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2081) Great expectations
Author
Series
Publisher
Udon Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
GN 460L
Language
English
Description
A manga adaptation of the classic literary novel by Charles Dickens, a rags-to-riches tale of Pip, a young orphan and the transformation he endures through the circumstances of his life.
2082) Les miserables
Author
Series
Publisher
Udon Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Lexile measure
GN 400L
Language
English
Description
In a new graphic novel adaptation, escaped convict Jean Valjean risks his freedom to take care of a motherless young girl during a period of political unrest in Paris while Inspector Javert relentlessly pursues him for a minor crime.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
"It's 1941, and tensions are rising in the United States as the Second World War rages in Europe. Eleven-year-old Gusta's life, like the world around her, is about to change. Her father, a foreign-born labor organizer, has had to flee the country, and Gusta has been sent to live in an orphanage run by her grandmother. Nearsighted, snaggletoothed Gusta arrives in Springdale, Maine, lugging her one precious possession: a beloved old French horn, her...
2084) Breath of the giant
Author
Publisher
FairSquare Comics
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The Giants live in the Lost Territories of the North, atop the mountains. The Ones who find their way there will, by killing one of these beasts, collect his breath and pass it on to a lifeless body. Against the Gods' will, the deceased will then come back to life. Sisters Iris and Sophia are determined to find one of these Giants. They lost their mother too soon and put all their hopes in this quest. But the journey ahead of them will bring way...
2085) Sailing for gold
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
Davey has been saving his money ever since his mother died so that he can leave the Seattle boardinghouse where he lives and works and go find his Uncle Walt in Alaska, and he becomes even more determined when gold is discovered in the Klondike and his stash of money disappears.
2086) The guns of Tortuga
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When British officers are held for ransom on Tortuga, Captain Hunter sends Davy Shea on a secret mission to help rescue them.
2087) Vinland saga deluxe
Author
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]-
Language
English
Description
"As a child, Thorfinn sat at the feet of the great Leif Ericson and thrilled to wild tales of a land far to the west. But his youthful fantasies were shattered by a mercenary raid. Raised by the Vikings who murdered his family, Thorfinn became a terrifying warrior, forever seeking to kill the band's leader, Askeladd, and avenge his father. Sustaining Thorfinn through his ordeal are his pride in his family and his dreams of a fertile westward land,...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1930's in war-torn China and inspired by true events. George Hogg is a young Englishman who leads sixty orphaned boys on an extraordinary journey of almost a thousand miles across the snow-bound Liu Pan Shan mountains to safety on the edge of the Mongolian desert. During his journey, George learns to rely on the support of Chen, the leader of a Chinese partisan group who becomes his closest friend. He soon finds himself falling in love...
2090) Tista: 1
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Tista leads a dual life as an assassin and a university student. What price will she pay to save the people she loves? In New York City, the NYPD struggles to track down a serial killer known as Sister Militia, who has been targeting mobsters and other criminals in the Big Apple. No one knows who Sister Militia really is except a few residents of a Catholic orphanage. Her name is Tista... Tista leads a dual life as the grim reaper of New York City...
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Deep within the Forest of Okoya, the Mythical PokÌmon Zarude live in a troop and maintain a strict rule that forbids outsiders from entering their territory. Elsewhere in the jungle lives Koko, a human boy raised by a lone Zarude who left the troop. Koko has grown up never doubting that he is a Zarude. But one day, a chance meeting with Ash and Pikachu leaves Koko with his first human friend. Is he truly a PokÌmon? Or is he, in fact, a human?...
2092) September gun
Publisher
Worldvision Home Video
Pub. Date
1990, 1983.
Language
English
Description
A gunfighter escorting a nun and a group of Apache orphans from New Mexico to Colorado has to call on his fading skills when they run afoul of an outlaw who has converted the mission school into a saloon.
2093) Oliver Twist
Author
Publisher
Campfire
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Retells in graphic novel format Dickens' story of the adventures of the orphan boy who is forced to practice thievery and live a life of crime in nineteenth-century London.
Author
Publisher
Playaway
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Journey into an idyllic, heartwarming, and fanciful story in The Anne Collection, with Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery. The Anne of Green Gables series is the tale of Anne Shirley, a young girl orphaned and sent to live with a family who initially wanted to adopt a boy. Anne is kindhearted and charming, and wins over everyone she meets throughout her adventures in this collection"--
"The first novel introduces Anne Shirley...
Publisher
Paramont Pictures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Three orphaned siblings move from guardian to guardian, pursued by evil Count Olaf, who will stop at nothing to get his hands on their fortune ; a young orphan boy puts his secret life in the walls of a Paris train station in jeopardy when he begins stealing parts from the man who runs the toy shop in the station in order to finish rebuilding an automaton that he and his father had started; strange things start happening when the Grace family moves...
2096) Los mejores rancheras
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Español
Description
Duelo en el desierto: Laura, a woman torn between her husband and her brother, joins forces with Father Juan to try and stop her brother from sending her husband to prison. El Zurdo: Pedro, a gunfighter, kills a gambler in self-defense and then adopts his son. Years later the adopted son wants to avenge his father's death and learns the truth. El hijo del diablo: A masked bandit who kills bandits with a single shot between the eyes appears in town...
Publisher
Echo Bridge
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Adventures of a teenage dragonslayer: Branded as a "nerd" and harassed by school bully, 12-year-old Arthur is rescued by a magical troll who knows that the boy unwittingly holds the secret to defeat an evil dragon.
Gulliver's travels: Helped and hampered by the excitable town crier Gabby, shipwrecked Gulliver comes to terms with living in Lilliput where the people are no bigger than his thumb.
Alice of Wonderland in Paris: After her adventures in...
2098) War collection
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The eagle and the hawk : World War I drama about rival pilots with opposing codes of honor and a reluctant hero struggling to deal with the horrors of war.
The last outpost : World War I drama about a British prisoner of war who is rescued from a firing squad by his mysterious cellmate John Stevenson.
Wake Island : Based on the true story of a handful of U.S. Marines holding out against an overwhelming Japanese air, land and sea assault.
Bengal...
2099) Stories of bravery!
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This Step into Reading collection features five American Girl leveled readers, including Freedom for Addy, Kaya Rides to the Rescue, Melody Lifts her Voice, Molly's Christmas Surprise, and Samantha Helps a Friend. With exciting, inspiring stories about girls who faced big challenges with bravery and determination, this book is the perfect gift for young readers ages 4 to 7. The stories cover a range of settings and topics, including finding freedom...
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