William Dufris
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English
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a humorous 1889 novel by American writer Mark Twain. In it, a Connecticut engineer is accidentally transported back to the time of King Arthur. He convinces the inhabitants of that time that he is a magician, and uses his knowledge of modern technology to stun them with such feats as demolitions, fireworks, and the shoring up of a holy well. Twain wrote the book as a satire of Romantic notions of chivalry...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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Fourteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon, having learned he is a Traveler--someone who can ride "flumes" through time and space--is soon off to the alternative dimension of Denduron where he teams up with Loor, a girl his age from the warrior-territory of Zadaa, in an attempt to save the gentle Milago people from slavery.
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Series
Sam Kincaid novels volume 2
Language
English
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In this sequel to the critically-acclaimed The Commission, Sam Kincaid and Kate McConnell are back. They must struggle to keep the witnesses to an armored car robbery alive.
Walter Bradshaw is being held for the botched robbery, but his followers—members of the Reformed Church of the Divine Christ—are ensuring that witnesses to the crime never make it to the stand. Are these boys hardened criminals or boys with nowhere else to
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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The classic story of a boy who makes his own rules and the small Missouri town where he and his friends experience the adventures of a lifetime. Filled with schoolyard pranks, buried treasures, spooky caves, secret gangs, and grave robbers, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is entertainment of the highest order. The clever schemes of its eponymous hero--from tricking his friends into completing his chores to sneaking into his own funeral--are the stuff...
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Publisher
Tantor Media Inc
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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Noam Shpancer's stunning debut novel opens as a psychologist reluctantly takes on a new client-an exotic dancer whose severe anxiety is keeping her from the stage. The psychologist, a solitary professional who also teaches a lively night class, helps the client confront her fears. But as treatment unfolds, her struggles and secrets begin to radiate onto his life, upsetting the precarious balance in his unresolved relationship with Nina, a married...
10) A dog's purpose
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Series
Dog's purpose volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Searching for his purpose over the course of multiple canine lives, Bailey is reborn as a golden-haired puppy after a tragic death as a stray and shares a loving bond with young Ethan before he again dies and starts over.
11) Dodger and me
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Series
Dodger and me volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Miserable because his only friend moved away and he has once again caused his baseball team to lose a game, fifth-grader Willy Ryan's life suddenly becomes a lot more interesting when he finds Dodger, a furry, blue chimpanzee that only he can see, and he has to decide what he really wishes for in life.
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Pendragon series volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
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Taking advantage of a severe drought and the long-standing distrust between two tribes, the demonic Saint Dane attempts to take over Loor's home planet of Zadaa, opposed once again by the teenaged Pendragon and other Travelers.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
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With Saint Dane seemingly on the verge of toppling all of the territories, Pendragon and Courtney set out to rescue Mark and find themselves traveling--and battling--their way through different worlds as they try to save all of Halla.
14) The never war
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Series
Pendragon series volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Bobby and the Traveler from Cloral--Spader--have flumed to New York City, 1937. Against a backdrop of gangsters, swing music, and the distant sound of a brewing war, the two must uncover the evil Saint Dane's newest plot.
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Pendragon series volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
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Quillan is a territory on the verge of destruction. The people have lost control of their own future and must struggle simply to survive. The only chance they have of finding a better life is by playing the Quillan Games. Hosted by a strange pair of game masters, Veego and LaBerge, the games are a mix of sport and combat. They use the people of Quillan as pawns for their amusement as they force them to enter competitions that range from physical battles,...
16) Oggie Cooder
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Series
Oggie Cooder series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Quirky fourth-grader Oggie Cooder goes from being shunned to everyone's best friend when his uncanny ability to chew slices of cheese into the shapes of states wins him a slot on a popular television talent show, but he soon learns the perils of being a celebrity--and having a neighbor girl as his manager.
17) The reality bug
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Series
Pendragon series volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Fifteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon enters a virtual world to defeat the evil Saint Dane and finds himself tempted to leave the real world behind.
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Series
Pendragon series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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When Pendragon finds himself in the war-stricken territory of Cloral, he and his uncle take it upon themselves to rid the area of marauders and locate the legendary lost land of Faar, which may hold the key to Cloral's survival.
19) Raven rise
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 22
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
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While Pendragon is trapped on Ibara, Alder returns to Denduron and reluctantly goes into battle again, and other Travelers face obstacles of various sorts as Saint Dane gains the power he seeks on Second Earth and makes his push to destroy and rebuild Halla.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
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Each of the Travelers returns home to learn the truth about their origins before being reunited for a final, ineveitable confrontation with Saint Dane, whose efforts to control Halla are destroying its very foundations.