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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 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 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
Ramona Quimby, age 8: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Ramona #6)
Par Beverly Cleary, Jacqueline Rogers. 1981
As Ramona enters third grade, her father returns to college to become an art teacher. Having a working mother and…
a student father is tough on the family, but the Quimbys stick together through good times and bad. For grades 3-6 and older Cleary fansThe 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 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 writingsOut of the dark
Par Welwyn Katz. 1996
After his mother is killed, Ben's family moves to his father's Newfoundland boyhood home. Ben's younger brother makes friends with…
the local boys, but Ben avoids them, escaping into the fantasy world of the nearby Viking settlement, armed with stories his mother had told him. For grades 6-9Hatchet
Par Gary Paulsen. 1987
Brian, thirteen and troubled by his parents' divorce, is flying in a single-engine plane to visit his father. As Brian…
is the only passenger, the pilot casually shows him how to fly the plane. When the pilot has a heart attack and dies, Brian must take control. After the plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness, Brian has only the hatchet attached to his belt to help him survive. For grades 6-9 and older readersThe history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (Penguin English library)
Par Samuel Johnson. 1976
Allegory written in 1759 upon the death of the author's mother. Tells how the prince escapes from his happy valley…
in quest of a satisfactory object in life but returns to his paradise accepting human limitationsThe great stone face
Par Nathaniel Hawthorne. 1991
A young boy is told that one day a great man will appear whose face resembles the features of a…
towering rock formation near his home. He grows to old age awaiting the man's arrival, unaware that it is he himself who resembles the Stone FaceTime ghost
Par Welwyn Katz. 1995
Twenty-first century Sara discovers she is afraid of nature when her environmentalist grandmother drags her to the North Pole to…
fend off developers. But Sara soon has an even bigger problem when she, her friend, and the developer are transported back in time and Sara is stuck inside her twelve-year-old grandmother. For grades 4-7Mr. Popper's penguins
Par Richard Atwater. 1938
When his pet penguin, "Captain Cook," becomes lonely, Mr. Popper gets another penguin to keep him company. Before long, there…
are ten more penguins in the Popper household and things are never quite the same again. For grades 3-6Omoo: adventures in the South Seas (Pacific Basin books)
Par Herman Melville. 1985
This realistic novel recapitulates the ending of Typee (RC 9738), as a British whaler rescues Melville, an American sailor. He…
and the ship's doctor become fast friends and share many adventures in the South Pacific: mutiny, imprisonment, and a beachcombing existence in TahitiGone with the wind
Par Margaret Mitchell. 1936
A romantic Civil War epic in which Scarlett O'Hara, a forceful and ruthless heroine, and Rhett Butler, a war profiteer,…
play out their tempestuous love affair against the background of the war-torn South. Pulitzer PrizeThe Europeans: a sketch
Par Henry James. 1985
A fortune-hunting European countess and her charming brother come to visit their straight-laced cousins near Boston. Their rich and imaginative,…
but immoral, way of living is contrasted with the dull, but upright, American way. First published in 1878These happy golden years: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Little House Ser. #8)
Par Laura Wilder. 1943
Laura Ingalls and Almanzo Wilder, the town's most eligible bachelor, enjoy a delightful romance while Laura teaches school. When her…
last term ends, they marry and look forward to a long and happy life together. Sequel to Little Town on the Prairie (BR 11326). For grades 5-8 and older readersMy Ántonia
Par Willa Cather. 1994
A lawyer recalls his Nebraska boyhood and the girl who was a strong influence on his life in this novel…
about pioneering conditions and the assimilation of immigrants. Contains a historical essay by James Woodress that describes the origin, writing, and reception of the bookTypee: a peep at Polynesian life (Penguin classics)
Par Herman Melville. 1996
Records the adventures of a whaling voyage in the Pacific. First published in 1846 and based on the author's actual…
experience, this novel portrays a civilized man held captive by the Polynesians, who were then practicing cannibalism