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Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
Peopled by larger-than-life heroes and villains, charged with towering questions of good and evil, Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rand’s magnum opus: a philosophical revolution told in the form of an action thriller—nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.
Who is John Galt? When he says that he will stop the motor of the world, is he a destroyer or a liberator? Why...
Who is John Galt? When he says that he will stop the motor of the world, is he a destroyer or a liberator? Why...
2) A lost lady
Author
Series
Publisher
ALFRED A. KNOPF
Pub. Date
1951
Language
English
Description
In the eyes of the middle-aged men who visited the house of Captain Daniel Forrester at Sweet Water, Nebraska, whatever Mrs. Forrester chose to do was "lady-like."
3) Maniac Magee
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A Newbery Medal winning modern classic about a racially divided small town and a boy who runs.
Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee might have lived a normal life if a freak accident hadn't made him an orphan. After living with his unhappy and uptight aunt and uncle for eight years, he decides to run—and not just run away, but run. This is where the myth of Maniac Magee begins, as he changes the lives of a racially divided small town with his...
Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee might have lived a normal life if a freak accident hadn't made him an orphan. After living with his unhappy and uptight aunt and uncle for eight years, he decides to run—and not just run away, but run. This is where the myth of Maniac Magee begins, as he changes the lives of a racially divided small town with his...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1959]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Say “happy birthday,” Dr. Seuss-style! This classic picture book whisks readers away on the most spectacular birthday of all time—and reminds them to celebrate themselves every day of the year!
I wish we could do what they do in Katroo.
They sure know how to say “Happy birthday to you!”
When the Great Birthday Bird of Katroo arrives to usher in your “Day of all Days,” you can...
I wish we could do what they do in Katroo.
They sure know how to say “Happy birthday to you!”
When the Great Birthday Bird of Katroo arrives to usher in your “Day of all Days,” you can...
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2006, c1932
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
This classic novel of a perfectly engineered society is “one of the most prophetic dystopian works of the twentieth century” (The Wall Street Journal).
Half a millennium from now, in the World State, the watchword is that every one belongs to every one else. No matter what class of human you are bred to be—from the intellectual Alphas to the Epsilons who provide the manual labor—you are...
Half a millennium from now, in the World State, the watchword is that every one belongs to every one else. No matter what class of human you are bred to be—from the intellectual Alphas to the Epsilons who provide the manual labor—you are...
Author
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
1999, c1954
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Golding's classic, startling, and perennially bestselling portrait of human nature remains as provocative today as when it was first published. This beautiful new edition features French flaps and rough fronts, making it a must-have for fans of this seminal work.
Author
Series
Chronicles of Narnia volume 1
Publisher
HarperTrophy
Pub. Date
[1994], c1955
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When Digory and Polly try to return the wicked witch Jadis to her own world, the magic gets mixed up and they all land in Narnia where they witness Aslan blessing the animals with human speech.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
�1980
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Lucy and Edmund, accompanied by their peevish cousin Eustace, sail to the land of Narnia where Eustace is temporarily transformed into a green dragon because of his selfish behavior and skepticism.
13) Leaves of grass
Author
Publisher
Chandler Pub. Co.; [distributed by Science Research Associates, Chicago
Pub. Date
1968]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
ONE OF THE CENTRAL WORKS OF AMERICAN POETRY
First published in 1855, this poetry collection by American poet, Walt Whitman is a celebration of his philosophy of life and humanity, and spans the human element from the perspective of both the mind and the body. Instead of focusing on religion or spirituality, Leaves of Grass focuses mainly on celebrating the body, exalting nature, praising the senses, and the material world. He was greatly influenced...
15) The notebook
Author
Series
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
1996, 2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In a Southern nursing home, an 80-year-old man reads from his diary to his wife, suffering from Alzheimer's. It's the story of their teenage romance, followed by years of separation because he was from the wrong class, followed by her decision, on his return from World War II, to be her own woman and marry him. Set amid the austere beauty of coastal North Carolina in 1946, The Notebook begins with the story of Noah Calhoun, a rural Southerner returned...
17) Go away, dog
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1997, c1963
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An old dog's friendly persistence slowly convinces a young boy to take him home.
Author
Publisher
Ægypan Press
Pub. Date
[2006?]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Presents the adventures of a boy and a runaway slave as they travel down the Mississippi River on a raft. Universally acclaimed as one of the greatest creations of American fiction, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of those few books that are read over and over again, with ever increasing enjoyment.
19) The Outsiders
Author
Publisher
Speak
Pub. Date
2006, c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society
20) The silver chair
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1981, �1953
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Two English children undergo hair-raising adventures as they go on a search and rescue mission for the missing Prince Rilian, who is held captive in the underground kingdom of the Emerald Witch.
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