George MacDonald
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Curdie is the son of a miner who, like his father, works deep within the mountains digging for the gold and silver which keep the kingdom a happy and prosperous one. One day an old woman tells him he has been chosen for a very special mission
9) Sir Gibbie
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Description
In nineteenth-century Scotland, Gibbie, recently orphaned by his father's sudden death, witnesses a violent murder and flees to the countryside where he finds a new life and experiences many adventures.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1999.
Description
The works of George MacDonald, the Scottish author, poet, and minister, have influenced the likes of W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, Madeleine L'Engle, C. S. Lewis, and Mark Twain. MacDonald wrote some of the first popular fantasy novels and is best known for his enduring stories, such as "Phantastes", "The Princess and the Goblin", "Lilith", and "At the Back of the North Wind". Macdonald said of his work that he wrote "not for children, but for the...
Author
Series
Thomas Wingfold Trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
c1985
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 16
Description
Rev. ed. of: Thomas Wingfold, curate. 1876. Thomas Wingfold, Curate, has settled into his first parish. But his confidence is deeply shaken by the question "Tell me, do you really believe one word of all that?"
Author
Series
Thomas Wingfold Trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
c1986
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 19
Description
Richard, an young man who was rescued as an infant from someone who perceived him as a threat, unknowingly returns to the estate of his birth when he is hired as a bookbinder to repair old volumes in the library.
Author
Series
Thomas Wingfold Trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
c1986
Description
"Originally published as Paul Faber, surgeon in 1879 by Hurst & Blackett Publishers, London, as a sequel to Thomas Wingfold, curate (now The curate's awakening)"--T.p. verso. Paul loves Juliet, but discovers a secret from her past he can't accept.