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 [X], 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 Invisible Man
"The Invisible Man (1897) blends comedy and tragedy in its story of a scientist who discovers a way to make himself invisible.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 57
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 290
subjects: scientists, science fiction, mentally ill, large type books, science, wells, h. g, literacy skills, books and reading, psychological fiction, psychological fiction, science fiction, audiobooks, compact discs [X], science fiction, english, england, fiction, novels
The Red Badge Of Courage
Set in the Civil War, the story of Henry Fleming, a raw Union army recruit eager to confirm his patriotism and prove his manhood.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 169
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 890
subjects: chancellorsville, battle of, chancellorsville, va., 1863, war stories, historical fiction, united states, readers rule, chancellorsville (va.), battle of, 1863, compact discs [X], audiobooks, war, coming of age, virginia, virginia, chancellorsville, battle of, civil war, courage in men, battles, courage, soldiers, closed caption video recordings, military desertion, fear, psychological fiction, crane, stephen, american civil war, 1861-1865, chancellorsville, va, historical fiction, psychological fiction, war stories, reading materials, comic books, strips, etc, cartoons and comics, graphic novels, confederate states of america, bildungsromans
The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer
Presents the original text of the Mark Twain story that relates the escapades of Tom Sawyer and his friends in a small, 19th-century town on the Mississippi River, and provides side notes, illustrations, and annotations that contain information on the history, geography, and social customs of the day.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 238
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 950
subjects: misouri fiction, mississippi river fiction, sawyer, tom (fictitious character), adventure and adventurers, sawyer, tom (fictional character), mississippi river, missouri, boys, sawyer, tom, clemens, samuel langhorne, adventure fiction, large type books, runaway children, mississippi river valley, fugitive slaves, southern states, adventure stories, humorous fiction, finn, huckleberry (fictitious character), fiction, historical fiction, adventure fiction, child witnesses, bildungsromans, humorous stories, bildungsromans, united states, sawyer, tom, humorous stories, adventure stories, sawyer, tom (fictitious character), adventure, fiction book, quest, mississippi, audiobooks, compact discs [X], humorous fiction, witnesses, electronic books, action and adventure fiction
Dracula
In Transylvania there once lived a Count. His name and the name of his castle are the same: Dracula.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 98
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 520
subjects: graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc, vampires, reading materials, dracula, count (fictitious character), dracula, count (fictional character), horror fiction, transylvania (romania), whitby (england), horror stories, horror tales, transylvania, monsters, fiction, horror, supernatural, psychological fiction, horror fiction, psychological fiction, audiobooks, compact discs [X], romanians, british, spanish language, dracula, count (fictional character), horror tales, cartoons and comics, graphic novels, dracula, gothic fiction, paranormal fiction, count dracula (fictional character), gothic novels, electronic books, dracula, count
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 [X], tourism, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, electronic books, graphic novels, electronic books
A Tale Of Two Cities
Presents Charles Dickens's classic novel set in London and Paris during the French Revolution and includes explanatory notes, an author chronology, a historical time line, a theme and plot outline, contemporary and modern critical analyses, discussion questions, and a list of related books and films.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 309
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1130
subjects: historical fiction, war stories, paris (france), london (england), france history revolution, 1789-1799 fiction, france, war, fiction, friendship, loyalty, revenge, french, executions and executioners, fathers and daughters, lookalikes, audiobooks, french fiction, dickens, charles, cartoons and comics, father-daughter relationship, audiobooks, war stories, historical fiction, man-woman relationship, war fiction, paris (france) $x history $y 1789-1799, electronic books, father-child relationship, compact discs [X], man-woman relationships
The Scarlet Letter
This is a book I really enjoyed because of the discriptive words used to explain what is happening are used in a very good way.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 434
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 410
subjects: prynne, hester (fictitious character), puritans, adultery, women, triangles (interpersonal relations), illegitimate children, women immigrants, married women, boston (mass.), adultry, puritans fiction, new england fiction, illegitimacy, wives, united states, hawthorne, nathaniel, prynne, hester (fictional character), massachusetts, clergy, new england, audiobooks, social values, large type books, immigrants, graphic novel graphic novels, puritains, fiction, digital audiotape recorders and recordings, audiobooks, playaway (digital audiobook), revenge, historical fiction, large print books, man-woman relationships, man-woman relationship, historical fiction, compact discs [X], electronic books, psychological fiction, didactic fiction
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 [X], 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
Madame Bovary
"Flaubert's tragic novel stands as a brilliant portrayal of infidelity, an incisive psychological portrait of a woman town between duty and desire.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1030
subjects: flaubert, gustave, middle class, physicians, married people, adultery, suicide, france, audiobooks, physicians' spouses, compact discs [X], domestic fiction, trials (obscenity), physician's spouses-fiction; married women-fiction; adultery-fiction; middle class-france-fiction, suicide victims, physicians' wives, wives, electronic books