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Sarah Waters meets Red Clocks in this searing novel, set at an all-girl school in 19th century Massachusetts, which probes the timeless question: who gets to control a woman's body and why. The year is 1871. In Ashwell, Massachusetts, at the farm of Samuel Hood and his daughter, Caroline, a mysterious flock of red birds descends. Samuel, whose fame as a philosopher has waned in recent years, takes the birds' appearance as an omen that the time is...
Author
Series
Monstrumologist volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
In 1888, twelve-year-old Will Henry chronicles his apprenticeship with Dr. Warthrop, a scientist who hunts and studies real-life monsters, as they discover and attempt to destroy a pod of Anthropophagi.
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Series
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2006?
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
In New England in the late nineteenth-century, a fatherless family, happy in spite of its impoverished condition, is befriended by a very rich gentleman and his young son.
4) Little women
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33
Language
English
Description
A Yoto Original adaptation of the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott. The perfect introduction to this heartwarming story for young listeners. Narrated by Nerissa Bradley and brought to life with music, sound effects, and a full cast.
When their father is away serving as a chaplain in the American Civil War, the March sisters are faced with the trials and tribulations of life, forcing them all to grow up in more ways than one. Follow Meg, Jo, Beth...
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