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1) Antitrust
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A young computer whiz gets caught up in a web of deceit and conspiracy after his best friend is murdered.
2) The fireboy
Author
Series
Lexile measure
250L
Language
English
Description
Hapu lives in Ancient Egypt. Hap's father is ill, but they haven't got any money for a doctor. Hapu makes a beautiful necklace for Queen Cleopatra and takes it to her. But a guard says, 'Go home'. How can Hapu meet the Queen and get a doctor for his father?
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
In letters to her cousin, a young Jewish girl chronicles her family's flight from Russia in 1919 and her own experiences when she must be left in Belgium for a while when the others emigrate to America.
6) Short stories in Spanish: Volume 2 :read for pleasure at your level and learn Spanish the fun way!
Author
Series
Publisher
Teach Yourself, an imprint of John Murray Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Short stories in Spanish for beginners, Volume 2 offers eight more unconventional and captivating short stories for adult and young adult learners. Carefully written to provide a sense of achievement and feeling of progress when reading, these stories will help you expand your vocabulary and improve your comprehension in a natural way. From science fiction and fantasy to crime and thrillers, Short Stories in Spanish, Volume 2 is designed to make...
7) Tornado
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
500L
Language
English
Description
As they wait out a tornado in their storm cellar, a family listens to their farmhand tell stories about the dog that was blown into his life by another tornado when he was a boy.
9) 1984
Author
Series
Publisher
Pearson Education
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
Winston Smith lives in a society where the government controls people every second of the day. He fights this world with love. But it's dangerous: love for another person can punished by death, and Big Brother is always watching. Orwell's classic story shows that there is no freedom unless ideas and beliefs can be questioned. This is as true today as when it was written, more than fifty years ago.
10) English vinglish
Pub. Date
2013
Language
Hindi
Description
Shashi Godbole is a super-sensitive wife, mother and daughter-in-law; a perfect homemaker and small-time entrepreneur. Her only handicap is English. Does she manage to master the Queen's language?
Author
Publisher
Joanna Cotler Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
When life gets difficult for Ana Rosa, a twelve-year-old would-be writer living in a small village in the Dominican Republic, she can depend on her older brother to make her feel better--until the life-changing events on her thirteenth birthday.
Author
Publisher
John Murray Learning
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Korean
Description
Olly's top-notch language-learning insights are right in line with the best of what we know from neuroscience and cognitive psychology about how to learn effectively. I love his work - and you will too! - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers Short Stories in Korean for Intermediate Learners has been written especially for students from low-intermediate to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement,...
15) Short stories in French for beginners: read for pleasure at your level and learn French the fun way
Author
Series
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton, an Hachette UK Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"'Short stories in French for beginners' is an unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for adult and young adult learners. Carefully written to provide a sense of achievement and feeling of progress when reading, these stories will help you expand your vocabulary and improve our comprehension in a natural way. From science fiction and fantasy to crime and thrillers, 'Short stories in French for beginners' is designed...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Though they may speak different languages, kids from all over the world come together to enjoy the shared pastime of tea in this delicious book for young readers. When five-year-old Luli joins her new English as a Second Language class, the playroom is quiet. Luli can't speak English, neither can anyone else. That's when she has a brilliant idea to host a tea party and bring them all together. Luli removes her teapot, thermos, and teacups from her...
Author
Publisher
Black Rose Writing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In The Tortilla Star, Bette finds that love can come in different forms -- one that unlike her professional work as an accountant, she doesn't control, that isn't orderly, and is highly unpredictable. Though she's six inches taller and hasn't gotten past Spanish 101, she relishes being drawn into a rich, passionate adventure with Marco, an undocumented immigrant. As a volunteer teaching English, she is introduced to a new culture which welcomes her...
Author
Language
Español
Description
The adventures of Don Quixote, a common man from La Mancha, who has convinced himself that he is a knight. With his portly peasant squire, Sancho Panza, who recognizes his master's madness but is nonetheless captivated by promises of kingdoms and riches, Don Quixote mistakes windmills for giants and flocks of sheep for armies.
