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
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
Around The World In Eighty Days
In 1872 Phileas Fogg wins a bet by traveling around the world in seventy-nine days, twenty-three hours, and fifty-seven minutes.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 86
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1070
subjects: voyages around the world, adventure and adventurers, historical fiction, adventure fiction, adventure and adventures, adventure stories, voyages and travels, large type books, large print books, audiobooks, verne, jules, cartoons and comics, wagers, adventure fiction, action and adventure fiction, graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc, adventure, travel, quest, tourism
Great Expectations
Pip is a poor young orphan, living with his sister and her husband Joe, a blacksmith.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 179
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1230
subjects: young men, england, dickens, charles, orphans, coming of age, man-woman relationship, ex-convicts, benefactors, youth, bildungsromans, great britain, man-woman relationships, revenge, historical fiction, closed caption video recordings, closed captioning, dvds, audiobooks, working class, inheritance and succession, literature - adapted, gifts, bildungsromane, audiobooks, bildungsromans, adaptations, graphic novels, love stories, love, cartoons and comics, conduct of life, industrial revolution, social classes, electronic books
The Canterbury Tales
The nun's priest's tale -- The pardoner's tale -- The wife of Bath's tale -- The franklin's tale.
821
year: 2013
copies: 67
call number/section: 821
lexile:
subjects: christian pilgrims and pilgrimages, storytelling, tales, medieval, canterbury (england), pilgrims and pilgrimages, english poetry, middle ages, england, english poetry-1100-1500, english prose literature, classic literature, british poetry, bilingual books
Wuthering Heights
In early nineteenth-century Yorkshire, the passionate attachment between a headstrong young girl and a foundling boy brought up by her father causes tragedy for them and many others, even in the next generation.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 32
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 880
subjects: orphans, country life, yorkshire (england), great britain, man-woman relationships, man-woman relationship, love stories, england, classics, audiobooks, love, compact discs, large print books, bront?e, emily, closed caption video recordings, revenge, triangles (interpersonal relations), historical fiction, romance - fiction, foundlings, rural families, rejection (psychology), love stories, domestic fiction, psychological fiction