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Lexile measure
920L
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English
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One of Lawrence's most popular novels, this fascinating and disturbing sequel to The Rainbow depicts the emotional life of the Brangwen sisters. Set just after World War I, this prophetic masterpiece is filled with perceptions about sexual powers and sexual obsession now held to be timeless and true.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 22
Lexile measure
1180L
Language
English
Description
In 1811, Jane Austen's first published work, Sense and Sensibility," " marked the debut of England's premier novelist of manners. Believing that "3 or 4 families in a country village is the very thing to work on," she created a brilliant tragicomedy of flirtation and folly. Romantic walks through lush Devonshire and genteel dinner parties at a stately manor draw two pretty sisters into the schemes and manipulations of landed gentry determined to marry...
5) Dubliners
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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"This collection of 15 stories provides an introduction to the style and motifs found in Joyce's writing. The stories stand alone as individual scenes of Dublin society and are intertwined by the use of autobiography and symbolism." Shapiro. Fic for Youth. 3d edition.
10) Ballooning
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Series
King Penguin books volume 36
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1948.
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English
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Publisher
Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Like all cowgirls, Nellie Sue loves to go camping so after she and her friend Anna practice indoors, Daddy helps them pitch their tent in the wilderness of the back yard.
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English
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"For the 75th anniversary of her birth, a Deluxe Edition of the master of the literary supernatural's most celebrated book Angela Carter was a storytelling sorceress, the literary godmother of Neil Gaiman, Audrey Niffenegger, J. K. Rowling, and other contemporary masters of supernatural fiction. In her masterpiece, The Bloody Chamber--which includes the story that is the basis of Neil Jordan's 1984 movie The Company of Wolves--she breathed new life...
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Lexile measure
1370L
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English
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According to Wikipedia: "Of The Social Contract, Or Principles of Political Right (Du contrat social ou Principes du droit politique; 1762) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau is a book in which Rousseau theorized about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society, which he had already identified in his Discourse on Inequality (1754). The Social Contract helped inspire political reforms or revolutions in
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