How Science Works

If your scientific knowledge is hazy and you want to keep up with the remarkable stories you’re seeing in the newspapers and on TV, this is the book for you. It will bring you up to speed in the hot areas of modern science, from atomic theory and the Big Bang to health scares and global warming. Bypassing complexities that only the scientists need to know, this book presents easy to follow sk…

Tools (Level C Leveled Reader)

A Reading A-Z Level C Leveled Reader, Word Count: 77

Whale Gets Stuck!

Whale loves diving in and out of the ocean waves until ...SLAP! He lands on an ice floe and can't get off again. Poor Whale is stuck! His friends try to push him back into the water but Whale is much too heavy. It looks like Whale might be stuck forever. But then something surprising happens

Treasure Island

Treasure Island is a much loved Puffin Classic by Robert Louis Stevenson. Following the demise of bloodthirsty buccaneer Captain Flint, young Jim Hawkins finds himself with the key to a fortune. For he has discovered a map that will lead him to the fabled Treasure Island. But a host of villains, wild beasts and deadly savages stand between him and the stash of gold. Not to mention the most infa…

Kidnapped

David Balfour's father, a poor cleric in a small village, has died. His mother has since died, so David is now alone in the world. Mr. Campbell, the local minister, gives David a message from his father to a mysterious "Ebenezer Shaw." That is when David discovers he has unknown relatives. When David finally arrives at the Shaw "mansion" he is appalled. By now he has learned it has an unsavo…

Oliver Twist

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9781402726651

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160p; ill; bw; hc

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Classic Starts

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823 OLM O

The Water Babies

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ISBN/ISSN

9780007449460

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823 KIN T

A Tale Of The Two Cities

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ISBN/ISSN

9781853260391

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823 DIC A

A Christmas Carol

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ISBN/ISSN

9780439101332

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122p; bw; bwk

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Call Number

823 DIC A

Hard Times

Based on the first edition, Hard Times is informatively annotated with a lively introduction and helpful notes on cultural references, social and political mores, literary allusions, and unfamiliar word usage. In addition to a chronology coordinating Dickens' life with key historical events, the editors explore the political, economical, educational, and social state of England in the 1830s and…