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Island of the Blue Dolphins
Scott O'Dell - Random House Childrens Books
Format: Paperback
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Island of the Blue Dolphins begins with a young girl named Karana who is living on the Island of the Blue Dolphins (fancy name, right?) with her younger brother, Ramo, and sister, Ulape. One day, a group of Russian hunters (Aleutians) land on the island to hunt for otter. This is when... |
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The Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling - Viking Juvenile
Format: Book
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Orphaned as a baby, human-boy Mowgli is adopted by wolves, befriended by Baloo the bear, and educated in the wonders and dangers of the Indian jungle. But the adventures of The Jungle Book don’t end with the young man-cub and his unusual new family. Through tales... |
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The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett - HarperCollins
Format: Book
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When orphaned Mary Lennox comes to live at her uncle's great house on the Yorkshire Moors, she finds it full of secrets. The mansion has nearly one hundred rooms, and her uncle keeps himself locked up. And at night, she hears the sound of crying down one of the long corridors.
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Bridge to Terabithia
Katherine Paterson - Avon Books
Format: Book
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Jess Aarons has been practicing all summer so he can be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. And he almost is, until the new girl in school, Leslie Burke, outpaces him. The two become fast friends and spend most days in the woods behind Leslie's house, where they invent an enchanted... |
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Where the Red Fern Grows
Wilson Rawls - Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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For fans of Old Yeller and Shiloh, Where the Red Fern Grows is a beloved classic that captures the powerful bond between man and man's best friend. Billy has long dreamt of owning not one, but two, dogs. So when he's finally able to save up enough money for two pups to call... |
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Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll - North-South Books
Format: Book
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When Alice tumbles down, down, down a rabbit-hole one hot summer's afternoon in pursuit of a White Rabbit she finds herself in Wonderland. And there begin the fantastical adventures that will see her experiencing extraordinary changes in size, swimming in a pool of her own tears and attending... |
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain - Courage Books
Format: Hardcover
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The adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the early nineteenth century. |
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The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis - Collier Books
Format: Paperback
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A simple game of hide-and-seek turns into a thrilling and dangerous adventure for Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. Through the wardrobe they enter the mystical land of Narnia, where only the Great Lion, Aslan, can conquer the dark magic of the White witch and restore beauty and peace to the land.... |
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Little Women
Louisa May Alcott - Dalmatian Press
Format: Hardcover
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Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England. |
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Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift - Signet
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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Set sail on an incredible journey with Jonathan Swift's satiric masterpiece.A fantastical tale, Gulliver's Travels tells the story of the four voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, an English ship's surgeon. First, he is shipwrecked in the land of Lilliput, where the alarmed residents are only... |
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Don Quixote
Martin Jenkins - Candlewick
Format: Book
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Don Quixote has become so entranced reading tales of chivalry that he decides to turn knight errant himself. In the company of his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, these exploits blossom in all sorts of wonderful ways. While Quixote's fancy often leads him astray—he tilts at windmills,... |
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Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte - Simon & Schuster
Format: Paperback
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This classic story shows how a young woman can overcome adversity and find true happiness. It is a story of passionate love, travail, and final triumph. Orphaned at an early age, Jane Eyre leads a lonely life until she finds work as a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she meets the mysterious... |
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Peter Pan
J M Barrie - Viking Juvenile
Format: Book
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A mischievous boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang, the Lost Boys, interacting with mermaids, Native Americans, fairies, pirates, and occasionally ordinary children from the world... |
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The Swiss Family Robinson
Johann David Wyss - Yearling Books
Format: Paperback
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Swept off course by a raging storm, a Swiss pastor, his wife, and their four young sons are shipwrecked on an uncharted tropical island. Thus begins the classic story of survival and adventure that has fired the imaginations of readers since it first appeared in 1812. With optimism and boundless... |
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The Golden Compass
Philip Pullman - Listening Library
Format: Audio CD
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Read by the author and a full cast10 hours, 49 minutes9 CDsWhen Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon decide to spy on a presentation her uncle, the commanding Lord Asriel, is making to the elders of Jordan College they have no idea that they will become witnesses to an attempted murder - and even... |
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The Call of the Wild and White Fang
Jack London - Sterling
Format: Book
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Two of Jack London's best-loved masterpieces, in their entirety. Call of the Wild tells a compelling tale of adventure during the Yukon Gold Rush, and fully captures the unquenchable spirit of Buck, a kidnapped dog trying to survive in the harshest of environments. Also set in Alaska,... |
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The Hobbit
J R R Tolkien - Recorded Books
Format: Audiobook
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Like every other hobbit, Bilbo Baggins likes nothing better than a quiet evening in his snug hole in the ground, dining on a sumptuous dinner in front of a fire. But when a wandering wizard captivates him with tales of the unknown, Bilbo becomes restless. Soon he joins the wizards band... |
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A wrinkle in time
Madeleine L'Engle - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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Madeleine L'Engle's ground-breaking science fiction and fantasy classic, soon to be a major motion picture.It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most... |
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Johnny Tremain
Esther Forbes - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
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Fourteen-year-old Johnny Tremain, an apprentice silversmith with a bright future ahead of him, injures his hand in a tragic accident, forcing him to look for other work. In his new job as a horse-boy, riding for the patriotic newspaper, The Boston Observer, and as a messenger for the Sons... |
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Little House on the Prairie
Laura Ingalls Wilder - HarperCollins
Format: Book
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Laura Ingalls and her family are heading to Kansas! Leaving behind their home in the Big Woods of Wisconsin, they travel by covered wagon until they find the perfect spot to build a little house on the prairie. Laura and her sister Mary love exploring the rolling hills around their new home,... |
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L Frank Baum - William Morrow & Co
Format: Book
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Swept away from her home in Kansas by a tornado, Dorothy and her dog Toto find themselves stranded in the fantastical Land of Oz. As instructed by the Good Witch of the North and the Munchkins, Dorothy sets off on the yellow brick road to try and find her way to the Emerald City and the Wizard... |
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Dracula
Bram Stoker - DK CHILDREN
Format: Book
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After discovering the double identity of the wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire.
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The Iliad
Ian Strachan - Kingfisher Books
Format: Hardcover
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Retells the events of the war between Greece and the city of Troy, focusing on Achilles' quarrel with Agamemnon. |
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Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe - Aerie
Format: Book
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Caught in the howling turmoil of hurricane and tidal wave, a young gentleman merchant named Robinson Crusoe was flung onto the shore of a deserted tropical island. His ship--destroyed. His crew--dead. His location--unknown. The only human across the ocean--were savage cannibal tribes.
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