Jim Weiss
1) Mole Music
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Publisher
Live Oak Media
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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When Mole hears the beautiful music a violin makes, he decides to get one for himself. He practices every day and learns to make beautiful music, too. Alone in his hole, Mole imagines the effect his music might have on the world. As he plays, his music has an effect even more wonderful than he could imagine. A Live Oak Media audio production.
2) Men of iron
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English
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A boy's story of the time of Henry IV, of England, who, with the men of his court, are the "men of iron."
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Publisher
eBooksLib
Language
English
Description
My series of stories dealing with the wars of England would be altogether incomplete did it not include the period when the Romans were the masters of the country. The valour with which the natives of this island defended themselves was acknowledged by the Roman historians, and it was only the superior discipline of the invaders that enabled them finally to triumph over the bravery and the superior physical strength of the Britons. The Roman conquest...
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Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
"In the Reign of Terror" is one of the most popular and enduring tales by British author G. A. Henty, who wrote over one hundred historical tales of adventure and bravery. First published in 1888, the central character is Harry Sandwith, a sixteen-year-old boy who is sent from his school in Westminster by his family to live with the Marquis de St. Caux and his family at their chateau in France. Harry's father, who once served under the Marquis, wishes...
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Series
My father's dragon volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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A young boy determines to rescue a poor baby dragon who is being used by a group of lazy wild animals to ferry them across the river on Wild Island.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Henry, Jessie, Vioet and Benny Alden are brothers and sisters - and tehy're orphans. The only way they can stay together is to make it on their own. One night, during a storm, the children find an old red boxcar that keeps them warm and safe. They decide to make it their home.
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English
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Themes: Adapted Classics, Low Level Classics, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Fiction, Tween, Teen, Young Adult, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Timeless Classics-designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original classic....
10) Just so stories
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Series
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English
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CLASSIC FICTION (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). Following the initial success of The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling published the collection of parables Just So Stories. He first entertained his own children with these delightful and humorous tales before deciding to write them down for publication. The stories are written in the form of what came to be also known as pourqoui (French for "why") stories, each explaining how and why things came to be as they...
14) Romeo and Juliet
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Series
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English
Description
Romeo and Juliet was the first drama in English to confer full tragic dignity on the agonies of youthful love. The lyricism that enshrines their death-marked devotion has made the lovers legendary in every language that possesses a literature.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Description
After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the aging Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil roads of London, they are drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained...
17) The jungle book
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Rudyard Kipling's beloved stories of the boy Mowgli, rescued and raised by tigers in the heart of the jungle. The tales feature such unforgettable creatures such as Bagheera, the graceful black panther; Baloo, the kindly brown bear; and Kaa, the snake with the hypnotic stare.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Each Bendon Junior Classic has been adapted and illustrated with care to introduce young readers (and the young at heart!) to a world of famous authors, characters, ideas, and stories that have been loved for generations. Collect all of our Adapted Junior Classics to build your young reader's library! The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by author Mark Twain - An 1876 novel by Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer tells the tale of An imaginative and mischievous boy growing...
19) Treasure Island
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When young Jim Hawkins finds a mysterious map in a dead sailor's sea trunk, it marks the start of a thrilling treasure hunt and a very dangerous adventure. Accompanied by the local doctor and squire, he sets off on the high seas as a cabin-boy, determined to find the buried hoard. But they are not alone in their quest, a band of pirates -- led by the enigmatic, one-legged Long John Silver -- will stop at nothing to take back what they believe is theirs....