Aesop's Fables
A collection of the brief animal tales with specific morals which are attributed to a wise Greek slave.
398.2
year: 2015
copies: 282
call number/section: 398.2
lexile: 760
subjects: fables, folklore, aesop, a lion and mouse, wind and sun, fables, greek, aesop, mythology, classical, mythology myth myths, folktales folk tales, fairy tales folklore legends, animals, legends and stories of, fables, aesop's fables, fables, picture books for children, storytelling, reading readiness
Little Women
An abridged version of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel of four sisters growing up in 1800s New England; and contains over 400 vocabulary words and definitions, synonyms and pronunciation for each word, and discussion questions.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 204
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1300
subjects: sisters, family life, new england, historical fiction, family life- new england, new england- history- 19th century, march family (fictional characters), mother-daughter relationship, young women, march family (fictitious characters), mothers and daughters, family, compact discs, bildungsromans, girls, family - fiction, new england - fiction, united states, families, autobiographical fiction, domestic fiction, bildungsromans, domestic fiction, autobiographical fiction, march, jo, march, amy (fictitious character), march, beth (fictitious character), march, meg (fictitious character), cartoons and comics, manga, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, graphic novels, confederate states of america, electronic books
Moby Dick
Herman Melville's classic novel about a young seaman who joins the crew of a whaling ship commanded by the fanatical Captain Ahab, who is in pursuit of a white whale.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 51
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 340
subjects: adventure, classics, whales, ahab, captain (fictitious character), whaling ships, ship captains, whaling, high interest /low vocabulary books, ahab, captain (fictional character), sea stories, mentally ill, audiobooks, adventure fiction, graphic novels, revenge, de ballenas - ficcion, reading materials, comic books, strips, etc, ocean, spanish language, sea stories, donation, adventure stories, adventure and adventurers, psychological fiction, psychological fiction, adventure stories
The War Of The Worlds
Deeply concerned with the welfare of contemporary society, Wells wrote his novel of interplanetary conflict in anticipation of war in Europe, and in it he predicted the technological savagery of twentieth-century warfare.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 119
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 300
subjects: science fiction, war, war stories, imaginary wars and battles, extraterrestrial beings, life on other planets, british literature, cartoons and caricatures, space warfare, graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc, reading materials, science fiction, graphic novels, war stories, mars (planet), war fiction, aliens (fictional characters), martians, human-alien encounters, earth (planet), earth, electronic books
Dracula
In Transylvania there once lived a Count. His name and the name of his castle are the same: Dracula.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 98
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 520
subjects: graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc, vampires, reading materials, dracula, count (fictitious character), dracula, count (fictional character), horror fiction, transylvania (romania), whitby (england), horror stories, horror tales, transylvania, monsters, fiction, horror, supernatural, psychological fiction, horror fiction, psychological fiction, audiobooks, compact discs, romanians, british, spanish language, dracula, count (fictional character), horror tales, cartoons and comics, graphic novels, dracula, gothic fiction, paranormal fiction, count dracula (fictional character), gothic novels, electronic books, dracula, count
A Tale Of Two Cities
Presents Charles Dickens's classic novel set in London and Paris during the French Revolution and includes explanatory notes, an author chronology, a historical time line, a theme and plot outline, contemporary and modern critical analyses, discussion questions, and a list of related books and films.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 309
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1130
subjects: historical fiction, war stories, paris (france), london (england), france history revolution, 1789-1799 fiction, france, war, fiction, friendship, loyalty, revenge, french, executions and executioners, fathers and daughters, lookalikes, audiobooks, french fiction, dickens, charles, cartoons and comics, father-daughter relationship, audiobooks, war stories, historical fiction, man-woman relationship, war fiction, paris (france) $x history $y 1789-1799, electronic books, father-child relationship, compact discs, man-woman relationships
The Jungle
Presents Upton Sinclair's classic novel, which depicts the conditions of the Chicago stockyards through the eyes of a young Lithuanian immigrant struggling in early-twentieth-century America, and includes a historical time line, a theme and plot outline, critical analyses, and other study tools.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 173
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1170
subjects: lithuanian americans, working class, stockyards, immigrants, chicago (ill.), meat industry and trade, meat industry, polish americans, meat industry and trade fiction, food and drug laws, meat packing industry, sinclair, upton, american literature, meatpacking industry, working conditions, pure food and drug act, political fiction, political fiction, audiobooks, audiobooks, compact discs, illinois, didactic fiction, politics, electronic books
The Picture Of Dorian Gray
In Victorian England, young aristocrat Dorian Gray meets Sir Harry Wotton and is introduced to London's society circuit and a decadent world of self-indulgience.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 62
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 920
subjects: conduct of life, supernatural, portraits, great britain, london (england), future life, soul, appearance (philosophy), personal appearance, didactic fiction, youthfulness, ross, tony, ill, dvds, horror, english literature, beauty, personal, england, wilde, oscar, didactic fiction, fables, gray, dorian (fictional character), paranormal fiction, aging, immortality, elderly, gothic fiction, gray, dorian
Pride And Prejudice
In early nineteenth-century England, a spirited young woman copes with the courtship of a snobbish gentleman as well as the romantic entanglements of her four sisters; and includes a short essay comparing Austen's Elizabeth and Mr.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 124
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1090
subjects: young women, courtship, love stories, england, social classes, sisters, great britain, domestic fiction, prejudices, families, family, dating (social customs), gentry, love, upper class, books that were turned into a movie, large print books, family life, domestic fiction, love stories, bennet, elizabeth, darcy, fitzwilliam, romance fiction, romance fiction, bennet, elizabeth (fictitious character), darcy, fitzwilliam (fictitious character), bennet, elizabeth (fictional character), darcy, fitzwilliam (fictional character), electronic books, marriage, novels
Sense And Sensibility
A story of two sisters - Elinor, who has sense and Marianne who has sensibility.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 58
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1180
subjects: young women, sisters, love stories, england, great britain, inheritance and succession, social classes, man-woman relationships, man-woman relationship, austen, jane, fiction, english literature, mate selection, domestic fiction, audiobooks, gentry, dashwood, elinor, dashwood, marianne, courtship, domestic fiction, love stories, regency fiction, romance fiction, love, romance fiction
The Three Musketeers
A young Gascon nobleman, d'Artagnan, sets off for Paris in hopes of joining the Musketeers.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 58
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 530
subjects: swordplay, france, adventure fiction, adventure and adventurers, historical fiction, cartoons and comics, swordsmen, adventure and adventurers fiction. sears, adventure stories, france-history-louis xiii, 1610-1643-fiction; adventure and adventurers-fiction, swords, historical fiction, fiction, history, social conditions, adventure fiction, action and adventure fiction, france
O Pioneers!
Alexandra came from a hardy pioneer clan. Over the protests of her traditionally minded brothers, their dying father wills her, not them, the family homestead.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 930
subjects: frontier and pioneer life, nebraska, swedish americans, brothers and sisters, women immigrants, women farmers, women pioneers, historical fiction, western stories, farm life, siblings, domestic fiction, domestic fiction
The Phantom Of The Opera
Haunting readers since its first publication in 1911, the classic story of the disfigured Erik who haunts the Paris Opera House and secretly trains singer Christine Daa, leading to an obsessive love and pattern of fear and violence, remains a riveting journey into the darkest regions of the human heart.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 34
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 910
subjects: horror fiction, paris (france), opera, horror stories, phantom of the opera (fictional character), phantom of the opera (fictitious character), composers, man-woman relationships, romantic suspense novels, horror tales, large print books, sopranos (singers), theaters, phantom of the opera (ficticious character), phantom of the opera, op?ra de paris, horror fiction
The Jungle Books
Action, adventure, and excitement spill from the pages of Rudyard Kipling?s best-loved collections of stories, The Jungle Books.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1160
subjects: jungles, animals, short stories, india, mowgli (fictitious character), adventure stories, english, jungle animals, feral children, boys, wild children, fiction, action and adventure fiction, short stories
Hard Times
Mr. Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster in Cokestown, a northern English village beset by industrialism, runs his family and his school with a rigid adherence to facts, but his daughter's loveless marriage, his son's involvement with gambling and robbery, and his encounters with a variety of characters, force him to recognize the value of the human heart.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1060
subjects: social problems, political fiction, domestic fiction, england, social problems-fiction; utilitarianism-fiction; married people-fiction; england-fiction, political, domestic