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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
"Young Mary Lennox is left an orphan when her parents die of illness while living abroad. In their absence, Mary is sent to stay under the care of her Uncle in Yorkshire, England. It's there in Misselthwaite Manor that she meets two young boys--a servant named Dickon and her cousin Colin, who lives locked away in the manor due to a disability that leaves him bound in a wheelchair. The trio discover a secret garden hidden in the manor grounds and work...
2) Pygmalion
Author
Language
English
Description
Professor Henry Higgins thinks he can turn Eliza Doolittle, a poor flower seller, into a duchess by teaching her how to speak and look a certain way.
3) Peter Pan
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A simplified retelling of the adventures of Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. A fabulously redesigned edition of a Michael Hague backlist classic Peter Pan, the book based on J.M. Barrie's famous play, is filled with unforgettable characters: Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up; the fairy, Tinker Bell; the evil pirate, Captain Hook; and the three children-Wendy, John, and Michael-who fly off with Peter Pan to Neverland, where they meet...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Alice's adventures begin as she lies on a grassy bank one sunny afternoon. After following the White Rabbit down a rabbit hole she meets all kinds of strange and wonderful characters. She talks with the Cheshire Cat, swims with the Mouse, takes tea with the Mad Hatter and plays croquet with the Queen.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When the kind and imaginative seven-year-old Sara Crewe reaches Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies with her papa, she doesn't quite like it. "'I don't like it, papa," she said. "But then I dare say soldiers--even brave ones-- don't really like going into battle." The apple of her father's eye, Sara has all the privileges at the seminary and is treated with special care. Soon enough, she befriends her classmates and is nicknamed a 'princess',...
8) Heidi
Author
Publisher
Modern Pub
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
9) Jane Eyre
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall, a country estate owned by the mysteriously remote Mr. Rochester.
10) Treasure island
Author
Publisher
Modern Pub
Pub. Date
c1996, 2001
Language
English
Description
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.
Author
Publisher
Modern Publishing
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
When chance brings Edward Tudor and Tom Canty together, they decide for fun to switch clothes and places. Exchanging their roles as heir of the throne of England and as a pauper's son, they learn how the other half really lives.
12) The time machine
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Description
A classic novel of the future follows the Time Traveller as he hurtles one million years into the future and encounters a world populated by two distinct races, the childlike Eloi and the disgusting Morlocks who prey on the Eloi.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
1190L
Language
English
Description
Horrified at the thought of caring for talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca, the spinster aunts nevertheless spend seven difficult years raising their niece, rewarding years for all three inhabitants of the little brick house in a small New England town.
Author
Language
English
Description
A trouble-shooting 19th century seaman is trying to discover why so many whaling ships have been disappearing of late. Teaming with a scientist and a diver, they set sail to investigate. They are promptly captured by the megalomaniac Captain Nemo, who skippers a lavish, scientifically advanced submarine.
19) Moby Dick
Author
Language
English
Description
A simplified, abridged version of Captain Ahab's search for the white whale, accompanied by a short biography of Herman Melville and an essay focusing on the story's lessons of determination.
20) Robinson Crusoe
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.3 - AR Pts: 27
Lexile measure
1270L
Language
English
Description
During one of his several adventurous voyages in the 1600s, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.