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560L
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"A bloody feud. A tangled love. A senseless tragedy that brings two families to their knees. After a chance meeting at a ball, young Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall desperately in love. But their families are locked in a bitter rivalry, their love forbidden. When blood is spilled and Romeo is banished, Juliet is forced to take desperate measures that spell tragedy for the star-crossed lovers." -- back cover.
"After a chance meeting at a ball,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
590L
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English
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"Hermia loves Lysander. But she must marry Demetrius or be condemned to life in a convent. Helena, Hermia's best friend, secretly loves Demetrius and hopes to win his heart. But when the four unlucky lovers cross paths with Oberon, the jilted fairy king, a case of mistaken identity sets in motion a night of magic and mayhem that could change all of their lives forever." -- back cover.
"Threatened with life in a convent or a death penalty, rebellious...
3) Macbeth
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"On a bleak, stormy night, three witches prophesy: Macbeth will be a lord twice-over, Macbeth will be king, Banquo's sons will be kings. When their predictions start to come true, the ambitious Lady Macbeth vows to help her husband become King of Scotland and hold on to the throne - by any means necessary. But as the pursuit of power leads them down a dark and bloody path, the Macbeths begin to unravel." -- back cover.
"In 11th century Scotland,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
920L
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English
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This dramatic autobiography of the early life of an American slave was first published in 1845, when its young author had just achieved his freedom. Douglass' eloquence gives a clear indication of the powerful principles that led him to become the first great African-American leader in the United States. The personal account of a fugitive slave's privation and sufferings and his campaigns for Negro emancipation. This dramatic autobiography of the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
830L
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English
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A special 25th anniversary edition of the beloved book that has changed millions of lives with the story of an unforgettable friendship, the timeless wisdom of older generations, and healing lessons on loss and grief—featuring a new afterword by the author
“A wonderful book, a story of the heart told by a writer with soul.”—Los Angeles Times
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“A wonderful book, a story of the heart told by a writer with soul.”—Los Angeles Times
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
1270L
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English
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In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. How McCandless came to die is the unforgettable...
10) Night
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
570L
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English
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Night -- A terrifying account of the Nazi death camp horror that turns a young Jewish boy into an agonized witness to the death of his family...the death of his innocence...and the death of his God. Penetrating and powerful, as personal as The Diary Of Anne Frank, Night awakens the shocking memory of evil at its absolute and carries with it the unforgettable message that this horror must never be allowed to happen again.
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Studies in law politics and society volume 61
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English
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This special issue of Studies in Law, Politics and Society contains two sections, focusing on the interaction between law and religion, together with the ways in which the law simultaneously enhances and inhibits projects of social change.
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"Born a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841. He spent the next twelve harrowing years of his life as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. During this time he was frequently abused and often afraid for his life. After regaining his freedom in 1853, Northup decided to publish this gripping autobiographical account of his captivity. As an educated man, Northup was able to present an exceptionally...
13) All but my life
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
780L
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English
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A Polish Jew records her experiences and struggle for survival in Nazi work camps and during a thousand-mile forced march.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The book that galvanized the nation, gave voice to the emerging civil rights movement in the 1960s—and still lights the way to understanding race in America today. - "The finest essay I've ever read." —Ta-Nehisi CoatesAt once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an intensely personal and provocative document
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 23
Lexile measure
1110L
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English
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"When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood." So begins the luminous memoir of Frank McCourt, born in Depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants and raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland....
18) A doll's house
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When A Doll's House was first published in 1879 it created a sensation. The play follows the ordinary life of a housewife. Gradually the tensions within her marriage become clear and build to a final, stunning action. The play is widely studied because of its sharp critique of 19th century marriage norms, and its feminist tendencies.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.9 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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One of the great Shakespearean tragedies, Macbeth is a dark and bloody drama of ambition, murder, guilt and revenge. Prompted by the prophecies of three mysterious witches and goaded by his ambitious wife, the Scottish thane Macbeth murders Duncan, King of Scotland, in order to succeed him on the throne. This foul deed soon entangles the conscience-stricken nobleman in a web of treachery, deceit and more murders that ultimately spells his doom.
