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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Description
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion and obsession for the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan. Considered to be Fitzgerald's magnum opus, The Great Gatsby explores themes of decadence,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
First published in 1958, this novel tells the story of Okonkwo, the leader of an Igbo (Ibo) community who is banished for accidentally killing a clansman. The novel covers the seven years of his exile to his return, providing an inside view of the intrusion of white missionaries and colonial government into tribal Igbo society in the 1890s.
Author
Series
Warriors the new prophecy volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
The warrior cat Fireheart's determination to uncover the truth about another warrior's death leads him deep into danger, and reveals secrets that test the strength of clan loyalties.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
HL 650L
Language
English
Description
Two teenagers who are living on the streets and barely getting by become involved in a complicated criminal plot, and make an unexpected connection with each other.
5) Mulan
Language
English
Description
When Mulan's aging father is drafted into the Imperial army to fight the invading Hun army, she disguises herself as a soldier and takes his place. Mulan's hilarious guardian dragon and lucky cricket are not enough to help her defeat the ruthless Hun leader; only by staying true to herself will she bring victory to her country and honor to her family.
Author
Language
English
Description
When her father, Petros, falls victim to a hit-and-run accident and is brutally injured, Dr. Thea Sperelakis struggles to assemble the facts regarding the accident, soon suspecting an attempt at homicide. Her father, serving as the only witness to the scene, must communicate to Thea through eye blinks, and what he reveals is horrifying.
7) Use of force
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
As a storm rages across the Mediterranean Sea, a terrifying distress call is made to the Italian Coast Guard. Days later, a body washes ashore. Identified as a high value terrorism suspect (who had disappeared three years prior), his name sends panic through the Central Intelligence Agency. Where was he headed? What was he planning? And could he be connected to the "spectacular attack" they have been fearing all summer? In a race against time, the...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A lyrical and heart-breaking exploration of love, loss, and the power of things unseen, based on the award-winning novel by Ian McEwan and adapted by Stephen Butchard. With tenderness and insight, the movie explores a marriage devastated, the loss of childhood, the fluidity of time, grief, hope, and acceptance.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this third Planet of the apes film, two intelligent simians from the future, Cornelius and Zira travel to present-day Earth. They become instant sensations, wined and dined and treated like celebrities -- until a high-level plot forces them to run for their lives.
Publisher
Gaiam Americas, Inc
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
When lives intertwine during Christmas, hope is the one unifying gift. Family comes in many forms. It's through the love of one little girl that the lives of many are brought together during what turns out to be a most joyful time of the year.
13) Shrek
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
A reclusive ogre and a chatterbox donkey go on a quest to rescue a princess for a tyrannical lord.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The son of a simple swordsmith, Siegfried, is actually an orphaned prince and an heir to the throne. To save his kingdom, Siegfried engages in battle and slays an evil dragon that is guarding a cursed ancient and deadly ring.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A comedy about the greatest love story almost never told. When Will Shakespeare needs passionate inspiration to break a bad case of writer's block, a secret romance with the beautiful Lady Viola starts the words flowing like never before. There are just two things he'll have to learn about his new love: not only is she promised to marry someone else, she's successfully impersonating a man in order to play the lead in Will's latest production.
17) The pilot's wife
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Kathryn Lyon's perfect life takes a jolting nose-dive after news of a fatal mid-air explosion aboard a plane piloted by her husband. The tension increases when the black box is recovered and reveals shocking rumors that the crash may have been caused by her husband. Could her husband have secretly been a terrorist? Was her entire life with him a lie?
19) Affinity
Publisher
BFS Entertainment & Multimedia
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Set in and around the women's prison at Millbank in Victorian London, Margaret Prior has decided to pursue some 'good work' with the lady criminals of one of London's most notorious jails.
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