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2) The sea wolf
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Jack London's 1904 novel "The Sea Wolf" is the story of Humphrey van Weyden, an effete gentleman, who finds himself shipwrecked when the San Francisco ferry his is aboard collides with another ship in the fog. Adrift in the bay, Humphrey is rescued by Wolf Larsen, the brutish captain of a seal-hunting schooner, the "Ghost". However, his relief in being saved is short-lived, for he is soon put to work, essentially enslaved as a cabin boy forced to...
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Collects the first four books in Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, in which middle school student Greg Heffley recounts his day-to-day adventures.
4) Moby Dick
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Retells the story of the ill-fated voyage of a whaling ship led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in search of the white whale that had crippled him.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Sleepy Hollow is a strange little place...some say bewitched. Some talk of its haunted valley and streams, the ghostly woman in white, eerie midnight shrieks and howls, but most of all they talk of the Headless Horseman. A huge, shadowy soldier who rides headless through the night, terrifying unlucky travelers. School teacher Ichabod Crane is fascinated by these stories...Until late one night, walking home through Wiley's swamp, eh finds that maybe...
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Captains Courageous is a novel by Rudyard Kipling, that follows the adventures of fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the spoiled son of a railroad tycoon, after he is saved from drowning by a Portuguese fisherman in the north Atlantic.
The book's title comes from the ballad "Mary Ambree", which starts, "When captains courageous, whom death could not daunt". Kipling had previously used the same title for an article on businessmen as the new adventurers,...
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It was so cold that his spit froze in the air before it hit the ground. He was so far above the Artic Circle that the sun never rose. Seventy below zero, and there was nothing but whiteness in every direction: ice and snow. No trees, no houses, no wood, no warmth.
He had only a few matches and a handful of frozen fingers. And yet, to survive, he had to build a fire...
Jack London's tales of adventure were unsurpassed because London was there. From...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Here is a timeless tale of waterside Britain that has been loved by generations of children and acclaimed as a classic. The story of Mole, Ratty, Badger, and Toad, and their escapades, whether messing about on the river or poop-pooping in Toad's shiny new car, cannot fail to enchant.
10) Spy school
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Spy school volume 1
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Twelve-year-old Ben Ripley leaves his public middle school to attend the CIA's highly secretive Espionage Academy, which everyone is told is an elite science school.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Collects seven short stories by John Grisham that take place in Ford County, Mississippi, where his first novel, "A Time to Kill," took place, including "Blood Drive," "Fetching Raymond," "Fish Files," "Casino," "Michael's Room," "Quiet Haven," and "Funny Boy."
14) Robinson Crusoe
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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During one of his several adventurous voyages, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives nearly thirty years on a desert island before being rescued.
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Heart of the West is a collection of 19 short stories highlighting the complicated relationship between men and women, law and order, honor and obligation. These compelling tales are filled with memorable characters and fascinating conflicts. In Heart of the West, O. Henry explores the illustrious region featuring cowboys, outlaws, rangers and sheepherders. It consists of 19 short stories celebrating the unique culture and happenings in the Old West....
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"A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country's civil war. A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game--and then another and then another and then many more in a row until he winds up ESPN's newest celebrity, and he must decide if the combination of perfection and celebrity has ruined the thing he loves. An eccentric billionaire and his faithful executive assistant...
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An electrifying first collection from one of the most exciting short story writers of our time. Ottessa Moshfegh's debut novel Eileen was one of the literary events of 2015. Garlanded with critical acclaim, it was named a book of the year by The Washington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle, nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, short-listed for the Man Booker Prize, and won the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction. But as many critics...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Contains seven rare stories by Dr. Seuss which were first published in magazines between 1948 and 1959, featuring "The Bear, the Rabbit, and the Zinnigo- Zanniga," "Gustav the Goldfish," "Todd and Todd," "Steak for Supper," "The BippoloSeed," "The Strange Shirt Spot," and others, and including an introduction and commentary on each story.
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A court of thorns and roses volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 21
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English
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Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from stories, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin, a High Lord of the faeries. As her feelings toward him transform from hostility to a fiery passion, the threats against the faerie lands grow. Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse or she will lose Tamlin forever-- Provided by publisher.
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