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Title The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear
Author Moers, Walter
Acceptance
Coll, Susan
The Age of Innocence
Wharton, Edith
An American Tragedy
Dreiser, Theodore
Android Karenina
Word
Number Lang IL 105551 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP 8.0 28.0 F 152977 N N
RV -
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VP Description - This book chronicles the adventures of a blue-haired bear whose many lives bring him encounters with Minipirates, outer space, Hobgoblins, and more.
116026
EN
UG
8.8 21.0
F
110044
N
N
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Three high school juniors, Taylor, Maya, and Harry, apply to a number of colleges and cope with the pressures of their teachers and parents, while an admissions advisor, Olivia, struggles to sift through the applications received by her university.
10826
EN
UG
8.8 19.0
F
101164
N
N
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N
N
New York society in the 1870s is portrayed, where money counted for less than manners and morals.
5977
EN
UG
8.5 65.0
F
353014
N
N
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N
N
This novel reveals the corruption and destruction of one man who forfeits his life in desperate pursuit of success.
Winters, Ben H.
138171
EN
UG
8.2 30.0
F
167047
N
N
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This parody based on Leo Tolstoy's ANNA KARENINA follows the tragic adulterous love affair of Anna Karenina and Count Alexei Vronsky and the more -hopeful marriage of Nikolai Levin and Princess Kitty Shcherbatskaya.
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1: The Pox Party
Anderson, M.T.
108594
EN
UG
8.0 13.0
F
71328
N
N
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Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, a young African American, from birth to age sixteen as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War.
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves
Anderson, M.T.
125534
EN
UG
8.1 22.0
F
121619
N
N
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Octavian, a young African-American, joins Lord Dunmore during the American Revolution to fight the rebels and gain his freedom. The plot contains adult themes, including graphic sexual situations, violence, and pervasive profanity.
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8th Grade Recommended Reading Friday, November 25, 2011 6:38:33 PM Emmaus Lutheran School
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Title The Awakening and Other Stories
Author Chopin, Kate
Word
Number Lang IL 50679 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 8.3 17.0 F
Count Book RP 93673 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - This collection of short stories shows the growth of the author as a writer, and includes BAYOU FOLK, A NIGHT IN ACADIE, and THE AWAKENING. Edited by Nina Baym.
The Awakening and Selected Short Chopin, Kate Stories
15836
EN
UG
8.5 12.0
F
64173
N
N
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N
N
This book tells of a woman's abandonment of her family, her seduction, and her awakening to desires and passions that threaten to consume her.
Blindness
Saramago, José
68829
EN
UG
8.1 21.0
F
117878
N
N
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This book is about the chaos that ensues when a city is struck with an epidemic of blindness in which its victims see only white. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.
The Call of the Wild
London, Jack
107
EN
MG
8.0
7.0
F
37058
N
N
N
N
N
Buck, a dog that has been forced into the harsh life of a sled dog, befriends a man seeking his fortune in the Klondike gold fields, and must ultimately decide whether to stay with his master or obey his instinct to join the wolves.
Code Breakers: From Hieroglyphs to Hackers
Adams, Simon
108545
EN
MG
8.1
2.0
F
13694
N
N
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-
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This book describes the use of codes and code breaking from ancient times to the present.
The Count of Monte Cristo (Abridged)
Dumas, Alexandre
12778
EN
UG
8.8 34.0
F
178691
N
N
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-
N
In this abridged edition, young sailor Edmund Dantes escapes from the island fortress where he has been imprisoned for treason, then sets out to discover the treasure of Monte Cristo and seek revenge against the people who falsely accused him.
Crime and Punishment (Unabridged)
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
703
EN
UG
8.7 40.0
F
211591
N
N
-
N
N
Mired in poverty, the student Raskolnikov nevertheless thinks well of himself. Of his pawnbroker he takes a different view, and in deciding to do away with her he sets in motion his own tragic downfall.
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8th Grade Recommended Reading Friday, November 25, 2011 6:38:33 PM Emmaus Lutheran School
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Word
Title Daisy Miller
Author James, Henry
Daughter of Fortune
Allende, Isabel
35657
EN
UG
8.8 24.0
F
129489
N
David Balfour: Being Memoirs of the Further Adventures of David Balfour at Home and Abroad
Stevenson, Robert Louis
79586
EN
MG
8.4 19.0
F
101864
105188
EN
UG
8.2 18.0
F
Def Jam, Inc.: Russell Simmons, Gueraseva, Stacy Rick Rubin, and the Extraordinary Story of the World's Most Influential Hip-Hop Label
Number Lang IL 68771 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 8.6 4.0 F
Count Book RP 21374 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - This book is about a captivating young American, Daisy Miller, whose behavior causes conflicting feelings in the mind of would-be suitor, Winterbourne.
N
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Eliza Sommers, a Chilean orphan, follows her lover to the California gold fields and meets a Chinese doctor who becomes her good friend and savior. What begins as a search for her elusive lover ends up as the conquest of personal freedom.
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N
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This book is the further adventures of David Balfour in which he continues his friendship with Alan Breck Stewart and support of the Scottish highlanders' cause, travels abroad to complete his education, and finds romance.
98115
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N
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This book traces the history and the people behind Def Jam, the hip-hop music industry's most influential label, and examines its rise from a NYC dorm room to a powerful company, its financial struggles, and the popular groups associated with it.
Doctor Zhivago
Pasternak, Boris
8655
EN
UG
8.2 36.0
F
197742
N
N
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-
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The great novel that was suppressed in Russia and praised as a masterpiece throughout the free world.
Dr. Ernest Drake's Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons
Steer, Dugald A.
80683
EN
MG
8.2
2.0
F
8786
N
N
-
-
-
This book is an introduction to dragonology that includes spells to catch dragons, a chronology of their natural history, tips for catching a dragon, descriptions of legendary dragons, and numerous illustrations of dragons and dragon slayers.
Dubliners (Corrected Text)
Joyce, James
61383
EN
UG
8.2 12.0
F
67257
N
N
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This collection of stories by author James Joyce is an unflinching and often tragic portrait of early twentieth-century Dublin.
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Title Heidi (Unabridged)
Author Spyri, Johanna
Number Lang IL 509 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 8.2 16.0 F
RV -
LS N
The House of the Spirits
Allende, Isabel
58067
EN
UG
8.4 32.0
F
173405
N
N
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This novel is set in an unnamed Latin American country, describing the struggles, passions, and secrets of the Trueba family that spans three generations.
Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome
Harris, Robert
116390
EN
UG
8.6 23.0
F
123996
N
N
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Tiro, the confidential secretary of the Roman senator Cicero, sets in motion a chain of events that puts his master in one of the most suspenseful courtroom dramas in history when he invites a terrified stranger into his home.
Jude the Obscure
Hardy, Thomas
8661
EN
UG
8.9 27.0
F
141955
N
N
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-
N
Victorian novel of Jude Fawley, who dreams of life and knowledge beyond his birthright. Ultimately, his own family and ideals are destroyed from within.
Julian Comstock: A Story of 22ndCentury America
Wilson, Robert Charles
134806
EN
UG
8.4 32.0
F
173811
N
N
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Julian, nephew of President Deklan Comstock in post-collapse America, comes to the attention of his uncle when he achieves war hero status for his antics on the front lines of Labrador and must somehow try to avoid the ire of the tyrannical Comstock.
The Jungle
Sinclair, Upton
5988
EN
UG
8.0 22.0
F
121003
N
N
-
N
N
Poverty, disease, and despair are depicted in this story of the barbarous working conditions in the slaughter houses of Chicago in 1900.
King Lear
Shakespeare, William
53866
EN
UG
8.8
F
27393
N
N
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-
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The aging King Lear decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, allotting each a portion in proportion to the eloquence of her declaration of love.
5.0
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VP Description N An orphan sent to live with her grandfather learns to love both the old man and the Swiss Alps and becomes homesick when she goes to the city to be a companion to an invalid.
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8th Grade Recommended Reading Friday, November 25, 2011 6:38:33 PM Emmaus Lutheran School
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Title The Light-Years Beneath My Feet
Author Foster, Alan Dean
Number Lang IL 105357 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 8.1 14.0 F
Count Book RP 76587 N N
Made in Canada: 101 Amazing Achievements
Spencer, Bev
69282
EN
Main Street
Lewis, Sinclair
5991
Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror
Alten, Steve
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Pyle, Howard
Midnight's Children
Rushdie, Salman
My Sister, My Love
Oates, Joyce Carol
Mythology
Hamilton, Edith
RV -
LS -
MG
8.1
8.0
F
42270
N
EN
UG
8.6 30.0
F
159901
18433
EN
UG
8.1 12.0
F
515
EN
MG
8.6 21.0
43294
EN
UG
124471
EN
8663
EN
N
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-
-
This fascinating book is filled with the biggest, the best, the first - and the wackiest - in Canada.
N
N
-
N
N
This novel showcases the humdrum existence of a small American town and its inhabitants.
66760
N
N
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During a deep sea dive, Jonas finds himself face-to-face with terror. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations. Book #1
F
110743
N
N
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-
N
This book is an unabridged and unaltered republication of the first (1883) edition containing 22 stories of Robin Hood and his adventures in Sherwood Forest.
8.4 38.0
F
208773
N
N
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Within one hour of midnight on India's independence day, 1,001 children were born. All of these children were endowed with special powers. Saleem's biography, containing disasters and triumphs, is inextricably linked to his nation.
UG
8.6 33.0
F
177069
N
N
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-
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Nineteen-year-old Skyler Rampike looks back on the ten years since the murder of his younger sister Bliss, a rising figure skater whose unsolved death created a media circus that destroyed his parents' marriage and cast suspicion on him.
UG
8.2 20.0
F
110534
N
N
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-
N
Greek, Roman, and Norse myths come to life.
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8th Grade Recommended Reading Friday, November 25, 2011 6:38:33 PM Emmaus Lutheran School
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Word
Title One Hundred Years of Solitude
Author García Márquez, Gabriel
Number Lang IL 22764 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP 8.7 27.0 F 144523 N N
The Plague
Camus, Albert
43307
EN
UG
8.2 16.0
F
90521
N
The Plot Against America
Roth, Philip
84291
EN
UG
8.2 24.0
F
129734
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Joyce, James
70600
EN
UG
8.7 16.0
F
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Grahame-Smith, Seth
135977
EN
UG
8.0 18.0
The Rebels
Livesey, Robert
49688
EN
MG
8.2
2.0
RV -
LS -
N
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-
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Set in Algiers, in northern Africa, this is a study of human life and its meaning in the face of a deadly virus that sweeps through the city. This edition has been translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert.
N
N
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This novel imagines what might have happened in America, particularly to one Jewish family in Newark, New Jersey, had Charles Lindbergh won the 1940 presidential election rather than Franklin Roosevelt and acted upon his antiSemitic leanings.
84922
N
N
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This book portrays Stephen's Dublin childhood and youth and, in doing so, provides an oblique self-portrait of the young James Joyce.
F
102534
N
N
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This parody of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE is overrun with zombies, and Elizabeth does what must be done to rid the world of the flesh-eating fiends but becomes distracted by Mr. Darcy, a rich man who harbors an air of arrogance.
F
12201
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N
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From fiery spirits such as William Lyon Mackenzie and Louis-Joseph Papineau in 1837, to men and women who simply defied social convention, Canada's rebels have had a strong impact on its growth as a nation.
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8th Grade Recommended Reading Friday, November 25, 2011 6:38:33 PM Emmaus Lutheran School
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Title The Reluctant Fundamentalist: A Novel
Author Hamid, Mohsin
Robin Hood (Unabridged)
Creswick, Paul
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Unabridged)
Orczy, B. Emma
Schindler's List
Keneally, Thomas
The Screwtape Letters
Lewis, C.S.
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
Word
Number Lang IL 118797 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 8.0 8.0 F
Count Book RP 41891 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - One evening in an outdoor Lahore café, a bearded Pakistani man called Changez tells a nervous American stranger about his love affair with America. Plot contains sexual situations.
79591
EN
MG
8.5 17.0
F
92792
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N
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This book recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest dedicated to fight against tyranny. The illustrator is N.C. Wyeth.
544
EN
UG
8.0 15.0
F
85162
N
N
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N
N
The rulers of the French Revolution cannot discover who the maddeningly elusive figure is that threatens their power with his disguises, endless ruses and infinite daring.
16723
EN
UG
8.6 25.0
F
134710
N
N
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N
N
A German businessman tries to save his Jewish employees from the Nazi Holocaust.
747
EN
UG
8.8
7.0
F
36173
N
N
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N
N
This is C. S. Lewis's classic tale of temptation and free will.
Austen, Jane
136618
EN
UG
8.7 21.0
F
110346
N
N
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In this parody of SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, the Dashwood sisters leave home and move to a mysterious island, and while Elinor falls for Edward Ferrars, her romantic sister is courted by a hideous man-monster. Adapted by Ben Winters.
Sense and Sensibility (Unabridged) Austen, Jane
12795
EN
UG
8.4 22.0
F
119394
N
N
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N
N
This is a classic novel of manners and morals in eighteenth-century England.
Sign of the Qin
78012
EN
MG
8.1 17.0
F
92403
N
N
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-
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In long-ago China, Prince Zong, the young Starlord chosen to save mankind from destruction, joins the outlaw twins, White Streak and Black Whirlwind, to battle the Lord of the Dead and his demon hordes.
Bass, L.G.
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8th Grade Recommended Reading Friday, November 25, 2011 6:38:33 PM Emmaus Lutheran School
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Title The Smart Aleck's Guide to American History
Author Selzer, Adam
Number Lang IL 134842 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP 8.5 19.0 F 100705 N N
RV -
LS -
The Stories of Eva Luna
Allende, Isabel
39767
EN
UG
8.8 16.0
F
83710
N
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion Mishima, Yukio
70918
EN
UG
8.0 17.0
F
92562
VP Description - This book presents a humorous discussion of obscure trivia relating to United States history, covering details about presidents such as John Adams, Abraham Lincoln, and other leaders who are often overlooked.
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This is a collection of twenty-three short stories of Argentinean peasants and patricians, revolutionaries and tyrants, and seductresses and fortune tellers.
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N
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Mizoguchi, an acolyte at a Buddhist temple in Kyoto who also suffers from a childhood stutter, struggles to overcome his obsession with the beauty of the Golden Temple.
The Turn of the Screw
James, Henry
5999
EN
UG
8.3 10.0
F
56861
N
N
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N
N
In this classic tale of terror and obsession, imagination weaves a fascinating tale of the lives of two children, a governess in love, and a country house.
Vector Prime
Salvatore, R.A.
36207
EN
UG
8.2 21.0
F
117965
N
N
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As the Jedi and the Republic focus on internal struggles, a new threat surfaces. Suddenly Luke, Mara, Leia, Han Solo, and Chewbacca are thrust again into battle to defend the freedom so many have fought and died for.
The Way Things Never Were
Finkelstein, Norman H.
32283
EN
UG
8.9
4.0
F
19927
N
N
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This is a history of the United States during the 1950s and 1960s including sections on health care, eating habits, family life, environmental issues, and the condition of the elderly.
The Wind in the Willows (Unabridged)
Grahame, Kenneth
524
EN
MG
8.2 11.0
F
58286
N
N
-
N
N
Rat, Mole, and Badger love their friend Toad even when he becomes involved in crime.
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8th Grade Recommended Reading Friday, November 25, 2011 6:38:33 PM Emmaus Lutheran School
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Title Zorro: A Novel
Author Allende, Isabel
Number Lang IL 101902 EN UG
Word BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP 8.5 26.0 F 142881 N N
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