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IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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This grand old childhood classic relates a small-town boy's pranks and escapades with humor and wisdom that appeal to readers of every age. In addition to his everyday stunts (searching for buried treasure, trying to impress the adored Becky Thatcher), Tom experiences a dramatic turn of events when he witnesses a murder, runs away, and returns to attend his own funeral and testify in court.
2) Kidnapped
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IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 14
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Kidnapped is a historical fiction adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, written as a boys' novel and first published in the magazine Young Folks from May to July 1886. The novel has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, and Hilary Mantel. A sequel, Catriona, was published in 1893.The narrative is written in English with some dialogue in Lowland Scots.Kidnapped is set around...
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Sherlock Holmes mysteries volume 4
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"The immense talent, passion and literary brilliance that Conan Doyle brought to his work gives him a unique place in English letters."-Stephen Fry
"Doyle's modesty of language conceals a profound tolerance of the human complexity"-John Le Carré
"Holmes has a timeless talent, passion and literary brilliance that puts him heads, shoulders and deerstalker above all other detectives."- Alexander McCall Smith
Arthur Conan Doyle's The Memoirs...
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"Tom Sawyer Abroad" is Mark Twain's 1894 novel featuring Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. A sequel to Twain's famous "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", this parody of a classic adventure story follows Tom, Jim and Huck as they journey by hot air balloon to Africa, where they encounter all manner of excitement and danger. A wonderful example of Twain's unforgettable work not to be missed by fans of the timeless Tom Sawyer series. Samuel Langhorne Clemens...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
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You don't know about me, without you have read a book by the name of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", but that ain't no matter.' So begins, in characteristic fashion, one of the greatest American novels. Narrated by a poor, illiterate white boy living in America's deep South before the Civil War, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the story of Huck's escape from his brutal father and the relationship that grows between him and Jim, the slave who is...
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Once again, the intrepid Zorro fights for justice! In the fourth of Naxos AudioBooks' Zorro titles, our hero's assistance is sought when the devious Pedro Morelos threatens the fortune of a wealthy heir, Vicente Canchola. Morelos hatches a plot to kidnap the Governor of California and extort profitable trade concessions from him. Zorro overhears this, but will he be able to foil their evil scheme, and stop the Canchola estate from falling into the...
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Adventures of Robin Hood volume 4
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Disguised as a monk, Robin visits Friar Tuck, a jovial, fat, holy man, and together they organize the escape of Mildred from the clutches of the Lord Germaine and the Sheriff. Though his church is in Nottingham, the friar becomes a close ally of the outlaw and begins to pay frequent visits to Sherwood.
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Adventures of Robin Hood volume 34
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When Derwent overhears some messengers talk about the "jewels" they're guarding, he devises a plan to steal the shipment. He successfully carries out the plan only to discover that the "jewels" are two small children belonging to a noble family.
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Adventures of Robin Hood volume 6
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Nottingham's tax collectors find it harder and harder to collect the county's levied assessments. When the Sheriff of Nottingham decides to make an example of Will Stukely, a poor farmer who could not pay his taxes, by hanging him, Robin Hood tricks the Sheriff into leaving the walled town, capturing him, and offering to trade his life in exchange for the condemned man's.
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Adventures of Robin Hood volume 14
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Sir Richard of the Lea has lost a tournament and must pay 200 gold coins, which he does not have. To gain the funds, Richard decides to marry off his son to Hugh the Mercer's daughter. Richard then asks Robin and his band to disguise as knights to impress Hugh. However, Hugh is not impressed by Richard's son and wants to instead marry his daughter off to Robin.
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Adventures of Robin Hood volume 19
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The Sheriff of Nottingham is desperate for a new set of boots. He discovers a village using a revolutionary new technique to make leather. Naturally, he wants in on the secret, but the villagers are not talking.
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Adventures of Robin Hood volume 11
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Maid Marian's absent father has arranged her marriage with the knight who saved her life. When Robin learns that the man to be Marian's husband cares only for her hefty dowry, he plans to break up the wedding by posing as a German knight who had been promised her hand in marriage long ago.
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Adventures of Robin Hood volume 13
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Robin stumbles onto a young boy in the forest who wants to join the Merry Men. However, Robin suspects the boy is of royal Norman birth, and sets to understand the boy's real origins.
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Adventures of Robin Hood volume 2
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Robin and Edgar lighten the load of a greedy, crooked moneylender Herbert of Doncaster by taking his purse full of money and giving its contents back to the poor villagers and farmers from whom he took it. When Will Scatlock is mortally wounded, he uses his dying breath to pass the leadership of his gang over to Robin Hood.
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Adventures of Robin Hood volume 23
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The Sheriff is going to hang Arthur of Tetsbury for raising a levy in the shire for King Richard. To prevent Robin Hood from saving him, it is declared that only women will be allowed to enter the city to bring in the daily food.
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Adventures of Robin Hood volume 22
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King Richard has arrived back in England and is traveling in disguise in order to gather information and determine which Lords and Barons are loyal to John, and, ultimately, who Richard can count on. Meanwhile, he instructs Marian to undertake a dangerous mission.
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Adventures of Robin Hood volume 1
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Sir Robin of Locksley returns to England from fighting in the Crusades to discover that the notorious Sir Roger de Lille has been given his family's lands and castles, and has had Robin declared an outlaw. Robin takes refuge in Sherwood Forest and joins a band of outlaws led by Will Scatlock who names him Robin of the hood.
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Adventures of Robin Hood volume 37
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Little John and Friar Tuck capture a knight, but are concerned about his real value judging by his equipment and horse. To regain prestige, John and the Friar borrow some equipment to make him more presentable.
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Adventures of Robin Hood volume 35
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While King John is dragging his feet to collect the ransom money for Richard's release, a number of Lords gather together to raise the money, charging Robin with smuggling the money safely out of the country under John's nose…
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Adventures of Robin Hood volume 26
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Sir William raises the taxes on his tenant farmers, then threatens to throw them off their land if they don't come up with the money. Robin comes up with a plan to get the villagers their money back, but it involves Friar Tuck keeping them in church while he does so, forcing Tuck to prepare for the longest sermon of his career.