Rebecca K. Reynolds
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English
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) is a novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells the story of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit-hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar and anthropomorphic creatures. The tale is filled with allusions to Dodgson's friends (and enemies), and to the lessons that British schoolchildren were expected to memorize. The tale plays...
22) White Fang
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English
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Born in the wilds of the freezing cold Yukon, the wolf cub White Fang soon learns the harsh laws of nature, growing fiercer and more independent in his struggle to survive. Yet buried deep inside him are distant memories of affection and love. Can he learn to trust man again?
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English
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by Victor Hugo, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary...
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"A swashbuckling epic of chivalry, honor, and derring-do, it is set in France during the 1620s and richly populated with romantic heroes, unattainable heroines, kings, queens, cavaliers, and criminals in a whirl of adventure, espionage, conspiracy, murder, vengeance, love, scandal, and suspense. Dumas transforms major and minor historical figures into larger-than-life characters: the brave d'Artagnan, an impetuous young man in pursuit of glory; the...
26) Moby Dick
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English
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Moby-Dick, by Herman Melville, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies...
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English
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"The Robinsons leave their home in Switzerland planning to settle half a world away. But things do not turn out as they had expected. The sole survivors of a terrible shipwreck, they wash ashore to learn that the danger has only begun. Their new world will test their courage, cleverness, endurance, and faith as they struggle to survive and create a civilization of their own in the wilderness."--
29) Oliver Twist
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English
Description
An abridged version of Dicken's story of the orphan forced to practice thievery and live a life of crime in nineteenth-century London. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
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English
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H.G. Wells' original masterpiece now includes a newly established text, a full biographical essay on the author, a list of further reading, and detailed notes. Famous for the mistaken panic that ensued from Orson Welles' 1938 radio dramatization, "The War of the Worlds" remains one of the most influential of all science fiction works.
31) Animal stories
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Series
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
An abridged retelling of a dozen stories about animals from well-known authors.
33) Anne of Avonlea
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Language
English
Description
"In this abridged sequel to 'Anne of Green Gables,' teenage Anne Shirley becomes a schoolteacher in a small village on Prince Edward Island." --
34) The odyssey
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Series
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Homer's epic tale of the warrior Odysseus's decades-long struggle to return home after the Trojan War is simply retold for younger readers.
35) Pinocchio
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Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
An abridged retelling of the adventures of the puppet boy whose nose grows whenever he tells a lie. Includes discussion questions.
36) The jungle book
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Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
An abridged retelling of the adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves, and the wild animals of the jungle. Includes discussion questions.
38) Dracula
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Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
"Having discovered the double identity of the wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire." --
40) Peter Pan
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Series
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
An abridged retelling of the adventures of the three Darling children in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up.
