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1) Catch-22
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 30
Language
English
Description
Catch-22 is like no other novel we have ever read. It has its own style, its own rationale, its own extraordinary character. It moves back and forth from hilarity to horror. It is outrageously funny and strangely affecting. It is totally original.
It is set in the closing months of World War II, in an American bomber squadron on a small island off Italy. Its hero is a bombardier named Yossarian, who is frantic and furious because thousands
...3) Emma
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 30
Language
English
Formats
Description
As daughter of the richest, most important man in the small provincial village of Highbury, Emma Woodhouse is firmly convinced that it is her right--perhaps even her "duty"--To arrange the lives of others. Considered by most critics to be Austen's most technically brilliant achievement, "Emma" sparkles with ironic insights into self-deception, self-discovery, and the interplay of love and power.
4) Animal farm
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
George Orwell's famous satire of the Soviet Union, in which "all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others." A satire on totalitarianism in which farm animals overthrow their human owner and set up their own government.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this book: learn about the life and background of the author, preview an introduction to the novel, study a graphical character map, explore themes and literary devices in the critical commentaries, examine in-depth character analysis, enhance your understanding of the work with critical essays, reinforce what you learn with CliffsNotes review, find additional information to further your study in CliffNotes Resource Center and online at www. cliffnotes....
7) Night
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Night offers a personal and unforgettable account of the appalling horrors of Hitler's reign of terror. Through the eyes of 14-year-old Eliezer, we behold the tragic fate of the Jews from the little town of Sighet. Even as they are stuffed into cattle cars bound for Auschwitz, the townspeople refuse to believe rumors of anti-Semitic atrocities. Not until they are marched toward the blazing crematory at the camp's "reception center" does the terrible...
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