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Author
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
Under a pseudonym Timothy Sparks, the then 24 years old Dickens wrote a pamphlet entitled Sunday Under Three Headsin which he defended the people's right to pleasure, opposing a plan to prohibit games on Sundays. The pamphlet was dedicated (without permission) to the Bishop of London. It was published by Chapman and Hall on Friday, 8 July 1836. The full title is Sunday Under Three Heads. As it is; As Sabbath Bills would make it; As it might be made....
2) Zom-B Baby
Author
Series
Zom-B volume 5
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
B has spent the last few months bunking with the Angels, a group of teens dedicated to eradicating the evil dead from the face of the earth, beginning with the undead roaming the abandoned wreckage that was once London. But the Angels' mission is a bit more complicated than that, and B takes to the streets of a very changed London to decide: is it a mission really to be believed? But instead of answers, B finds a horror beyond imagining. Darren Shan...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
An invaluable resource for professionals who wish to write book evaluations—and for all serious fans of children's literature!
This revised edition of From Cover to Cover offers a fresh, up-to-date look at some of the best examples of children’s literature and also includes practical advice on how to write clearly articulated, reasoned opinions so that others can learn about books they have not yet read.
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Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
A hilarious parody of the detective genre — Philo Gubb dreams of becoming a detective like Sherlock Holmes and quitting his job as a wallpaper-hanger. He enrolls in a correspondence course which offers lessons and various disguises. He soon gets involved in several cases and much to his surprise — and those around him — proves to be rather adept at solving crimes. Amazingly, he solves many puzzles and even catches some real thieves and other...
5) In the Break
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
After Juan's best friend Jamie is faced with major family drama, they decide to skip town until the situation cools down and go to Mexico in search of the perfect wave. Joined by Jamie's sister Amber, the three of them embark on a road trip of a lifetime. Filled with love, loss, and surfing, Jack Lopez delivers a story as intense as catching the ultimate wave.
6) Roomies
Author
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The countdown to college has begun.
When Elizabeth receives her freshman-year roommate assignment at the beginning of summer, she shoots off an email to coordinate the basics: TV, microwave, mini-fridge. She can't wait to escape her New Jersey beach town, and her mom, and start life over in California.
The first note to Lauren in San Francisco comes as a surprise; she had requested a single. But if Lauren's learned anything from being the oldest...
Author
Publisher
The Viking press
Pub. Date
1926
Language
English
Description
A neglected American classic, written in subtle, soaring prose for which this underrated Kentucky writer was known, this is the spectacular coming of age story of a young, independent pioneering womanSet at the turn of the century, this is the moving story of Ellen Chesser, a young woman with a mind of her own. She and her family travel from one small community to another in rural Kentucky, eking out a living as itinerant farmworkers. Initially...
8) Scarlet
Author
Series
Scarlet novels (A.C. Gaughen) volume 1
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Will Scarlet shadows Robin Hood, with an unerring eye for finding treasures to steal and throwing daggers with deadly accuracy, but when Gisbourne, a ruthless bounty hunter, is hired by the sheriff to capture Robin and his band of thieves, Robin must become Will's protector risking his own life in the process
Author
Language
English
Description
A backstage pass to the groundbreaking, hit musical Hamilton, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Eleven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, including the award-winning libretto, behind-the-scenes photos and interviews, and exclusive footnotes from composer-lyricist-star Lin-Manuel Miranda, now streaming on Disney+ with the original cast.
Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical Hamilton is as revolutionary...
Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical Hamilton is as revolutionary...
Author
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
One of Hilaire Belloc's most famous works, "Cautionary Tales for Children" satirizes a genre of admonitory children's literature popular in England in the late 18th and 19th centuries. The seven stories contained in this work are macabre parodies of childhood lessons, and will entertain more sophisticated readers who can appreciate these tales of disproportionate punishment. Presented in a classic picture book style, illustrators have captured the...
Author
Publisher
BALZER + BRAY
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
~Lambda Literary Award finalist for the best LGBT YA novel of 2018~
A raw, powerful, but ultimately uplifting debut novel perfect for fans of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe from debut author Angelo Surmelis.
Seventeen-year-old Evan Panos doesn't know where he fits in. His strict immigrant Greek mother refuses to see him as anything but a disappointment. His quiet, workaholic father is a staunch believer in avoiding any...
13) The Dead House
Author
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Debut author Dawn Kurtagich is dead on in this terrifying psychological thriller!
Over two decades have passed since the fire at Elmbridge High, an inferno that took the lives of five teenagers. Not much was known about the events leading up to the tragedy - only that one student, Carly Johnson, vanished without a trace...
...until a diary is found hidden in the ruins.
But the diary, badly scorched, does not belong to Carly Johnson. It belongs...
14) Oedipus Rex
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
1982
Language
English
Description
Regarded by many as the masterpiece of Greek tragedy, Oedipus Rex tells the story of Oedipus, a man who becomes the king of Thebes, whilst in the process unwittingly fulfilling a prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother. This edition follows the Francis Storr Translation.
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c1966, 1989 printing
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
The bestselling compendium of ancient Greece's timeless tales and towering figures of mythology from a classics expert.
The world of Greek mythology contains some of the most exciting and imaginative stories ever told. In Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths, bestselling author Bernard Evslin shares his passion for these fabulous tales and the eternal themes they so beautifully express. In this accessible overview, you'll get to know...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
I hate you, Fuller James.
I hate your floppy hair and your lopsided grin and those laughing blue eyes that always seem to be laughing at me.
I hate that you're the most popular guy in school and I'm still the girl who sneezed and spit out her retainer on someone at a middle school dance. It's just such a cliche.
I hate that I'm being forced to tutor you in English and keep it a secret from everyone. Because otherwise it might put our basketball...
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
When a talented mechanic in 1818 Geneva brings his brother back from the dead using clockwork parts, the citizens of Geneva think they may have inspired the recently published novel Frankenstein.
19) Pumpkinheads
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Deja and Josiah are seasonal best friends. Every autumn, all through high school, they've worked together at the world's best pumpkin patch. They say good-bye every Halloween, and they're reunited every September 1. But this Halloween is different. Josiah and Deja are finally seniors. It's their last season at the Patch, their last shift together—their last good-bye. Josie's ready to spend the whole night feeling melancholy about it. (He's the...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In this riveting historical fiction narrative, National Book Award Finalist John Demos shares the story of a young Puritan girl and her life-changing experience with the Mohawk people.
Inspired by Demos's award-winning novel The Unredeemed Captive, Puritan Girl, Mohawk Girl will captivate a young audience, providing a Native American perspective rather than the Western one typically taught in the classroom.
As the armed conflicts between the English...
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