Vaughn Hart's Library
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| 9781411426979 | The Scarlet Letter (No Fear) (Volume 2) | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Have you ever tried to read The Scarlet Letter but realized midway through the second sentence that you were already lost? No Fear: The Scarlet Letter will change all that. No need to worry about losing the thread anymore: whenever Hawthorne’s sentences become too convoluted to follow, or you can’t figure out exactly what he’s talking about, simply look across at the right-hand page and a simplified, modernized text—using the kind of English we actually speak today—will set you back on track. Soon you’ll be reading Hawthorne’s own words fearlessly—and actually enjoying it. - Part of a very successful series- The Scarlet Letter is a required book in many high school and university English classes, and this will help students understand Hawthorne’s classic novel | SparkNotes |
| 9780062060624 | The Song Of Achilles: A Novel | Miller, Madeline | Achilles, "the best of all the Greeks," son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and the legendary king Peleus, is strong, swift, and beautiful— irresistible to all who meet him. Patroclus is an awkward young prince, exiled from his homeland after an act of shocking violence. Brought together by chance, they forge an inseparable bond, despite risking the gods' wrath. They are trained by the centaur Chiron in the arts of war and medicine, but when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, all the heroes of Greece are called upon to lay siege to Troy in her name. Seduced by the promise of a glorious destiny, Achilles joins their cause, and torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus follows. Little do they know that the cruel Fates will test them both as never before and demand a terrible sacrifice. Winner of the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction | Ecco |
| 9781481456203 | The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy | Jenny Han | Simon and Schuster | |
| 9780451526793 | The Taming Of The Shrew (Shakespeare, Signet Classic) | Shakespeare, William | Signet | |
| 9780673609878 | The Time Machine | Fay Robinson | ||
| The War Of The Worlds | ||||
| 9780142401200 | The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics) | Ellen Raskin | A Newbery Medal Winner"A supersharp mystery...confoundingly clever, and very funny." —Booklist, starred reviewA bizarre chain of events begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of Samuel W. Westing’s will. And though no one knows why the eccentric, game-loving millionaire has chosen a virtual stranger—and a possible murderer—to inherit his vast fortune, on things for sure: Sam Westing may be dead…but that won’t stop him from playing one last game!Winner of the Newbery MedalWinner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book AwardAn ALA Notable Book"Great fun for those who enjoy illusion, word play, or sleight of hand." —The New York Times Book Review"A fascinating medley of word games, disguises, multiple aliases, and subterfuges—a demanding but rewarding book." —The Horn Book | Puffin Books |
| 9780141371481 | The Witches | Dahl, Roald | Puffin | |
| 9780061120084 | To Kill A Mockingbird | Harper Lee | Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep South—and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred.One of the most cherished stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the twentieth century by librarians across the country. A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father—a crusading local lawyer—risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime. | Harper Perennial Modern Classics |
| 9780060935467 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee | the Unforgettable Novel Of A Childhood In A Sleepy Southern Town And The Crisis Of Conscience That Rocked It, to Kill A Mockingbird Became Both An Instant Bestseller And A Critical Success When It Was First Published In 1960. It Went On To Win The Pulitzer Prize In 1961 And Was Later Made Into An Academy Award-winning Film, Also A Classic. Compassionate, Dramatic, And Deeply Moving, to Kill A Mockingbird Takes Readers To The Roots Of Human Behavior - To Innocence And Experience, Kindness And Cruelty, Love And Hatred, Humor And Pathos. Now With Over 18 Million Copies In Print And Translated Into Forty Languages, This Regional Story By A Young Alabama Woman Claims Universal Appeal. Harper Lee Always Considered Her Book To Be A Simple Love Story. Today It Is Regarded As A Masterpiece Of American Literature.the New Yorkerskilled, Unpretentious And Tototally Ingenuous . . . Tough, Melodramatic, Acute, Funny. | Harper Perennial |
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| 9780547577098 | Units of Study for Teaching Reading, Grade 4 | Lucy Calkins | ||
| 9780735219090 | Where The Crawdads Sing | Owens, Delia | For Years, Rumors Of The Marsh Girl Have Haunted Barkley Cove, A Quiet Town On The North Carolina Coast. She's Barefoot And Wild; Unfit For Polite Society. So In Late 1969, When Handsome Chase Andrews Is Found Dead, The Locals Immediately Suspect Kya Clark. But Kya Is Not What They Say. Abandoned At Age Ten, She Has Survived On Her Own In The Marsh That She Calls Home. A Born Naturalist With Just One Day Of School, She Takes Life Lessons From The Land, Learning From The False Signals Of Fireflies The Real Way Of This World. But While She Could Have Lived In Solitude Forever, The Time Comes When She Yearns To Be Touched And Loved. Drawn To Two Young Men From Town, Who Are Each Intrigued By Her Wild Beauty, Kya Opens Herself To A New And Startling World--until The Unthinkable Happens.-- Delia Owens. | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| 9780385486804 | Wild A Journey From Lost To Found, Into The Wild, Into Thin Air 3 Books Collection Set | Cheryl Strayed, Jon Krakauer | in April 1992 A Young Man From A Well-to-do Family Hitchhiked To Alaska And Walked Alone Into The Wilderness North Of Mt. Mckinley. His Name Was Christopher Johnson Mccandless. He Had Given $25,000 In Savings To Charity, Abandoned His Car And Most Of His Possessions, Burned All The Cash In His Wallet, And Invented A New Life For Himself. Four Months Later, His Decomposed Body Was Found By A Moose Hunter. how Mccandless Came To Die Is The Unforgettable Story Of into The Wild.immediately After Graduating From College In 1991, Mccandless Had Roamed Through The West And Southwest On A Vision Quest Like Those Made By His Heroes Jack London And John Muir. in The Mojave Desert He Abandoned His Car, Stripped It Of Its License Plates, And Burned All Of His cash. he Would Give Himself A New Name, Alexander Supertramp, And , Unencumbered By Money And Belongings, He Would Be Free To Wallow In The Raw, Unfiltered Experiences That Nature Presented. craving A Blank Spot On The Map, Mccandless Simply Threw The Maps Away. leaving Behind His Desperate Parents And Sister, He Vanished Into The Wild.jon Krakauer Constructs A Clarifying Prism Through Which He Reassembles The Disquieting Facts Of Mccandless's Short Life. admitting An Interst That Borders On Obsession, He Searches For The Clues To The Dries And Desires That Propelled Mccandless. digging Deeply, He Takes An Inherently Compelling Mystery And Unravels The Larger Riddles It Holds: The Profound Pull Of The American Wilderness On Our Imagination; The Allure Of High-risk Activities To Young Men Of A Certain Cast Of Mind; The Complex, Charged Bond Between Fathers And Sons.when Mccandless's Innocent Mistakes Turn Out To Be Irreversible And Fatal, He Becomes The Stuff Of Tabloid Headlines And Is Dismissed For His Naiveté, Pretensions, And Hubris. he Is Said to Have Had A Death Wish But Wanting To Die Is A Very Different Thing From Being Compelled To Look Over The Edge. Krakauer Brings Mccandless's Uncompromising Pilgrimage Out Of The Shadows, And The Peril, Adversity , And Renunciation Sought By This Enigmatic Young Man Are Illuminated With A Rare Understanding—and Not An Ounce Of Sentimentality. Mesmerizing, Heartbreaking, into The Wild Is A tour De Force. The Power And Luminosity Of Jon Krakauer's Stoytelling Blaze Through Every Page. | Atlantic Books/Pan |
| 9780064405782 | Wringer | jerry-spinelli | Newbery Honor Book * ALA Notable Children's Book"Deeply felt. Presents a moral question with great care and sensitivity." —The New York Times"A spellbinding story about rites of passage." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)"A realistic story with the intensity of a fable." —The Horn Book (starred review)"Thought-provoking." —School Library Journal (starred review)In Palmer LaRue's hometown of Waymer, turning ten is the biggest event of a boy's life. But for Palmer, his tenth birthday is not something to look forward to but something to dread.Then one day, a visitor appears on his windowsill, and Palmer knows that this, more than anything else, is a sign that his time is up. Somehow, he must learn how to stop being afraid and stand up for what he believes in.Wringer is an unforgettable tour de force from Newbery Medal winner Jerry Spinelli. | Harpercollins Childrens Books |
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