Little Women
An abridged version of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel of four sisters growing up in 1800s New England; and contains over 400 vocabulary words and definitions, synonyms and pronunciation for each word, and discussion questions.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 204
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1300
subjects: sisters, family life, new england, historical fiction, family life- new england, new england- history- 19th century, march family (fictional characters), mother-daughter relationship, young women, march family (fictitious characters), mothers and daughters, family, compact discs, bildungsromans, girls, family - fiction, new england - fiction, united states, families, autobiographical fiction, domestic fiction, bildungsromans, domestic fiction, autobiographical fiction, march, jo, march, amy (fictitious character), march, beth (fictitious character), march, meg (fictitious character), cartoons and comics, manga, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, graphic novels, confederate states of america, electronic books
The Secret Garden
An illustrated edition of Frances Hodgson Burnett's children's classic about a ten-year-old girl named Mary, orphaned by a cholera outbreak, who comes to live at a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers Colin, her invalid cousin, and the mysteries of a locked garden.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 173
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 970
subjects: gardens, physically handicapped, yorkshire (england), large type books, orphans, england, people with disabilities, great britain, loneliness, closed caption video recordings, orphans -, children, orphans-fiction, gardens-fiction, physically handicapped-fiction, yorkshire (england)-fiction, friendship, people with physical disabilities, children's stories, children with disabilities, children with physical disabilities, yorkshire, cousins, secrecy, secrets
Kidnapped
In 1751 in Scotland, cheated out of his inheritance by a greedy uncle who has him kidnapped and put on a ship to the Carolinas, seventeen-year-old David Balfour escapes to the Highlands with the help of the Jacobite Alan Breck Stewart and there encounters further danger and intrigue as he attempts to clear his name and regain his property.
FIC
year: 7119
copies: 46
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 480
subjects: kidnapping, scotland, adventure and adventurers, adventure fiction, kidnapping fiction, adventure and adventurers fiction, scotland fiction, historical fiction, adventure stories, kidnapping victims, disinheritance, teenage boys, jacobites, plot-your-own stories, adventures and adventurers, horror tales, horror fiction, college stories, colleges and universities, horror stories, coming of age, radical reader, inheritance and succession, teenagers, boys, action and adventure fiction, historical fiction
The Tell-tale Heart And Other Writings
A selection of Poe's poetry and sixteen of his best-known tales, including "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Black Cat," and "The Pit and the Pendulum.
FIC
year: 1983
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1350
Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
Presents nineteenth-century Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson's novel about good and evil in human nature, in which a scientist named Dr.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 51
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 450
subjects: good and evil fiction, graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc, good and evil, reading materials, physicians, multiple personality, psychological fiction, london (england), supernatural, horror fiction, horror tales, horror stories, multiple personalities, horror fiction, monsters fiction, comic book, scientists, england, hyde, edward (fictitious character), audiobooks, jekyll, henry (fictitious character), jekyll, henry (fictional character), psychological fiction, horror fiction, genetic transformation, science fiction, paranormal fiction, allegories
Anne Of Avonlea
Anne has reached the age of sixteen, and begins teaching at the Avonlea school, but finds she still has much in common with her pupils.
FIC
year: 1909
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1020
subjects: islands fiction, orphans fiction, teachers fiction, prince edward island fiction, country life fiction
The Sea-wolf
When Humphrey Van Weyden finds himself sailing to Japan aboard the Ghost, he has to face weeks of brutality at the hands of Captain Wolf Larsen, until he decides to take desperate measures to save himself and the rest of the crew.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1020
subjects: sealers (persons), sealing ships, ship captains, arctic regions, survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, seafaring life, sea stories, shipwrecks, london, jack, american literature, fiction, allegories, adventure stories, seafaring life fiction, sea stories, adventure fiction
The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
Designed to acquaint readers with famous stories, this book, in graphic novel format, retells Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," a story of a boy and a runaway slave as they float down the Mississippi River on a raft.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 263
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 980
subjects: mississippi river, missouri, finn, huckleberry (fictitious character), boys, clemens, samuel langhorne, finn, huckleberry (fictional character), voyages and travels, missouri fiction, missouri fiction, mississippi river fiction, humorous fiction, humorous stories, runaway children, male friendship, fugitive slaves, race relations, large type books, huckleberry finn (fictional character), friendship, slaves, cartoons and comics, mississippi river valley, slavery, adventure and adventurers, adventure fiction, united states, audiobooks, voyages and travel, large print books, finn, huckleberry, action and adventure fiction, humorous fiction, bildungsromans, adventure stories, humorous stories, bildungsromans, adventure fiction, finn, huckleberry (fictional character), adventure stories, historical fiction, picaresque literature, compact discs, tourism, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, electronic books, graphic novels, electronic books
Much Ado About Nothing
With his wedding a week away, Claudio can't wait to marry the beautiful young Hero.
822.3
year: 2012
copies: 123
call number/section: 822.3
lexile:
subjects: courtship, conspiracies, rejection (psychology), messina (italy), rejection, dating (social customs), man-woman relationships, shakespeare, william, humorous plays, audiobooks, comedies, man-woman relationship, conspiracy, love, english literature, plays, young adult drama, english, english drama, women in literature, comedy, comedies, political crimes and offenses, electronic books
The Comedy Of Errors
Young Antipholus of Syracuse is searching the world for his identical twin brother, separated from him at birth.
822.3
year: 2009
copies: 31
call number/section: 822.3
lexile:
subjects: shakespeare, william, twins, shipwreck victims, mistaken identity, brothers, greece, survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, english literature, drama, english drama, survival, comedies, humorous plays
As You Like It
Rosalind, daughter of the deposed Duke Senior, is exiled from the court by her wicked uncle.
822.3
year: 2010
copies: 98
call number/section: 822.3
lexile: 500
subjects: shakespeare, william, fathers and daughters, exiles, father-daughter relationship, refugees, pastoral drama, man-woman relationships, love stories, english drama, shakespeare, william, 1564-1616 drama, william shakespeare, literature, cartoons and comics, comedies, father-child relationship, humorous plays, electronic books, pastoral drama, comedies, comic books, strips, etc, children's plays, english
The Merchant Of Venice
The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare's comedies. Bassanio, a penniless Venetian noble asks his friend to borrow money to impress a heiress named Portia.
822.3
year: 2012
copies: 117
call number/section: 822.3
lexile: 1380
subjects: shylock (fictitious character), jews, moneylenders, shylock (fictional character), venice (italy), shakespeare, william, greed, man-woman relationships, english literature, drama, comedies, english drama, plays, marriage, merchants, shakespeare, plays, cartoons and comics, children's plays, borrowing and lending, historical drama, loans, humorous plays, audiobooks, compact discs, young adult drama, english, comedies, electronic books
Richard Ii
The sensitive and poetic Richard II is undoubtedly the rightful king of England but he is unscrupulous and weak.
822.3
year: 2003
copies: 10
call number/section: 822.3
lexile:
The Tempest
Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, uses his skill at controlling natural forces to cause the shipwreck of his old opponents, forcing them to seek refuge on the island where he and his daughter Miranda have been living in exile, and setting the stage for Miranda to fall in love with Ferdinand, the prince of Naples.
822.3
year: 2020
copies: 125
call number/section: 822.3
lexile: 1290
subjects: shakespeare, william, survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, fathers and daughters, magicians, duchies, islands, political refugees, shipwreck victims, english drama, nobility, plays, english literature, one act plays, drama, children's plays, english, life on other planets, science fiction, castaways, spirits, father-daughter relationship, survival, audiobooks, tragicomedy, compact discs, shipwrecks, tragicomedy, father-child relationship, electronic books, wizards, father-daughter relationships, english drama, tragicomedies, drama
Macbeth
"Orson Welles' dark and moody screen version of the classic William Shakespeare tragedy about a presumptuous Scottish prince's quest for power through patricide - in keeping with both the play's spirit and Welles' vision.
822.3
year: 2017
copies: 190
call number/section: 822.3
lexile: 480
subjects: macbeth, regicides, homicide, scotland, cartoons and comics, plays, drama, shakespeare, william, english drama, children's plays, english, english literature, tragedies, treason, political crimes and offenses, english drama (tragedy), audiobooks, murder, kings, queens, rulers, etc, historical films, feature films, historical drama, betrayal, fate and fatalism, graphic novels, macbeth, king of scotland, tragedia, escocia, historical drama, tragedies, audiobooks, tragedies (drama), gruoch, kings and rulers, spanish subtitles, feature films, videodiscs, dvds, dvd-video discs, historical films, video recordings for the hearing impaired, war films, drama, fiction films, film adaptations, children's plays, witches, spanish language, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, spanish language materials, arabic language, historical fiction, electronic books