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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 33
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English
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"Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher--for that world or ours"-- Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident...
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Sisters Grimm volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother that they have always believed to be dead.
3) Flunked
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Fairy Tale Reform School volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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When petty thief Gilly, who lives with five younger brothers and sisters in a run-down boot, gets caught stealing, she is sentenced to three months at Fairy Tale Reform School, where all of the teachers are former villains, including the Big Bad Wolf, the Evil Queen, and Cinderella's Wicked Stepmother.
7) Charmed
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Gilly's gone from zero to hero at Fairy Tale Reform School, but it's still not smooth sailing. Her new villainous professor is the infamous pirate Blackbeard, and her newfound cool factor might be making her act a bit more royal than she'd like to admit. When "The Wicked One," aka Sleeping Beauty's nemesis, breaks the Evil Queen out of the dungeon, Gilly realizes the kingdom is still far from safe. Gilly and her friends must figure out who is trading...
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Graphic Universe, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]-
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"A lot is changing for Cici. Her parents are separating, her wacky abuela is moving in, and on her tenth birthday, she wakes up with fairy wings! Cici's new magical powers let her see people as they truly are. But what she learns about her friends and family isn't always easy to accept. She has only one day to decide whether to keep her wings. When Cici wishes life could just be normal again, will she choose to believe in the power of fairies?"--Page...
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"Show kids their favorite fairy tales and fantasies with this fun seek-and-find title. Hundreds of objects are hidden inside full-color photo puzzles of fairy-tale and fantasy characters, settings, and more. Each to-find list includes pictographs and word labels to engage pre-readers and early readers alike"--Provided by the publisher.
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Hagenheim volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Rose has been appointed as a healer's apprentice at Hagenheim Castle, a rare opportunity for a woodcutter's daughter like her. While she often feels uneasy at the sight of blood, Rose is determined to prove herself capable. Failure will mean returning home to marry the aging bachelor her mother has chosen for her -- a bloated, disgusting merchant who makes Rose feel ill. When Lord Hamlin, the future duke, is injured, it is Rose who must tend to him....
12) Fairy Tales
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Fairy Tales by The Brothers Grimm includes the most famous classic fairy tale stories such as Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Tom Thumb, and Rapunzel. With over 60 of the very BEST classic fairy tales by the Grimms' brothers, this digital edition is beautifully formatted with over 20 illustrations.
13) Cruel beauty
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Betrothed to the demon who rules her country and trained all her life to kill him, seventeen-year-old Nyx Triskelion must now fulfill her destiny and move to the castle to be his wife.
Betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom, Nyx has always known that her fate was to marry him, kill him, and free her people from his tyranny. But on her seventeenth birthday when she moves into his castle high on the kingdom's mountaintop, nothing is what she expected--particularly...
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There plenty of spooky action in this volume of tales. Ghosts, apparitions, entire armies of fairies and fairy queens. The volume opens with Shakespeare's timeless classic 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' and continues to get more frightening with haunted castles in Leskov's 'The Ghost of the Engineers' Castle'.
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The theme of romance continues in this volume and begins with iconic 'The Lady with the Dog' by Anton Chekhov. Set in Yalta, Crimea, appears at first as a holiday romance. Gurov is a married man but he holidays on his own and has a history of holiday affairs. He meets the lady of the story's title with her Pomeranian dog. But Chekhov's love stories are not romantic accounts of unrequited love or of love at first sight. Or, even of tortured love that...
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It's the most wonderful time of the year! The happiest season of them all. This volume offers selected sorties dedicated to Christmas and winder seasons from some of the best storytellers such as Fyodor Dostoyevsky, William Shakespeare, L. Frank Baum, Anton Chekhov. There'll be tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago. And hearts will be glowing. The collection opens with 'The Heavenly Christmas Tree' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, followed by...
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The magic of Beatrix Potter's country life and wonderful characters Tom Kitten, Samuel Whiskers and Timmy Tiptoes are going to delight you in this volume of fairy tales. Those childhood memories are once again going to come to life. Enjoy an eclectic collection of tales by Oscar Wilde and Beatrix Potter and live through the adventures and magic of many mysterious creatures. This volume includes: The Selfish Giant, The Nightingale and the Rose Oscar...
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Some of the happiest memories of childhood often come from memorable magical tales. Rediscover this magic with this collection of fairy tales and stories. This volume includes Little Red Riding-Hood, The Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault, The Looking Glass, Her Husband by Anton Chekhov, The Gift of The Magi by O. Henry.
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Fairy tales are rarely written exclusively for children. They offer a variety of strong characters, themes and challenges as well as an insight into the mystery of the soul. These tales often contain profound truths that survived many hundreds of years, and a universal appeal that makes them both enjoyable and enlightening. Modern concepts of mindfulness can often be found as original themes among these tales. This volume includes the following stories...
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Some of the most iconic tales made it into this volume of Fairy Tales for Adults. These stories with universal appeal for generations of all ages bring some of the most memorable characters together. They seem both familiar and mysterious every time one comes in contact with them. The eternal wisdom and charm keeps these stories alive for hundreds of years. This volume includes: Beauty and the Beast, Blue Beard, Cinderella by Charles Perrault, The...
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