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By Mark Twain, Suzanne Nétillard. 1999
Sans doute le chef-d'oeuvre de Mark Twain et celui de la jeune littérature américaine. Le roman raconte la fuite d'un…
enfant blanc et d'un esclave de race noire. Pour échapper à leurs poursuivants, les fugitifs descendent le Mississippi sur un radeau de fortune. Années 5-8. 1999, c1884. Titre uniforme: The adventures of Huckleberry Finn.By Mary Mapes Dodge. 1996
By Jerome K Jerome. 1891
Invited to the theatre on Monday next, Jerome discovers it is at Ober-Ammergau. He looked at his diary and saw…
that Aunt Emma was coming, calculated that he would miss her and decided that he would go! And so began an epic pilgrimage. 1891.Classic satire about a nineteenth-century New England factory worker who is knocked unconscious and transported back to the year 528.…
Hank Morgan awakens in King Arthur's court in Britain, where he attempts to improve living conditions by introducing modern inventions and democratic ideas. For senior high and older readers. 1988, c1889.By Ernest Thompson Seton. 1898
By Rudyard Kipling, W. W Robson. 1895
Presents the further adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves, and the wild animals of the…
jungle. Also includes other short stories set in India. Sequel to "The jungle book" (DC04437). Grades 4-7. c1895.By Mark Twain. 1994
The title story of this collection of short stories features the tale of the "most honest and upright" town of…
Hadleyburg, whose residents boast of their unsmirched moral character. A stranger, offended by the pious reputation of the town, devises a plan to bring its honoured residents to shame. Is there even one righteous man in Hadleyburg? Junior and Senior High. 1994.By Émile Zola. 1985
The incestuous affair of Renée Saccard and her stepson, Maxime, is set against the frenzied speculation of Renée's financier husband,…
Aristide, in a Paris becoming a modern metropolis and "the capital of the nineteenth century." In the end, setting and story merge in actions that leave a woman's spirit and a city's soul ravaged beyond repair. For senior high readers. 1985. Uniform title: Curée.By Rudyard Kipling. 1991
Presents more adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves, and the wild animals of the jungle.…
Also includes other short stories set in India. Grades 5-8. 1991. Uniform title: Jungle book.By Rudyard Kipling. 1981
By Émile Zola. 1954
Written to draw attention to the misery prevailing among the poor in France during the Second Empire, this novel depicts…
the grim struggle between capital and labour in a coalfield in northern France. Yet, through the blackness of this picture, humanity is constantly apparent. Senior High. 1954.By Mark Twain. 1884
When Huckleberry Finn flees from his brutal father, he meets up with an old friend, the slave Jim, who is…
also running away. Together they travel by raft down the Mississippi, experiencing amazing adventures, and learning of the strange ways of people in the deep south. For Junior High readers. 1884.By Robert Louis Stevenson. 1946
By L. Frank Baum. 1960
By Rudyard Kipling. 1894
Short stories about the animals of India and the life of Mowgli, the jungle boy who is adopted by a…
wolf pack and taught the laws of the jungle by a panther and a bear. Followed by "The second jungle book". Grades 4-7. 1984, c1894.By Anna Sewell. 1994
Black Beauty, a fine stallion, tells of his suffering as he is sold from one cruel master to another. This…
book was written to dramatize the cruel ties inflicted on horses in 19th century England. Grades 4-7. 1994.By Rudyard Kipling. 1901
Kim is an orphan sahib and bazaar-boy who lives by his wits. His chameleon's talent for disguise draws him into…
the Great Game - British Intelligence in India - and on a mission to thwart foreign agents on the North-West Frontier. His travels coincide with the quest of his friend the Tibetan Lama, who is seeking redemption from the Wheel of Life. For senior high and older readers. 1901.By Johann David Wyss. 1812
When they are shipwrecked on a desert island, a Swiss clergyman, his wife and four sons use their ingenuity to…
overcome all dangers. The famous story of the family of castaways whose perseverance and ingenuity help them to turn their island into a rich and fertile home. Grades 5-8 and older readers. 1812.By Louisa May Alcott. 1964
Describes life at Plumfield, the progressive school established by Jo and her husband. Advances theories of education mingle with the…
amusing escapades of the students. Sequel to "Little women" (DC00882). Followed by "Jo's boys" (DC06985). Grades 5-8. 1964, c1871.By Louisa May Alcott. 1947