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1) The odyssey
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Odysseus...faces storm and shipwreck, terrifying monsters and the fury of the sea god Poseidon, as he makes his epic journey home from the Trojan War. It takes him ten years."--Dust jacket.
2) The Iliad
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Gillian Cross's fine retelling of Homer's epic story captures all the heroism and savagery of war and shows why the 'Iliad' has been called the first tragedy and the greatest literary achievement of Greek civilization"--Front jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing
Pub. Date
2002, c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Buddy hates to write and is unhappy about having to keep a nature diary for a week until he decides to survey the night sky and discovers something weird in his neighbor's backyard that makes for a truly interesting diary.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When John, a British demolitions expert, is supposedly killed blowing up a building in Siberia, his fiancee Annie insists on investigating, despite being in a wheelchair, and John's teenage sister Hayley goes along and finds that the Russian Mafia is involved.
5) On the edge
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
1985, c1984
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
1993, c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In 1881 fifteen-year-old Tad helps a girl in her attempt to get a mighty Indian elephant to friends in Nebraska, while pursued by two unscrupulous villains who wish to take the elephant from her.
Author
Publisher
Chartwell Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, and Krist Novoselic comprised Nirvana, the band that unintentionally tore the music world asunder with the 1991 album Nevermind. The record that includes hits such as "Smells like Teen Spirit," "Come as You Are," and "Lithium" continues to rattle speakers with grunge that truly rocks. Nirvana tells the fully illustrated story of the band that spoke for Generation X in the '90s.
Publisher
Voyageur Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Nirvana formed in 1987, released their first LP in 1989, and unintentionally tore the music world asunder two years later with the video and single for "Smells Like Teen Spirit." At the time, MTV and rock 'n' roll in general were largely dominated by vapid hair metal acts. Nirvana, with their thrift-store clothes and pawnshop guitars, represented a much-needed return to punk-inspired rock and at the same time validated the indie rock scene that had...
