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Newbery Honor Book volume 1953
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
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Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
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One night, thirteen-year-old Meg Murry meets an eccentric new neighbor, Mrs Whatsit, who refers to something called a tesseract. She later finds out it is a scientific concept her father was working on before his mysterious disappearance. The following day, Meg, her child genius brother Charles, and fellow schoolmate Calvin visit Mrs Whatsit's home, where the equally strange Mrs Who and the unseen voice of Mrs Which promise to help Meg find and rescue...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 10.8 - AR Pts: 16
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Jane Austen's first novel--published posthumously in 1818--tells the story of Catherine Morland and her dangerously sweet nature, innocence, and sometime self-delusion. Though Austen's fallible heroine is repeatedly drawn into scrapes while vacationing at Bath and during her subsequent visit to Northanger Abbey, Catherine eventually triumphs, blossoming into a discerning woman who learns truths about love, life, and the heady power of literature....
5) El Deafo
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 2
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The author recounts in graphic novel format her experiences with hearing loss at a young age, including using a bulky hearing aid, learning how to lip read, and determining her "superpower."
"Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Has any other love story become so enmeshed in our culture as the tragic story of Romeo and Juliet? In fair Verona the families of Montague and Capulet are locked in a long-standing, bitter blood feud when young Romeo Montague slips into a masquerade party at the Capulet's. During the dance he glimpses Juliet, the daughter of the house, and is struck by love at first sight. She returns his passion and they promise each other everlasting love notwithstanding...
7) Candide
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 5
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"CANDIDE, OU L'OPTIMISME" is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply "optimism") by his mentor, Professor Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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When the fiercest dragon in the whole world smashes Princess Elizabeth’s castle, burns all her clothes, and captures her fiancé, Prince Ronald, Elizabeth takes matters into her own hands. With her wits alone and nothing but a paper bag to wear, the princess challenges the dragon to show his strength in the hopes of saving the prince. But is it worth all that trouble? This is an empowerment-focused keepsake edition of one of the world's best-loved...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"On an autumn day, in the second quarter of the sixteenth century, two boys were born in England, one to a poor family by the name of Canty who lived in Offal Court, not far from London Bridge, and the other to a wealthy and high-placed family by the name of Tudor. Young Tom Canty, unwanted, unloved, began his day-dreaming early in order to forget the petty stealing to which he was forced by his cruel rogue of a father--and the royal Court and young...
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[2021]
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The stories we read as children shape us for the rest of our lives-- but it's never too late to discover that transformative spark of hope that children's classics can ignite within us. Perkins invites us to explore the promise of seven timeless children's novels, and shows how they provide mirrors to our innermost selves, and open windows to other world. She shows that reading (or re-reading) these books as adults can help us build virtue, unmask...
11) Picasso
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Briefly examines the life and work of the renowned twentieth-century artist, describing and giving examples from his various periods or styles.
13) Monet
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Traces the life of the Impressionist painter and analyzes some of his paintings.
14) Rembrandt
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Pub. Date
19--]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Briefly examines the life and work of the seventeenth-century Dutchman who was one of the greatest artists of all time.
16) Van Gogh
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Briefly examines the life and work of the nineteenth- century Dutchman who was one of the greatest artists of all time.
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Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Tells the true story of a man who became lost and delirious after an unsuccessful trek to the top of K2, was saved by the locals of a remote Himalayan village, and kept his vow to return one day to build them a new school as a gesture of sincere appreciation and gratitude for what they did for him in his time of need.
18) Michelangelo
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Pub. Date
[1991]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes the life of the Italian Renaissance artist and examines some of his paintings and sculptures.
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In Intereses diferentes, beginning readers will learn to celebrate diversity by appreciating the great variety of interests people have. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they draw inferences about how diversity makes our society stronger and more interesting. An activity helps readers identify and appreciate their own unique interests, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can...
20) Mary Cassatt
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Briefly examines the life and work of the American Impressionist painter, describing and giving examples of her art.