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Author
Series
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Escaping custody, Grindelwald begins gathering followers to forward his plan for pure-blood wizards to rule over all non-magical beings and in an effort to thwart his efforts, Albus Dumbledore enlists the help of his former Hogwarts student Newt.
Author
Series
Publisher
Washington Square Press
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Discusses the theatrical context of William Shakespeare's classic play, "The Taming of the Shrew," and includes introduction to the play, textual notes, and an essay on the theatrical world of the author.
3) Hamlet
Author
Language
English
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
An annotated edition of Shakespeare's comedy in which young lovers enter a world of sprites and fairies, and an amateur play production entertains all; also includes essays on Shakespeare's theatrical world and his texts, and a scholarly introduction.
5) The tempest
Author
Publisher
Washington Square Press
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Presents the annotated text of the darkly humorous play about Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, who is exiled to a magical island with his daughter, Miranda; and includes an introduction, an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare, and a note on the text used.
7) Ghosts
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Season 1. Crumbling country mansion Button House is home to restless spirits who've died there over the centuries. Each a product of their time, they're thrown together for eternity, resigned to squabble over mundane daily gripes. But their lives or rather afterlives are thrown into turmoil when young urban couple Alison and Mike unexpectedly inherit the peaceful derelict house and plan to turn it into a bustling hotel. As the ghosts attempt to oust...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
"Twelfth Night" is the story of Orsino, a nobleman in the kingdom if Illyria. Following a shipwreck Orsino employs Viola, who when abandoned by the shipwreck disguises herself as a man named Cesario. Soon Viola falls in love with Orsino, however Orsino is in love with Lady Olivia who has fallen for Viola, believing her to be a man. "Twelfth Night" is a classic Shakespearean comedy of mistaken identities.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
On a desperate journey, two runaways meet and join forces. Though they are only looking to escape their harsh and narrow lives, they soon find themselves at the center of a terrible battle. It is a battle that will decide the fate of Narnia itself.
10) The silver chair
Author
Publisher
HarperTrophy
Pub. Date
1994
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.
Author
Series
Amgash novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasn’t spoken for many years, comes to see her. Gentle gossip about people from Lucy’s childhood in Amgash, Illinois, seems to reconnect them, but just below the surface lie the tension and longing that have informed every aspect of Lucy’s life: her escape from her troubled family, her desire to become a writer, her marriage, her love for...
Author
Series
Publisher
Washington Square Press
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
King Leontes unjustly accuses his wife Hermione of adultery with King Polixenes. He imprisons Hermione, who falls into a swoon he believes is death, and orders her infant daughter to be abandoned on the shore. Sixteen years later, their daughter falls in love with Polixenes's son and when they come to Leontes' kingdom, her identity is revealed. Leontes and Polixenes become friends again, and Hermione is found to be alive after all.
Author
Series
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
While attending the Magical Congress of the United States of America in 1926, Newt Scamander is pursued by the wizarding authorities when dangerous beasts and their habitats escape from his magical briefcase.
Author
Series
Chronicles of Narnia volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
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.
16) Tarkin
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tells the complete tale of Grand Moff Tarkin, who guides the creation of the Death Star and paves the way for the Empire's supremacy--and whom even the dreaded Darth Vader obeys.
17) The bodyguard
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Katherine Center's The Bodyguard is unabashedly romantic, laugh-out-loud funny, and the perfect summer read. She's got his back. Hannah Brooks looks more like a kindergarten teacher than somebody who could kill you witha wine bottle opener. Or a ballpoint pen. Or a dinner napkin. But the truth is, she's an Executive Protection Agent (aka "bodyguard"), and she just got hired to protect superstar actor Jack Stapleton...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.
19) Doctor Strange
Language
English
Description
The story of world-famous neurosurgeon Dr. Stephen Strange, whose life changes forever after a horrific car accident renders his hands useless. When traditional medicine fails him, he travels to remote Kamar-Taj in search of a cure, but instead discovers the mystical arts and becomes a powerful sorcerer battling dark forces bent on destroying our reality.
20) Prince Caspian
Author
Publisher
Harper Children's Audio
Pub. Date
p2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Narnia . . . where animals talk . . . where trees walk . . . where a battle is about to begin.
A prince denied his rightful throne gathers an army in a desperate attempt to rid his land of a false king. But in the end, it is a battle of honor between two men alone that will decide the fate of an entire world.
Prince Caspian is the fourth book in C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, a series that has become part of
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