And when they play a prank that goes horribly wrong, chaos erupts, and they find themselves in the midst of a battle that will change Settler’s Landing--and their lives--forever. |
| Lexile: 790 |
Words: 68661 |
TheEleventhPlague
| The Notebook
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| Noah Calhoun, recently returned from World War II in 1946, buys an old plantation home in rural North Carolina, where he contents himself with memories of his first love, a girl he met fourteen years earlier, but then she unexpectedly arrives at his door. |
| Lexile: 850 |
Words: 49185 |
The Notebook
| The Outsiders
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| Rivalry between rich and poor gangs in 1960s Oklahoma leads to the deaths of three teenagers and intense soul-searching for one of the youths involved, a sensitive fourteen-year-old writer named Ponyboy. |
Lexile: 750
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Words: 48423
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The Outsiders
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The Trouble with Lemons
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| One night Tyler McAllister finds a dead body. Tyler thinks he can solve the mystery of how the man died. But then Tyler starts to think that the killers are after him! Will Tyler solve the mystery? Or will the killlers get him first? |
| Lexile: 830 |
Words: 50168 |
The Trouble with Lemons
| We Beat the Street
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Sampson, George, and Rameck could easily have followed their childhood friends into drug dealing, gangs, and prison. Like their peers, they came from poor, single-parent homes in urban neighborhoods where survival, not scholastic success, was the priority. When the three boys met in a magnet high school in Newark, they recognized each other as kindred spirits who wanted to overcome the incredible odds against them and reach for opportunity.
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Lexile: 860
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Words: 40,832
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We Beat the Street
| When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
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| Nothing ever happens in Toby's small town. But this summer, his mother leaves to become a country singer, his friend goes off to war, and a boy who claims to be the "world's fattest" comes to town. |
Lexile: 700
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Words: 44,098
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When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
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Witch & Wizard
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| "The world is changing: the government has seized control of every aspect of
society, and now, kids are disappearing. For 15-year-old Wisty and her older
brother Whit, life turns upside down when they are torn from their parents one
night and slammed into a secret prison for no reason they can comprehend. The
New Order, as it is known, is clearly trying to suppress Life, Liberty, and the
Pursuit of Being a Normal Teenager. But while trapped in this totalitarian
nightmare, Wisty and Whit discover they have incredible powers they'd never
dreamed of. Can this newly minted witch and wizard master their skills in time
to save themselves, their parents--and maybe the world?" |
| Lexile: 710 |
Words: 47394 |
Witch & Wizard
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A Child Called "IT"
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| Dave's bed was an old army cot in the basement, and his clothes were torn and raunchy. When his mother allowed him the luxury of food, it was nothing more than spoiled scraps that even the dogs refused to eat. The outside world knew nothing of his living nightmare. He had nothing or no one to turn to, but his dreams kept him alive--dreams of someone taking care of him, loving him and calling him their son. |
| Lexile: 850 |
Words: 33447 |
IT | Autobiography of my Dead Brother
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| The thing was that me and Rise were blood brothers, but sometimes I really didn't know him. . . . As Jesse fills his sketchbook with drawings and portraits of Rise, he tries to make sense of the complexities of friendship, loyalty, and loss in a neighborhood plagued by drive-bys, vicious gangs, and abusive cops. |
| Lexile: 830 |
Words: 38804 |
Autobiography of my Dead Brother | Black Diamond
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| Before 1947, African Americans were shut out of major league baseball. So they formed their own leagues. Here's the story of these brave athletes. |
Lexile: 1100
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Words: 18739
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Black Diamond |
Bounce
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| On every birthday, with every fallen eyelash, shooting star and fluffy dandelion, Evyn has wished for a mother. Only she didn’t expect to get one in the form of her father marrying a woman with six children. |
| Lexile: 570 |
Words: 39734 |
Bounce | Cleopatra
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| What was it like to be a teenage princess in ancient Egypt? Pretty intense, according to this fictional diary. Clleopatra's father is losing control. Her sister may want to kill her. And there's that handsome soldier, Marc Antony. |
| Lexile: 920 |
Words: 34100 |
Cleopatra | Diary of a Wimpy Kid
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Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.
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Lexile: 950
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Words: 18445
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever
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| Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged, and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he’s innocent. Or at least sort of. The authorities are closing in, but when a surprise blizzard hits, the Heffley family is trapped indoors. Greg knows that when the snow melts he’s going to have to face the music, but could any punishment be worse than being stuck inside with your family for the holidays? |
Lexile: 950
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Words: 19771
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
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Greg Heffley recounts his daily experiences during summer vacation as he tries to live out his ultimate fantasy of spending the days indoors playing video games with no responsibilities and no rules, despite his mother's attempts to pack the summer with outdoor activities and family fun.
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Lexile: 1010
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Words: 18482
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
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Greg Heffley tells about his summer vacation and his attempts to steer clear of trouble when he returns to middle school and tries to keep his older brother, Rodrick, from telling everyone about Greg's most humiliating experience of the summer.
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Lexile: 910
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Words: 19762
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
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Middle-schooler Greg Heffley nimbly sidesteps his father's attempts to change Greg's wimpy ways until his father threatens to send him to military school.
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Lexile: 970
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Words: 20790
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth
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While trying to find a new best friend after feuding with Rowley, middle-school slacker Greg Heffley is warned by older family members that adolescence is a time to act more responsibly and to think seriously about his future.
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Lexile: 1000
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Words: 18614
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth | Dogsong
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| "Something is bothering Russel Susskit. He hates waking up to the sound of his
father's coughing, the smell of diesel oil, the noise of snow machines starting
up. Only Oogruk, the shaman who owns the last team of dogs in the village,
understands Russel's longing for the old ways and the songs that celebrated
them. But Oogruk cannot give Russel the answers he seeks; the old man can only
prepare him for what he must do alone. Driven by a strange, powerful dream of a
long-ago self and by a burning desire to find his own song, Russel takes
Oogruk's dogs on an epic journey of self-discovery that will change his life
forever. " |
| Lexile: 930 |
Words: 34079 |
Dogsong |
Dope Sick
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| Seeing no way out of his difficult life in Harlem, seventeen-year-old Jeremy "Lil J" Dance flees into a house after a drug deal goes awry and meets a weird man who shows different turning points in Lil J's life when he could have made better choices. |
| Lexile: 720 |
Words: 32867 |
Dope Sick | Forged By Fire
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| When Gerald's aunt dies, he's left with a substance-addicted mother and an abusive stepfather. The only light in his life is his sister. And now it looks like she's in real trouble. Will Gerald be able to protect her and save himself? |
| Lexile: 780 |
Words: 33164 |
Forged By Fire | Foul
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| Exposing the sordid world of life inside football's governing body, this book is enough to provoke rage in anyone who first became enchanted by football as a sport, not as a jolly and a means of stuffing pockets with wads of cash. |
| Lexile: 600 |
Words: 14584 |
Foul |
Kick
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| Kevin Johnson is thirteen years old. And heading for juvie. He's a good kid, a great friend, and a star striker for his Highland, New Jersey, soccer team. His team is competing for the State Cup, and he wants to prove he has more than just star-player potential. Kevin's never been in any serious trouble . . . until the night he ends up in jail. Enter Sergeant Brown, a cop assigned to be Kevin's mentor. If Kevin and Brown can learn to trust each other, they might be able to turn things around before it's too late. |
| Lexile: 710 |
Words: 36678 |
Kick | Last Desserts
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| "Ella loves to practice designs for the bakery she'll someday own. She's also one
of the few people not to try the cookies and cakes made by a mysterious new
baker. Soon, the people who ate the baker's treats start acting oddly, and Ella
wonders if the cookies are to blame. Can her baking skills help save her best
friend--and herself?" |
| Lexile: 610 |
Words: 14798 |
Last Desserts | Lock In
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| "The Fresh Start Lock-In was supposed to bring the students of Bridgewater closer
together. Jackie didn't think it would work, but she didn't think she'd have to
fight for her life, either. A group of outsider kids who like to play werewolf
might not be playing anymore. Will Jackie and her brother escape Bridgewater
High before morning? Or will a pack of crazed students take them down?" |
| Lexile: 620 |
Words: 12684 |
Lock In |
Lush
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| It's not easy being 13, but when your father is a drunk, it's even harder. Just ask Sam. She can't even admit to her closest friends the true dynamics of her family. While Sam is dying to confide in someone about her family problems, she'd rather tell a stranger. That's why she starts the notes in the library. |
| Lexile: 550 |
Words: 35041 |
Lush | Make Lemonade
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| Fourteen-year-old La Vaughn is doing great. She's headed to college. On the other hand, 17 year old Jolly is in trouble. She has two kids and little education. Can LaVaughn help Jolly and her family without sacrificing her own goals? |
| Lexile: 890 |
Words: 28113 |
Make Lemonade | Messages from Beyond
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| "Some guy named Ethan Davis has been texting Cassie. He seems to know all
about herbut she can't place him. He's not in Bridgewater High's yearbook
either. Cassie thinks one of her friends is punking her. But she can't ignore
the strange coincidences like how Ethan looks just like the guy in her
nightmares. Cassie's search for Ethan leads her to a shocking discovery and a
struggle for her life. Will Cassie be able to break free from her mysterious
stalker? " |
| Lexile:600 |
Words:12792 |
Messages from Beyond |
Monster
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| The prosecutor calls Steve Harmon a monster. And, if the murder charges are true, that's probably what he is. But Steve insists that he's not guilty. Is he really innocent? Or does he deserve to spend the rest of his life in prison? |
Lexile: 670
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Words: 20168
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Monster | Muhammad Ali
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| Muhammed Ali is a legend both in and out of the boxing ringl This biography tells about the champion's triumphs, his fight against racism, his opposition to war, and his battle against Parkinson's disease. |
| Lexile: 1030 |
Words: 28830 |
Muhammad Ali | Night
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| During World War ll, the Nazi's sent millions of jews to death camps. At 15, Elie Wiesel was deported to Auschwitz with his family. His parents and sister died in the camps. But Elie survived and went on to write his story. |
| Lexile: 570 |
Words: 31931 |
Night |
Out Of War
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| For years, their country has been torn apart by war. They've witnessed murders, kidnappings and torture. Meet nine teens from Columbia who have risked their lilves to stand up against violence. |
| Lexile: 910 |
Words: 35828 |
Out Of War | Perfect
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| Thirteen-year-old Isabelle Lee is quietly mourning the recent sudden death of her father. Isabelle, her mother, and her younger sister April all miss him desperately, but they can't seem to talk about him or even acknowledge the pain they all feel after his death |
| Lexile: 590 |
Words: 35389 |
Perfect | Ripley's Believe It or Not
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| This book is jammed full with amazing and shocking facts from the collection of Robert Ripley. For starters, there's a man who swallowed an airplane, a baby who weighed 92 pounds, a swimmer who survived a shark attack, and a daredevil who was shot from a cannon! |
Lexile: NP
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Words: 21338
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Ripley's Believe It or Not |
Skin
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| "It looks like a pizza exploded on Nick Barry's face. But bad skin is the
least of his problems. His bones feel like living ice. A strange rash¯like
scratches¯seems to be some sort of ancient code. And then there's the anger...
Something evil is living under Nick's skin. Where did it come from? What does it
want? With the help of a dead kid's diary, a nun, and a local professor, Nick
slowly finds out what's wrong with him. But there's still one question that Nick
must face alone: How do you destroy an evil that's inside you? " |
| Lexile:540 |
Words:15174 |
Skin | Soul Surfer
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| Bethany Hamilton shares the story of her lifelong love of surfing, and tells how she was able to recover and return to competition with the help of her family, friends, and faith, after losing her arm in a shark attack at the age of thirteen. |
| Lexile: 960 |
Words: 30329 |
Soul Surfer | Sunny: Diary Two
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| Sunny's mother is in the hospital with lung cancer. This is when Sunny needs somebody the most. But her dad rarely tkes time to talk. The guys she likes are no help. And she's in a terrible fight with her best friend. So, she turns to her diary. |
Lexile: 470
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Words: 17489
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Sunny: Diary Two |
Sweetgrass
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| Can a teenager possibly be ready for marriage? Sweetgrass thinks so. She wants to marry a young warrior named Eagle-Sun. But her father doesn't agree. So, she sets out to prove that she's strong and wise enough to be treated as a adult. |
| Lexile: 640 |
Words: 36480 |
Sweetgrass | Tears of a Tiger
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| The death of high school basketball star Rob Washington in an automobile accident affects the lives of his close friend Andy, who was driving the car, and many others in the school. |
| Lexile: 700 |
Words: 25523 |
Tears of a Tiger | That Was Then, This Is Now
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| Sixteen-year-old Mark and Bryon have been like brothers since childhood, but now, as their involvement with girls, gangs, and drugs increases, their relationship seems to gradually disintegrate. |
Lexile: 780
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Words: 35998
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That Was Then, This Is Now |
Thaw
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| A July storm caused a major power outage in Bridgewater. Now a research project at the Institute for Cryogenic Experimentation has been ruined, and the thawed-out bodies of twenty-seven federal inmates are missing. At first, Dani Kraft didn't think much of the breaking news. But after her best friend Jake disappears, a mysterious visitor connects the dots for Dani. Jake has been taken in by an infamous cult leader. To get him back, Dani must enter a dangerous, alternate reality where a defrosted cult leader is beginning to act like some kind of god. |
| Lexile: 620 |
Words: 14814 |
Thaw | The Cay
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| "Phillip is excited when the Germans invade the small island of Curaçao. War has
always been a game to him, and he’s eager to glimpse it firsthand–until the
freighter he and his mother are traveling to the United States on is
torpedoed.When Phillip comes to, he is on a small raft in the middle of
the sea. Besides Stew Cat, his only companion is an old West Indian, Timothy.
Phillip remembers his mother’s warning about black people: “They are different,
and they live differently.”But by the time the castaways arrive on a
small island, Phillip’s head injury has made him blind and dependent on
Timothy.
" |
| Lexile: 860 |
Words: 26074 |
The Cay | The Club
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| The club started innocently enough. Bored after school, Josh and his friends decided to try out an old game Sabina had found in her basement. Called "Black Magic," it promised the players good fortune at the expense of those who have wronged them. Yeah, right. But when the club members' luck starts skyrocketing and horror befalls their enemies the game stops being a joke. How can they end the power they've unleashed? Answers lie in an old diary but ending the game may be deadlier than any curse. |
| Lexile: 580 |
Words: 14313 |
The Club |
The Combination
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| "Dante only thinks about football. Miranda's worried about applying to
college. Neither one wants to worry about a locker combination too. But they'll
have to learn their combos fast--if they want to survive. Dante discovers that
an insane architect designed St. Philomena High, and he's made the school into a
doomsday machine. If too many kids miss their combinations, no one gets out
alive." |
| Lexile:710 |
Words:15096 |
The Combination | The Late Bus
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| "Lamar takes the ""late bus"" home from school after practice each day. After
the bus's beloved driver passes away, Lamar begins to see strange
things--demonic figures, preparing to attack the bus. Soon he learns the demons
are after Mr. Rumble, the freaky new bus driver. Can Lamar rescue his fellow
passengers, or will Rumble's past come back to destroy them
all?" |
| Lexile:640 |
Words:14651 |
The Late Bus | The Pigman
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| Meet Mr. Pignati, a lonely old man with a beer belly and an awful secret. He's the Pigman, and he's got a great big twinkling smile. When John and Lorraine, two high school sophomores, meet Mr. Pignati, they learn his whole sad, zany story. They tell it right here in this book -- the truth, and nothing but the truth -- no matter how many people it shocks or hurts. |
| Lexile: 950 |
Words: 35921 |
Pigman |
The Prank
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| Pranks make Jordan nervous. But when a group of popular kids invites her along on a series of practical jokes, she doesn't turn them down. As the pranks begin to go horribly wrong, Jordan and her crush, Charlie, work to discover the cause of the accidents. Is the spirit of a prank victim who died twenty years earlier to blame? And can Jordan stop the final prank, or will the haunting continue? |
| Lexile: 620 |
Words: 14869 |
The Prank | The Protectors
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| "Luke's life has never been ""normal."" How could it be, with his mother
holding séances and his half-crazy stepfather working as Bridgewater's
mortician? But living in a funeral home never bothered Luke. That is, until the
night of his mom's accident. Sounds of screaming now shatter Luke's dreams. And
his stepfather is acting even stranger. When bodies in the funeral home start
delivering messages to Luke, he is certain that he's going nuts. As he tries to
solve his mother's death, Luke discovers a secret more horrifying than any
nightmare. " |
| Lexile: 560 |
Words: 14571 |
The Protectors | The Skin I'm In
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| Maleeka Madison has it rough. Her classmates tease her because of her dark complexion and her homemade clothes. Will Maleeka find the courage to confront them? And more importantly, will she learn to accept herself? |
| Lexile: 670 |
Words: 31261 |
The Skin I'm In |
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
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| Let's hope you never need this book. But just in case you're attacked by a mountain lion, stuck in quicksand, or faced other worst-case scenarios, you'll be glad you read it. |
Lexile: 960
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Words: 10854
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The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook | Trapped
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| Scotty and his friends Pete and Jason are among the last seven kids at their high school waiting to get picked up that day, and they soon realize that no one is coming for them. Still, it doesn't seem so bad to spend the night at school, especially when distractingly hot Krista and Julie are sleeping just down the hall. But then the power goes out, then the heat. The pipes freeze, and the roof shudders. As the days add up, the snow piles higher, and the empty halls grow colder and darker, the mounting pressure forces a devastating decision. . . . |
| Lexile: 750 |
Words: 20988 |
Trapped | Unthinkable
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| "Omar Phillips is Bridgewater High's favorite local teen author. His
Facebook fans can't wait for his next horror story. But lately Omar's
imagination has turned against him. Horrifying visions of death and destruction
come over him with wide-screen intensity. The only way to stop the visions is to
write them down. Until they start coming true... Enter Sophie Minax, the
mysterious Goth girl who's been following Omar at school. ""I'm one of you,""
Sophie says. She tells Omar how to end the visions but the only thing worse than
Sophie's cure may be what happens if he ignores it. " |
| Lexile: 600 |
Words: 16000 |
Unthinkable |
Whirligig
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| One night, Brent Bishop crashes his car and a young woman named Lea is killed. Lea's mother asks one thing of Brent: that he create and set up four whirlilgigs around the United States. It's an amazing journey that will change his life. |
| Lexile: 760 |
Words: 30644 |
Whirligig | | |
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Aquamarine
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| Two friends, Hailey and Claire, find a mermaid in the local pool. She's going to die unless she returns to the sea, but she refuses to go before landing a date with her new on-shore crush. Can Hailey and Claire make that date happen? |
Lexile: 940
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Words: 9530
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Aquamarine
| Confessions of a Gym-Class Dropout
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| Every year, the gym teacher gives a pull-up test. And every year, Travis fails. He's getting sick of itl So now he has joined a gym. And he's going to start working out. But Travis finds out that the sign on the wall is true: No Pain; No Gain." |
Lexile: NP
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Words: 2664
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Confessions of a Gym-Class Dropout
| Dangerous Game
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| For Sean and Rita, it starts out as a game. Rita is given 30 minutes to disappear into the city. Then Sean, as the hunter, must track her down. But Sean soon realizes hes not the only one on Rita's trail. And the other hunters aren't playing games. |
Lexile: 520
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Words: 4992
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Dangerous Game
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Dracula / Romeo & Juliet
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| A bloodsucking vampire. A family feud. Here are two plays based on classic works. First, Dracula: a dark tale of the not-so-dead. Then, Romeo and Juliet: the tragic story of youun lovers. |
Lexile: NP
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Words: 6195
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Dracula / Romeo & Juliet
| Emma
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Emma Woodhouse can't help it. She's addicted to matchmaking. She's determined to find a husband for Harriet. She's a new woman in town. But will playing Cupid keep Emma from finding love for herself?
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Lexile: 340
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Words: 2340
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Emma
| Escape from the Ice
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| Explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew are headed for Antartica. But then a storm hits, and their ship is trapped in the ice. Will Shackelton and his men survive? Read this true story to find out. |
Lexile: 510
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Words: 4539
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Escape from the Ice
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Gym Rats
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| A boxer, spinner, powerlifter, and other gym rats talk about going for the burn. Plus, you'll find greaat tips about nutrition, steroids, fat, and getting yourself off the couch and into shape. |
Lexile: 400
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Words: 4293
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Gym Rats
| Hamlet
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| Hamlet's father died recently, and his mother quickly remarried.And Hamlet has just found out that his father was murdered --- and the killer may be his new stepfather! Should Hamlet get revenge? |
Lexile: 420
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Words: 4725
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Hamlet
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| We can't all be pop stars.Luckily, there are plenty of other jobs in the music business. Here are some heart -to- heartswith a recording engineer, a tv-theme writer, a composer and other pros. |
Lexile: 400
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In the Line of Fire
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| It's D-Day----June 6, 1944. Two million soldiers are ready to storm Europe and fight the German army. Private Keith Tabor is one of them. Join him as he finds out what it's like to go into the line of fire. |
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In the Line of Fire
| In Your Face: Poems About Real Life
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For those of you who doze off when you hear the word "poetry," wake up! You'll find it hard to snooze with these poems inh your face. They weren't etched in stone some 5,000years ago. They're poems about life today.
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In Your Face: Poems About Real Life
| Macbeth
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| Macbeth wants power. And his wife, Lady Macbeth, has convinced him to kill the king to get it. Now they both have blood on their hands. And Macbeth must keep killing to cover up his crimes. Will the klling ever end? |
Lexile: 450
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Nascar
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| This book is about speed. It's about winning. It's about NASCAR. Sit behind the wheel of a stock car, and find out why NASCAR is the fastest growing sport in the nation. You'll enjoy the ride. |
Lexile: 430
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Nascar
| Rat Attacks
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| Rats cause more human deaths than all other animals combined. How? They spread killer diseases. They raid food supplies. And they have even been known to attack people! Find out more about these small-but deadly-creatures |
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Rat Attacks
| Reality Strikes
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| The nine kids in this book had it really rough. Lisa was a gambling addict. Sergio was caught up in a violent gang. Zaria was homeless. Find out how these kids turned their lives around. |
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Super Jobs in Comic Books
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| As kids they sketched bulging muscles on superheroes and scrawled 'KERPOW" across their notebooks. As adults they do exactly the same thing---only now they get paid for it! Meet the artists, and writers who put comic books together. |
Lexile: 740
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Super Jobs in Comic Books
| Survivors
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Sometimes life isn't fair. Just ask Elizabeth. She had to live on the streets. Or ask Ibadate. Her legs were blown off by a land mine. But the kids in this book refused to give up when life got really tough.
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Lexile: 390
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Survivors
| The Big Bug
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Gregor wakes up to a surprise. He has turned into a giant bug! His family is grossed out. His boss wants nothing to do with him. Gregor has to hide in his room. Will he ever turn back into a human? Or will he bug everyone of the rest of his life?
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Lexile: 330
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The Body Book
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What's the skinny on fat? How do you keep your heart in shape? Does it really matter what you eat? Why is sleep so important? Must you bother with sunblock? Now's the time to find out.
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Lexile: 610
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Words: 5891
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The Body Book
| The Odyssey
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Odysseus has been at war for years. Now, he just wants to go home. But there's an one-eyed monster, a man-eating sea serpent, and a pretty woman in his way. Here are the adventures of one of the world's most famous heroes.
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Lexile: 210
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Words: 1260
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The Odyssey
| The Perfect Match
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| Kirsten and Jeff are not exactly a match made in Heaven. She's a jock. He knows nothing about sports. But when they meet--anonymously--- on the Web, sparks fly. What will happen when they finally meet face-to-face? |
Lexile: 310
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The Plague
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| The year is 1348. A mysterious and deadly illness is sweeping across Europe. When it hits a small town in France, everyone panics---and blames the jews. But one brave doctor and his young assistant struggle to keep the peace. |
Lexile: 440
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Words: 3990
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The Plague
| War of the Worlds
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Martians have landed on Earthy. And they plan to take over - even if tat means destroyingthe entire human race. The aliens are strangling people with their tentacles and zappinig others with their deathrays. Will anyone survive?
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Lexile: 320
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Words: 1392
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War of the Worlds
| Yo Yolanda!
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| Life. It can get pretty tough. That's where Yolanda comes in. She writes an advice column. But she doesn't know all the aswers. So, she asks other people what they think too. The result? A collection of great advice about real-life problems. |
Lexile: 340
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Words: 6480
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Yo Yolanda!
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Young Americans
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| What's it like to start over in a new country? Teenagers from China, El Salvador, Peru, and Somalia tell their stories about immigrating to the United States. Find out what they've gained---and what they've left behind. |
Lexile: 320
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Words: 3189
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