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The wings of the dove (The Modern Library classics)
By Henry James. 2003
Wealthy young American Milly Theale, doomed by illness to an early death, remains determined to experience life, however brief. Londoners…
Kate Croy and Merton Densher, impoverished lovers, conspire to dupe the charming but naive heiress and obtain her fortune. But fate intervenes. Includes a 2003 introduction. 1902Further chronicles of Avonlea (Children's Continuous Ser.)
By L. M Montgomery. 1920
Anne of Green Gables lives near Avonlea, a town on the seaside hills of Prince Edward Island. In this second…
volume of stories about Anne's neighbors, a girl risks losing her mother to find her long-lost father, and a ghost leads a woman to her dream. For grades 5-8. 1920Chronicles of Avonlea (Avonlea Ser. #No. 3)
By L. M Montgomery. 1993
Twelve stories about residents of Prince Edward Island, home to Anne Shirley and Green Gables farm. Includes the tales of…
Old Lady Lloyd's deep secret and the fifteen-year courtship of shy Theodora Dix. Companion to the Anne of Green Gables series. For grades 5-8. 1912The mayor of Casterbridge: the life and death of a man of character (Penguin classics)
By Thomas Hardy. 2003
Michael Henchard, an English farm worker, gets drunk at a country fair and sells his wife and child to a…
sailor for five guineas. His wife and daughter reappear eighteen years later, after Henchard has become the wealthy and respected mayor of Casterbridge. 1886Far from the madding crowd (Penguin classics)
By Thomas Hardy. 2000
Bathsheba Everdene becomes a woman of means when she inherits her uncle's farm. Her presence attracts three very different suitors:…
womanizing soldier Francis Troy, shepherd Gabriel Oak, and gentleman-farmer William Boldwood. The attention complicates Bathsheba's life and brings a tragedy that threatens the entire community. First published in 1874. 2000Prince Caspian: the return to Narnia (Chronicles Of Narnia Ser. #4)
By C. S Lewis. 1979
Four English children--siblings Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy--help Prince Caspian and his army of Talking Beasts to free Narnia from…
evil. Sequel to The Horse and His Boy (BR 13946). For grades 4-7. 1951The railway children
By E Nesbit. 2007
England. When the father of a happy family in a comfortable London home is mysteriously called away on business, the…
mother and three children move to a small country cottage near a train station, where the railway becomes an important part of their lives. For grades 4-7. 1906Charlotte's web
By E. B White. 1952
Fern, a young girl with a unique understanding of animals, shares a special friendship with her uncle's pig and Charlotte,…
a wise spider who weaves encouraging words in her web. For grades 3-6. 1952Tess of the d'Ubervilles: a pure woman
By Thomas Hardy. 2006
Victorian England. When her impoverished family discovers its noble heritage, young Tess appeals to wealthy, supposed relatives, the D'Urbervilles, and…
falls victim to Alec. Later, Tess marries the vicar's son, Angel Clare. But Angel rejects Tess for her scandalous past, forcing her back to Alec--with tragic results. 1891Missee Lee: the Swallows and Amazons in the China Seas (Swallows And Amazons Ser.)
By Arthur Ransome. 2001
The Walker and Blackett children and Uncle Jim are shipwrecked during their voyage around the world. Cast ashore on the…
China coast, they become captives of Miss Lee, a Chinese pirate's daughter. Sequel to The Big Six (DB 32695, BR 17528). For grades 4-7. 1941Wringer (Joanna Cotler Bks.)
By Jerry Spinelli. 1997
Palmer LaRue dreads turning ten, the age at which boys become wringers--those who break the necks of wounded birds at…
the town's annual pigeon shoot. A pigeon appears at Palmer's window and becomes his pet, a fact that the boy conceals until the day of the shoot, when he faces a tough moral decision. For grades 4-7. Newbery Honor. 1997To have and have not
By Ernest Hemingway. 1965
Key West, Florida. Swindled by an American who chartered his boat for deep-sea fishing, Harry Morgan turns to smuggling goods…
from Cuba to provide for his family. Changing his moral compass, Harry progresses from running rum to transporting riskier human contraband. Some strong language. 1937Pale horse, pale rider: three short novels
By Katherine Anne Porter. 1990
In Old Mortality girls Maria and Miranda learn about the young woman pictured in an old framed photograph at their…
grandmother's house. Noon Wine is about Olaf Helton, who hires on at a Texas dairy farm. The title piece recounts a grown-up Miranda's tragic love affair with a soldier. 1939Pigeon post (Swallows And Amazons Ser.)
By Arthur Ransome. 1992
As the Walker, Blackett, and Callum children prospect for gold in the Lake District during their summer holiday, three carrier…
pigeons--Homer, Sophocles, and Sappho--keep Mrs. Blackett informed of the children's whereabouts. Sequel to Coot Club (RC 31634, BR 17524). For grades 4-7. 1936The big six (Swallows And Amazons Ser.)
By Arthur Ransome. 2000
Members of the Coot Club, a bird protection society, are sailing on the Norfolk Broads when they are accused of…
setting boats adrift. The friends' clever detective work proves their innocence. Sequel to Secret Water (DB 33143, BR 17527). For grades 4-7. 1940Secret water (Swallows And Amazons Ser.)
By Arthur Ransome. 1995
The Walkers are set for a camping trip when Commander Walker is recalled from leave. He lets the children go…
on their own, with supplies and an unmarked map, to an uncharted island. Sequel to We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea (RC 15054, BR 17526). For grades 4-7. 1939Great Northern?: a Scottish adventure of Swallows & Amazons (Swallows And Amazons Ser.)
By Arthur Ransome. 2003
John, Susan, Titty, Roger, Nancy, Peggy, Dorothea, and Dick are on holiday in the Hebrides when Dick discovers a pair…
of great northern divers. The children race to save the birds from an unscrupulous egg-collector. Sequel to The Picts and the Martyrs (RC 15071, BR 17530). For grades 4-7. 1947Jack and the beanstalk
By E Nesbit. 2006
Young Jack angers his mother by trading the family cow for a handful of colored beans, which she throws out…
the cottage window. The next morning when Jack sees a beanstalk reaching to the sky, he climbs it--and his adventures begin. For grades 2-4. 1908The island of Doctor Moreau (Penguin classics)
By H. G Wells. 2005
Late Victorian fantasy classic in which scientific arrogance leads to horrifying consequences. In 1887 Edward Prendick is shipwrecked, rescued, and…
later abandoned on a mysterious island inhabited by grotesque creatures under the control of Dr. Moreau. Includes 2005 introduction by Margaret Atwood. Some violence. 1896Selected poems, 1947-1995 (Perennial classics)
By Allen Ginsberg. 1996
Beat Generation poet Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) presents a half century of verse in a variety of forms and themes including…
the political, sexual, devotional, and spiritual. Contains selections from Howl, Kaddish, The Fall of America, Plutonian Ode, White Shroud, and others. Descriptions of sex and strong language. 1996