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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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"A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen is a groundbreaking and thought-provoking masterpiece that challenges societal norms and explores the complex dynamics of marriage and identity. Set in 19th-century Norway, the play revolves around Nora Helmer, a seemingly content wife and mother, and her husband Torvald.
As the plot unfolds, the audience is drawn into a web of secrets, lies, and personal revelations. Nora's journey from a docile, doll-like existence...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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James Patterson and Martin Dugard dig through stacks of evidence--X-rays, archaeologist Howard Carter's files dealing with the discovery of a long-lost crypt, forensic clues, and stories told through the ages--to arrive at their own account of King Tut's life and death. The result is an exhilarating true crime tale of intrigue, passion, and betrayal that casts fresh light on the oldest mystery of all.
3) Macbeth
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Contains the unabridged text of Macbeth as published in Volume VII of the second edition of the Works of William Shakespeare.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Darya does not remember how she came to be a slave or who she was before she was bought by an army captain for his motherless daughter in the ancient Persian city of Susa. Protected and nurtured by the housekeeper and her daughter, Darya has as good a life as a slave can have, even acquiring the rare skill of reading and writing, which she learns alongside her young mistress. When the captain dies and the household is broken up, this skill proves...
5) The odyssey
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
"When Robert Fagles' translation of the Iliad was published in 1990, critics and scholars alike hailed it as a masterpiece." "Now Robert Fagles presents us with the Odyssey, Homer's best-loved and most accessible poem, recounting the arduous wanderings of Odysseus during his ten-year voyage home to Ithaca, after the Trojan War. If the Iliad is the world's greatest war story, then the Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of everyman's journey...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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Selene has grown up in a palace on the Nile with her parents, Cleopatra & Mark Antony-the most brilliant, powerful rulers on earth. But the jealous Roman Emperor Octavianus wants Egypt for himself, & when war finally comes, Selene faces the loss of all she's ever loved. Forced to build a new life in Octavianus's household in Rome, she finds herself torn between two young men and two possible destinies-until she reaches out to claim her own.
This...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
Set in Ancient Rome, Blood and Sand reimagines Spartacus as a seventeen-year-old girl. When Attia is sold as a slave to the House of Timeus, no one knows she's actually the warrior princess of Thrace, and the last of her people. She is given to Xanthus, a fellow slave and gladiator champion of Rome, as a gift from his master. Attia and Xanthus begin to build a trust through their shared skill in combat and a driving desire to seek revenge on the Roman...
8) Invictus
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Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Farway Gaius McCarthy is the son of a time traveler from 2354 AD and a gladiator living in ancient Rome. His very existence defies the laws of nature. All he's ever wanted was to explore history for himself, but after failing his entrance exam into the government program, Far will have to settle for a position on the black market: captaining a time-traveling crew to steal valuables from the past. During a routine heist on the sinking Titanic, Far...
9) Circe
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child -- not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power -- the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves. Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
As a slave in the Kipchak Khanate, Jinghua has lost everything: her home, her family, her freedom. She becomes an unlikely conspirator in the escape of Prince Khalaf and his father from their enemies across the vast Mongol Empire. Jinghua hatches a scheme to use the Kipchaks' exile to return home. Her feelings evolve into a hopeless love, as Khalaf seeks to restore his kingdom by forging a marriage alliance with Turandokht, the daughter of the Great...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 42
Language
English
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Embark on a thrilling high-sea adventure with Captain Ahab and his relentless pursuit of the legendary white whale, Moby Dick. Set sail on the whaling ship, the Pequod, as the crew grapples with the dangers of the deep and the madness of their vengeful captain. A timeless tale of obsession, courage, and the ultimate battle of man versus nature unfolds on the vast ocean expanse. Brimming with rich symbolism and unforgettable characters, "Moby-Dick"...
12) Legacy of kings
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Series
Blood of gods and royals volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
Imagine a time when the gods turn a blind eye to the agony of men, when the last of the hellions roam the plains, and evil stirs beyond the edges of the map.
13) Tiger Queen
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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From Annie Sullivan, author of A Touch of Gold, comes Tiger Queen, a sweeping YA fantasy adventure that tells the story of a fierce desert princess battling to save her kingdom. Fans of Rebel of the Sands and Meagan Spooner will devour this retelling of Frank Stockton's famous short story, "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
In the mythical desert kingdom of Achra, an ancient law forces sixteen-year-old Princess Kateri to fight in the arena to prove her right...
14) Congo
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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"Deep in the Congo, near the legendary ruins of the Lost City of Zinji, an eight-person field expedition dies mysteriously and brutally in a matter of minutes."--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"Nicholas Nicastro brings to life one of history's greatest experiments - how the ancient Greek named Eratosthenes accurately determined the distance around the earth for the first time. In this narrative history, Nicastro takes a look at a deceptively simple but stunning achievement made by single individual millennia ago, with only the simplest of materials at his disposal. How was he able to calculate the circumference of our planet at a time when...
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Series
Pub. Date
�2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Presents a number of full-color illustrated photographs, charts, maps, and diagrams that examines the history of science through discoveries in astronomy, math, and physics.
This book presents a number of full-color illustrated photographs, charts, maps, and diagrams that examine the history of science through discoveries in astronomy, math, and physics.
Author
Series
Flame in the mist volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"After an attempt is made on her life, Mariko disguises herself as a boy and infiltrates a gang of bandits known as the Black Clan, determined to hunt down the person responsible"--
The daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has long known her place--she may be an accomplished alchemist, whose cunning rivals that of her brother Kenshin, but because she is not a boy, her future has always been out of her hands. At just seventeen years old, Mariko...
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