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The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection, brings Julius Caesar to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition. Shakespeare may have written Julius Caesar as the first of his plays to be performed at the Globe, in 1599. For it, he turned to a key event in Roman history: Caesar's death at the hands of friends and fellow politicians. Renaissance writers disagreed...
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This rib-tickling new novel was inspired by the old Norse poem "The Thrymskvitha" which tells what happens when Thor's hammer is stolen and he has to dress as a bride to retrieve it. Told by Thialfi the goatboy, and featuring Norse gods, foolish giants, and a pair of cranky goats, this one will have the whole family laughing out loud.
3) Enna burning
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Books of Bayern volume 2
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Enna hopes that her new knowledge of how to wield fire will help protect her good friend Isi--the Princess Anidori--and all of Bayern against their enemies, but the need to burn is uncontrollable and puts Enna and her loved ones in grave danger.
5) Graceling
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 18
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In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace, the Grace of killing, and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from her corrupt uncle, King Randa.
7) Skybreaker
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IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 16
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Matt Cruse, a student at the Airship Academy, and Kate de Vries, a young heiress, team up with a gypsy and a daring captain, to find a long-lost airship, rumored to carry a treasure beyond imagination.
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Books of Bayern volume 1
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IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14
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On her way to marry a prince she's never met, Princess Anidori is betrayed by her guards and her lady-in-waiting and must become a goose girl to survive until she can reveal her true identity and reclaim the crown that is rightfully hers.
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Circle of magic (Tamora Pierce) volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
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Four young misfits find themselves living in a strictly disciplined temple community where they become friends while also learning to do crafts and to use their powers, especially magic.
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IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 10
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While in the mystical realms of the gods along with Nunair, Daine learns the secrets of her past and the implications for her future as she and Nunair are compelled to return to the mortal world of Tortall to help fight against the immortals.
11) Oddly enough
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
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A collection of nine short stories featuring an angel, unicorn, vampire, werewolf, and other unusual creatures.
12) Dark whispers
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Unicorn chronicles volume 3
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IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 15
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Seeking to unravel the secret of the long enmity between unicorns and delvers, Cara travels through a strange underground world to the court of the centaur king, while on Earth, Beloved and her hunters make final plans to jump to the fantasy land of Luster and drive the unicorns to extinction.
13) River secrets
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IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
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Young Razo travels from Bayern to Tira at war's end as part of a diplomatic corps, but mysterious events in the Tiran capital fuel simmering suspicions and anger, and Razo must spy out who is responsible before it is too late and he becomes trapped in an enemy land.
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When Anthony Walker bought five brass monsters at Morley Manor, he didn't suspect that they were real--or that thawing them out of their frozen sleep would pull him and his sister, Sarah, into a galaxy spanning adventure. But soon these two brave kids have to deal with monsters, aliens, giant frogs, a tragic angel--and an eerie trip to the land of the dead. Yet for all its madcap weirdness--for all its laughs and spooky thrills--at heart Morley Manor...
15) Odder than Ever
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Beloved for his hilarious and unexpectedly moving novels, Bruce Coville is also a master of the short story. In this follow-up to Oddly Enough, he again presents a collection of unusual breadth and emotional depth. A ghost who died under uproarious circumstances haunts a kitchen baking "Biscuits of Glory," while in the grand tale "The Golden Sail," there are unexpected consequences when a young teen goes in search of his seafaring father. The collection...
16) Airborn
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IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
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Matt, a young cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy young girl traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious winged creatures reportedly living hundreds of feet above the Earth's surface.
17) Red planet
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"Marking the first appearance of the Martian elder race taht plays such a prominent role in Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein's iconic Red Planet tells the story of Jim Marlowe and Frank Sutton's jurney to the Lowe Academy boarding school on Mars, and the discoveries they make there that impact the guture of their entire colony" -- back cover.
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Doctor Who Magazine's flirty female diarist is back! And it's about time...
Between 1997 and 2000, The Life & Times of Jackie Jenkins was a hugely popular regular feature in the then best-selling Doctor Who Magazine. Readers loved catching up with the exploits of Jackie Jenkins - best described as Bridget Jones with a Doctor Who obsession - as she experienced pub nights out, TV nights in, incompetent friends, entangled relationships, and all the...
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Set in the World Heritage listed Daintree Rainforest in Far North Queensland, Australia, the Daintree Kids traverse an amazing area rich with incredible flora and fauna unique to this part of the world. Created for primary school aged children, the story aims to inspire a love of adventure, Nature and exploring.
Sam and Bec, and their best friends Dylan and Camille are given permission to go camping for two nights and they decide to explore up...
20) I'm Broken
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Eight-year-old Bailey has spent most of her young life in a hospital. She is beginning to lose faith that she will ever be well again and desperately prays for an Angel to help her. Soon, Bailey befriends an old grumpy maintenance man (Henry Pepperknopf), and they both begin an epic journey when Bailey opens the cover of a book that Henry created for her.
An incredible adventure for young and old. A tale of courage, faith, friendship, and love...