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Earliest Publication Date
2006
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The abridged adventures of a French professor and his two companions as they sail above and below the world's oceans as prisoners on the fabulous electric submarine of the deranged Captain Nemo.
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Earliest Publication Date
1906
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Playaway
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Geologist Otto Lidenbrock is perusing an ancient Icelandic manuscript when he discovers a mysterious encrypted note. The message reveals the account of a sixteenth-century explorer who claims to have found a passageway to the center of the earth. In his quest to penetrate the planet's primordial secrets, the impetuous professor, together with his quaking nephew, Axel, and their devoted guide, Hans, sets off immediately for Iceland. Descending through...
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Earliest Publication Date
2020
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Alice in Wonderland: Alice falls down a rabbit hole to find herself in a bizarre land ruled by a ruthless Queen of Hearts.
Through the Looking-Glass: Alice visits another fantastical world where everything is reversed. Is it all real, just a figment of Alice s imagination . . . or both?
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Earliest Publication Date
1963
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Playaway
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An abridged version of the stories that tell of Alice, who falls down a rabbit hole and steps through a mirror, thereby experiencing unusual adventures with a variety of nonsensical characters.
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2010
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An abridged retelling of a dozen stories about animals from well-known authors.
Earliest Publication Date
1909
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"At the age of 16, Anne Shirley may be very nearly an adult... but she is still every bit as imaginative and impulsive as she was when she first arrived on Prince Edward Island. Having found a new family and lifelong friends among the people of Avonlea, she now embarks on the challenges of becoming a school teacher and raising two younger orphans. Anne's hotheadedness continues to land her in scrapes in this timeless and heartwarming sequel to Anne...
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Earliest Publication Date
2004
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";One thing's for certain, no house that Anne's in will ever be dull.' That's what Marilla Cuthbert says about Anne, the lively red-headed orphan she and her brother Matthew adopt. For decades, girls have agreed, eagerly reading every book in Lucy Maud Montgomery's series that chronicles Anne's coming of age."--Baker & Taylor.
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Earliest Publication Date
2016
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Anne, a young orphan from the fictional community of Bolingbroke, Nova Scotia (based upon the real community of New London), is sent to Prince Edward Island after a childhood spent in strangers' homes and orphanages. Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, siblings in their fifties and sixties, had decided to adopt a boy from the orphanage to help Matthew run their farm. They live at Green Gables, their Avonlea farmhouse on Prince Edward Island. Through a misunderstanding,...
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Earliest Publication Date
2008
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An abridged version of the tale of Scheherazade, daughter of King Shahryar's advisor, who tells her husband, the king, a different story every night to keep him from fulfilling his plan to kill her in the morning.
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Earliest Publication Date
2007
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In 1872, English gentleman Phileas Fogg has many adventures as he tries to win a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days.
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Earliest Publication Date
2020
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Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve. Take a thrilling whirlwind trip around the world with Phileas Fogg! When Fogg'a man of habit whose every day is just like the one before'makes a bet that he can circle the globe and be back in his men's club in just 80 days, the race is on. Jules Verne's classic tale bubbles with excitement, suspense, and colorful locations.
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Earliest Publication Date
2023
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In 1872, English gentleman Phileas Fogg has many adventures as he tries to win a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days.
13) Black Beauty
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Earliest Publication Date
2004
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"Black Beauty is a hardworking horse with a lively spirit. As he grows from a young colt to a handsome stallion, he has many different owners. Some owners are kind and gentle, while others treat him poorly. Will Black Beauty be able to find an owner who will care for him with respect?"--back cover
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Earliest Publication Date
2010
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An abridged version of Black Beauty's experiences with both good and bad masters in nineteenth-century England.
15) Dracula
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Earliest Publication Date
1897
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First published in 1897, Dracula by Bram Stoker has become the standard against which all other vampire stories are compare and the inspiration for countless film and stage adaptations. Indeed, the name "Dracula" has been synonymous with the Undead for at least a century, and the original novels till has the power to chill. Come then to Castle Dracula, hidden in the forbidding peaks of the Carpathian Mountains, where an undying creature of evil casts...
16) Frankenstein
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Earliest Publication Date
2006
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An abridged version of the novel in which a monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator.
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Earliest Publication Date
2010
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Themes: Adapted Classics, Low Level Classics, Mary Shelley, Fiction, Tween, Teen, Young Adult, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Timeless Classics-designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original classic. These classics...
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Earliest Publication Date
1939
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Great Expectations is among the most masterful of Charles Dickens's novels. Displaying extraordinary tragicomic range, Dickens blends an atmosphere of brooding violence and guilt with sharp and often disturbing humor to create a drama charged with the thrilling intensity of a detective story and the poignancy of a spiritual autobiography. Much of the novel's power comes from Dickens's unequaled skill at making even the most wildly eccentric of characters...
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Earliest Publication Date
2010
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The adventures of an orphaned young man in Victorian England who is given a great deal of money by an unknown benefactor to enable him to live as a gentleman, pursuing a good education and fulfilling great expectations.
20) Greek myths
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Earliest Publication Date
2011
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From Icarus's legendary flight to Orpheus's trip to the underworld, this edition introduces young readers to classic Greek myths.
