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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky." Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams."
Every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forever. The Alchemist is such a book. With over a million and a half
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Language
English
Description
"A bored shepherd entertains himself by falsely telling townspeople a wolf is stealing his sheep. When a wolf really does appear, the twice-tricked townspeople are convinced the shepherd is lying, and no one comes to his aid. Additional features include pages defining fables and morals, an introduction to Aesop, a Think-About-It section, activities for further learning, and an introduction to both the author and illustrator"--Provided by the publisher....
Author
Language
English
Description
"A hungry wolf disguises himself as a sheep in order to steal and eat other members of the flock. He soon becomes the largest and fattest 'sheep,' which the shepherd then catches and cooks for his own dinner. Additional features include pages defining fables and morals, an introduction to Aesop, a Think-About-It section, activities for further learning, and an introduction to both the author and illustrator"--Provided by the publisher.
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Language
English
Formats
Description
The Metamorphoses, by Ovid, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of contemporary...
Author
Series
Trials of Apollo volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Apollo, an awesome god turned awkward mortal, journeys across North America with some demigod friends on his quest to regain Zeus's favor.
Author
Series
Heroes of Olympus volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
"Greek and Roman demigods from the Prophecy of Seven must work together to seal the Doors of Death--and help Percy and Annabeth escape the Underworld in the process"--
Author
Publisher
Millbrook
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
unp. : col. ill. ; 25 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Retells the events of the famous race between the boastful hare and the persevering tortoise. Includes a key to the various animals pictured in the illustrations.
17) Aesop's fables
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
c1994
Physical Desc
vii, 83 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A collection of concise stories told by the Greek slave, Aesop.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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Description
"A publisher in New York asked me to write down what I know about the Greek gods, and I was like, Can we do this anonymously? Because I don't need the Olympians mad at me again. But if it helps you to know your Greek gods, and survive an encounter with them if they ever show up in your face, then I guess writing all this down will be my good deed for the week. So begins Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, in which the son of Poseidon adds his own magic--and...
Author
Series
Trials of Apollo volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"In his penultimate adventure, a devastated but determined Apollo travels to Camp Jupiter, where he must learn what it is to be a hero, or die trying"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[31] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Retells the fable of a frustrated fox that, after many tries to reach a high bunch of grapes, decides they must be sour anyway.
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