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The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the "wicked and sentimental" Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sonsthe impulsive and sensual Dmitri; the coldly rational Ivan; and the healthy, red-cheeked young novice Alyosha. Through the gripping events of their story, Dostoevsky portrays the whole of Russian life, its social and spiritual...
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2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 3
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"Christopher Columbus is one of the most famous explorers of all time, but he was neither the first nor last adventurer to ever stumble upon a great discovery. From the Silk Road of Asia to the icy shores of Antarctica, our knowledge of the world today is in large part due to several intrepid pioneers, risking life and limb for the sake of exploration. After all, setting off into the dark unknown requires an enormous amount of bravery. But every explorer...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 69
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A famous legend surrounding the creation of Anna Karenina tells us that Tolstoy began writing a cautionary tale about adultery and ended up by falling in love with his magnificent heroine. It is rare to find a reader of the book who doesn't experience the same kind of emotional upheaval: Anna Karenina is filled with major and minor characters who exist in their own right and fully embody their mid-nineteenth-century Russian milieu, but it still belongs...
6) UFOs
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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"Engaging images accompany information about UFOs. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.1 - AR Pts: 118
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'War and Peace' has been described as the Illiad and the Odyssey of the Russian people, with just cause. This is a work that speaks to the meaning and hope of life. Tolstoy's realism forced him to strip away much of the glorification of war and show the realities. Yet Tolstoy presents the events of 1812 as a moral crusade, and that the Russians won against the Napoleonic onslaught because of their adherence to simple, good and true virtues (as much...
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Epic fails volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 2
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Describes the lives of the two American brothers who designed, built, and flew the first heavier-than-air aircraft to fly successfully, detailing the many mishaps and misadventures that preceded it.
11) Bigfoot
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2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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"Engaging images accompany information about Bigfoot. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"-- Provided by the publisher.
12) Ghosts
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2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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"Engaging images accompany information about ghosts. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--
13) Triceratops
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[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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"Engaging images accompany information about triceratops. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--
18) Ghosts in hotels
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[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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"Engaging images accompany information about ghosts in hotels. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--