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Light in August: the corrected text
Par William Faulkner. 1932
Joe Christmas, an orphan of mixed blood, travels to the South, seeking a place and people with whom he can…
belong. But he is soon hardened by white and black bigotryThe learning tree
Par Gordon Parks. 1963
The story of a black family living in a small Kansas town during the 1920s, when African Americans were relegated…
to second-class citizenship and terrorized by racial violence. Adolescent Newt experiences his first romance, tangles with the town tough, and wrestles with his awe of death. Strong language and violence. For high school and older readersThe velveteen rabbit, or How toys become real: The Classic Children's Book
Par Margery Bianco. 1922
A velveteen rabbit stuffed with sawdust learns from an older toy that a child's love can make him real. Rabbit…
happily experiences the joy of this love and at last learns of another kind of reality. For grades 2-4 and older readersThe trial
Par Franz Kafka. 1998
On his thirtieth birthday, Josef K., a conscientious bank official, is arrested in his lodgings on unstated charges. He is…
constantly thwarted in his attempts to clarify his situation even in court. A new translation by Breon Mitchell based on the restored 1914 textThe house of the seven gables
Par Nathaniel Hawthorne. 1995
The fortunes of the Pyncheon family of New England have declined through the generations, leaving them in a decaying house…
with little money. Interactions among family members are based on past mistakes and misdeeds that now dictate their lives. But love can change everything. 1851Falling up: poems and drawings
Par Shel Silverstein. 1996
A collection of brief and humorous poems featuring silly situations and a gallery of zany characters. You will see the…
world from "a different angle" as you meet the Terrible Toy-Eating Tookle, attend the "Rotten Convention," and visit Hungry Kid Island. For grades 2-4 and older readers. BestsellerCome back, Amelia Bedelia (I Can Read Level 2 Ser.)
Par Peggy Parish. 1995
Amelia Bedelia cannot keep a job because she does exactly as she is instructed. For example, as an office clerk…
Amelia jumps up and down on letters that she is asked to stamp. For K-3The Scarlet Pimpernel
Par Emmuska Orczy. 1989
Europe, 1792. With the republican mob in frenzy, French aristocrats are being guillotined indiscriminately. A group of British adventurers, led…
by the mysterious "Scarlet Pimpernel," are spiriting innocent victims out of Paris. French agent Chauvelin arrives in England to discover the leader's true identity and enlists the help of a clever French beauty married to the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney. For senior high and older readersThree tales (Penguin classics)
Par Gustave Flaubert. 1961
Three finely contrasted stories first published in 1877. "Simple Heart" is about a faithful domestic servant who outlives her loved…
ones; "The Legend of St. Julian Hospitator" is a medieval tale about a man seeking atonement for a crime; and "Herodias" retells the story of the execution of John the BaptistBleak house
Par Charles Dickens. 1991
Democracy: an American novel
Par Henry Adams. 1983
A death in the family
Par James Agee. 1998
A modern classic about the impact of tragedy on a close-knit family in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the early twentieth century.…
The story begins a few hours before the death of Jay Follet and ends on the day of his funeral. Strong language. Pulitzer PrizeThe long valley (Penguin twentieth-century classics)
Par John Steinbeck. 1938
Collection of classic stories set in California and first published in 1938, reflecting Steinbeck's interests in the tensions between workers…
and owners, past and present, and city and country. Included in this volume are Steinbeck's "Red Pony" stories, "The Gift," "The Great Mountains," "The Promise," and "The Leader of the People."So big
Par Edna Ferber. 1995
The job: an American novel
Par Sinclair Lewis. 1945
An early 1900s story of an ordinary young woman who comes to New York seeking a career. She studies business,…
works a series of jobs, becomes disillusioned, and marries. When her marriage fails, she returns to the job market with renewed determination to succeed, and does. Introduction by Maureen HoneyThe plague (Modern library college editions)
Par Albert Camus. 1947
In a coastal town in Algeria the people struggle against ignorance and fear as the bubonic plague strikes. Dr. Bernard…
Rieux chronicles the trials and suffering of his patients during the quarantine, and their triumph over deathAlice in Wonderland and through the looking glass (Illustrated Junior Library)
Par Lewis Carroll. 1974
Extraordinary things happen to Alice when she follows a white rabbit into a hole and encounters the Cheshire Cat, the…
Queen of Hearts, and other strange characters. In her second adventure Alice climbs through a mirror into a reverse image land. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 1865The sound and the fury (The Modern library of the world's best books)
Par William Faulkner. 1992
A Southern family is portrayed in various stages of decay through the voices and thoughts of four of its members,…
including Benjy, the "idiot" son. An early work by the Nobel Prize winnerSketches from a hunter's album (The Penguin classics ; L186)
Par Ivan Turgenev. 1967
Short stories by the Russian novelist who was born in 1818 and died in 1883. His work is noted for…
the poetic atmosphere of country settings, the contrast between hero and heroine, and the objective portrayal of heroes who represent the development of the Russian intelligentsia. A hatred of injustice marks all of his writingsThe man in the iron mask
Par Alexandre Dumas. 1988
Written in the mid-nineteenth century, this sequel to The Three Musketeers (BR 7477) features those three men--older but still dashing.…
They become involved in a conspiracy to substitute a prisoner for his royal twin brother, Louis XIV