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Idealistic young scientist Henry Jekyll struggles to unlock the secrets of the soul. Testing chemicals in his lab, he drinks a mixture he hopes will isolate--and eliminate--human evil. Instead it unleashes the dark forces within him, transforming him into the hideous and murderous Mr. Hyde. "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" dramatically brings to life a science-fiction case study of the nature of good and evil and the duality that can...
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Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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When Papa Rabbit does not return home as expected from many seasons of working in the great carrot and lettuce fields of El Norte, his son Pancho sets out on a dangerous trek to find him, guided by a coyote. Includes author's note.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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In this allegory, the author's reaction to the Holocaust, the animals of the forest are carried away, one type after another, by the Terrible Things, not realizing that if perhaps they would all stick together and not look the other way, such terrible things might not happen.
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Knights of Arrethtrae volume 2
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8
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Newly knighted, young Sir Bentley embarks on a quest to give up the pleasures of men and follow the path of the Prince, finding kindred spirits along the way who help him restore hope to the people of Holbrook.
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Knights of Arrethtrae volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
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Lady Carliss races against time to save Sir Dalton's life, but an evil plot foils her efforts and she must choose between saving him or countless others.
67) The heretic
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Pub. Date
[2006]
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"At the very moment Martin Luther nails his ninety-five theses to a church door and launches the movement that will divide the Roman Catholic Church, a child is born in the Spanish city of Valladollid, his fate marked by the political and religious upheaval taking root in Europe. His mother having perished in childbirth, his father self-absorbed and disconnected, Cipriano Salcedo's only source of affection is his wet nurse and foster mother, Minerva....
68) Prophet
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 30
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John Barrett, anchorman for "News Six at Five," has a problem. His comfortable, successful world is being jarred to the breaking point. He's caught his producer skewing a story to suit her own prejudices, then lying to cover her tracks - and something much bigger. Barrett's father's "accidental" death suddenly isn't looking so accidental. His estranged son Carl has returned to challenge his integrity and probe for the man behind the TV image. The...
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Thirty all-new, full-page, color illustrations and edited text for ease of reading make this the edition of John Bunyan's classic allegorical tale to own and to give.For more than three centuries both Christians and non-Christians, young and old, have been fascinated by the characters and story of John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress: From This World to That Which Is to Come-regarded as one of the most significant works of English literature. While...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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"The mayor of the noisy city of La Paz institutes new laws forbidding all singing, but a brave little rooster decides he must sing, despite the progressively severe punishments he receives for continuing to crow. The silenced populace, invigorated by the rooster's bravery, ousts the tyrannical mayor and returns their city to its free and clamorous state"--
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Knights of Arrethtrae volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
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Accompanied by the young and inexperienced Sir Duncan, whom he is mentoring, Sir Kendrick reluctantly sets off to the tournament at Attenbury on an important mission that holds the future of the kingdom in balance.
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Knights of Arrethtrae volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
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Sir Quinlan, newly commissioned as a Knight of the Prince, is brought into an elite unit known as the Swords of Valor, but when things go wrong he is tempted to return to his former life until a new enemy threatens and suddenly he holds many lives in his hands.
75) The presence
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 19
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A small-town lawyer and politician from North Carolina is propelled into the middle of big-time politics in Washington, D.C. There, special interests and the underworld severely test his faith.
76) Baaa
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Pub. Date
1985
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After the last person has gone from the earth, sheep take over the world, make the same mistakes as man, and eventually they too disappear.
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Pub. Date
2013.
Description
There is nothing inherently threatening about Melissa, a young evangelist hoping to write the definitive paper on intelligent design. But when she implores Andy Waite, a biology professor and a hardcore evolutionist, to direct her independent study, she becomes the catalyst for the collapsing house of cards surrounding him. As he works with Melissa, Andy finds that everything about his world is starting to add up differently. Suddenly there is the...
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Series
Childhood of Jesus volume 2
Pub. Date
[2016]
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Davd̕ is the small boy who is always asking questions. Simn̤ and Inš take care of him in their new town, Estrella. He is learning the language; he has begun to make friends. He has the big dog Bolv̕ar to watch over him. But hell be seven soon and he should be at school. And so, with the guidance of the three sisters who own the farm where Simn̤ and Inš work, Davd̕ is enrolled in the Academy of Dance