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When lawyer Gabriel John Utterson witnesses the odd behavior of a man named Edward Hyde, who uses cheques signed by Utterson's friend Dr. Henry Jekyll, he decides to investigate the strange and violent man. Utterson soon discovers the horrible and incredible truth in the form of a letter written by Dr. Jekyll and left near the body of the late Mr. Hyde.
Author Robert Louis Stevenson is believed to have had a somewhat volatile relationship with...
2) Heidi
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A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
4) Peter Pan
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Wendy and her two brothers, John and Michael, meet Peter Pan, a boy who went away to live with the fairies in Neverland because he never wanted to grow up.
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After Martians land on Earth just outside of London in the late nineteenth century, an Englishman tries to find his wife while the British military and human technology fail in their efforts to stop the Martians, which have begun to kill and feed off of humans. Includes a biographical essay on the author, introduction, and textual notes.
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Draw your sword and join the swashbuckling adventures of the renowned Three Musketeers, now written with young readers in mind! Young d''Artagnan is bound for the city of Paris, France, where he hopes to join the royal guard, the Musketeers. But on his way to fulfilling his dreams, hotheaded d''Artagnan finds himself caught up in duels, traitorous schemes, and the mystery of a missing jewel. And this is just the beginning of his adventures!Can the...
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What Katy Did is an 1872 children's book written by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey under her pen name Susan Coolidge. It follows the adventures of a twelve-year-old American girl, Katy Carr, and her family who live in the fictional lakeside Ohio town of Burnet in the 1860s. Katy is a tall untidy tomboy, forever getting into scrapes but wishing to be beautiful and beloved. When a terrible accident makes her an invalid, her illness and four-year recovery gradually...
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Retells the 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. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
10) Black Beauty
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Ride with Black Beauty as he searches for a kind family, a loving home, and a field to run free.
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"Chronicles of Avonlea" is a collection of short stories by L. M. Montgomery that serve as a companion book to the Anne of Green Gables series. The stories all relate to the fictional sea-sprayed Canadian village of Avonlea, and while Anne Shirley appears in a few, mostly concern other characters from the series, including Marilla Cuthbert, Mrs. Rachel Lynde, Diana Barry, and the Reverend Mr. Allan and his wife. Published in 1912, Montgomery's tales...
12) Stuart Little
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A Harper trophy book volume J56
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Follows the adventures of the debonair mouse Stuart Little as he sets out in the world to seek out his dearest friend, a little bird who stayed a few days in his family's garden.
13) Rinkitink in Oz
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Rinkitink in Oz (1916) is the tenth novel in L. Frank Baum's beloved Land of Oz series. Although it features a few of Baum's regular characters, the story mostly takes place outside of Oz, expanding upon an already enormous fictional universe.
King Rinkitink and his talking goat Bilbil are on holiday in the island kingdom of Pingaree when invaders from Regos and Coregos attack, kidnapping the local king and queen. He agrees to aid the young Prince...
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"Further Chronicles of Avonlea" is a collection of short stories by L. M. Montgomery that serves as a sequel to" Chronicles of Avonlea", and a companion book to the Anne of Green Gables series. The stories all relate to the fictional sea-sprayed Canadian village of Avonlea, and while Anne Shirley appears in a few, mostly concern other characters from the series, including Diana Barry, and members of the Meredith and Blair families. Published in 1920,...
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Explore the verdant world of Green Gables with Anne Shirley in this classic tale of belonging and home, now written with young readers in mind! When Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert adopt a young orphan to help around the farm, they expect a boy to arrive. But nothing could prepare the siblings for young Anne Shirley at Green Gables! Free-spirited, passionate, and redheaded, Anne brings joy-and a bit of mischief-into the Cuthberts' lives. Follow along...
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