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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 27
Lexile measure
870L
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...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 35
Lexile measure
1150L
Language
English
Description
"Set in Victorian London, Great Expectations is the cautionary tale of a young man raised high above his station by a mysterious benefactor. Its remarkable characters and compelling story about wealth and poverty, crime and social anxiety, and the bitterness of unrequited love are as relevant today as when the novel was first serialized in 1860-1861. Charles Dickens's tale begins with young, orphaned Philip Pirrip, "Pip," running afoul of an escaped...
3) Macbeth
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
5) Hard times
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 20
Lexile measure
1060L
Language
English
Description
Raised during the rise of industry, Louisa, shows poor choices in later life result from too practical an upbringing, cares nothing about what happens to her.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion and obsession for the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan. Considered to be Fitzgerald's magnum opus, The Great Gatsby explores themes of decadence,...
Author
Lexile measure
1380L
Language
English
Description
Antonio, the merchant in The Merchant of Venice, secures a loan from Shylock for his friend Bassanio, who seeks to court Portia. Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, recalls past insults from Antonio and, instead of asking interest on the loan, asks instead--in what he calls a "merry sport"--That if the loan is not repaid, Antonio will owe a pound of his own flesh. Bassanio sails to Belmont, where the wealthy heiress Portia is being courted by suitors from...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
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.
11) As you like it
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
A pastoral romance set in the Forest of Arden in medieval France, this story is full of kindliness, good fellowship, goodwill, and tales about all kinds of love--physical and intellectual, sentimental and cynical, enduring love between friends, and romantic love at first sight.
12) The tempest
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
14) The art of war
Author
Lexile measure
1550L
Language
English
Description
Written in China more than 2,000 years ago, Sun Tzu's classic The Art of War is the first known study of the planning and conduct of military operations. These terse, aphoristic essays are unsurpassed in comprehensiveness and depth of understanding, examining not only battlefield maneuvers, but also relevant economic, political, and psychological factors. Indeed, the precepts outlined by Sun Tzu can be applied outside the realm of military theory....
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
A tragic drama about a young prince attempting to avenge his father's murder. His uncle has seduced Hamlet's mother, killed his father, and usurped his claim to the crown. Hamlet's melancholic, irrsolute temperament, however, inhibits decisive action and contributes to more calamities.
16) Hamlet
Author
Lexile measure
1390L
Language
English
Description
Arguably William Shakespeare's most influential play, Hamlet portrays a young Prince's dilemma in choosing between moral integrity and the need for revenge following the murder of his father. Dealing with themes of love, death and revenge, Hamlet is a rich and complex tragedy that continues to entertain audiences around the world today.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A prose retelling of William Shakespeare's play about the strange events that take place in a forest inhabited by fairies who magically transform the romantic fate of two young couples.
18) Romeo and Juliet
Author
Lexile measure
560L
Language
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.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1340L
Language
English
Description
An edition of Shakespeare's comedy, including discussion of its plot, characters, themes, language, production, and author. Great pains have been taken to follow Shakespeare's intentions with regard to the act and scene division and the exact form of speech. The editing has been done from the quarto or folio texts, depending on which is considered more authoritative, and the ideal has been to reproduce the chosen texts with as few alterations as possible....
20) King Lear
Author
Language
English
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.