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Ender's Game: Special 20th Anniversary Edition (Unabridged)

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The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Enter Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, the result of decades of genetic experimentation.

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780L
Length: 
11:06
Ender's Game: Special 20th Anniversary Edition (Unabridged)

Ender's Shadow (Unabridged)

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The human race is at war with the "Buggers", an insect-like alien race. As Earth prepares to defend itself from total destruction at the hands of an inscrutable enemy, all focus is on the development of military geniuses who can fight such a war, and win.

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780L
Length: 
15:44
Ender's Shadow (Unabridged)

The Golden Compass: His Dark Materials, Book 1 (Unabridged)

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When Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon decide to spy on a presentation her uncle, the commanding Lord Asriel, is making to the elders of Jordan College they have no idea that they will become witnesses to an attempted murder, and even less that they are taking the first steps in a journey that will lead them into danger and adventure unlike anything Lyra's unfettered imagination has conjured up.

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Lexile: 
930L
Length: 
10:39
The Golden Compass: His Dark Materials, Book 1 (Unabridged)

The Subtle Knife: His Dark Materials, Book 2 (Unabridged)

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In this stunning sequel to The Golden Compass, the intrepid Lyra finds herself in a shimmering, haunted otherworld, Cittagazze, where soul-eating Specters stalk the streets and wingbeats of distant angels sound against the sky. But she is not without allies: twelve-year-old Will Parry, fleeing for his life after taking another's, has also stumbled into this strange new realm.

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Lexile: 
890L
Length: 
08:58
The Subtle Knife: His Dark Materials, Book 2 (Unabridged)

The Most Dangerous Game (Unabridged)

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A boating accident leaves famed hunter Sanger Rainsford of New York City alone, exhausted, and washed ashore a remote island with a dark reputation. In search of food and shelter, Rainsford happens upon the expansive chateau of the mysterious General Zaroff, and soon finds himself a player in the most dangerous game he has ever encountered.

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00:59
The Most Dangerous Game (Unabridged)

The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy In Three Parts (Unabridged)

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The year is 1904, and Russell is 15. Though he dreams of leaving small-town Indiana to become part of a large farm crew in the Dakotas, he's forced to stay in school, where his sister Tansy has just become the new teacher.

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Lexile: 
750L
Length: 
04:43
The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy In Three Parts (Unabridged)

Breaking Dawn: Twilight Saga, Book 4 (Unabridged)

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To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare, woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to werewolf Jacob Black, she has endured a tumultuous year of temptation, loss, and strife to reach the ultimate turning point.

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Lexile: 
690L
Length: 
20:29
Breaking Dawn: Twilight Saga, Book 4 (Unabridged)

Eclipse (Unabridged)

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As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob - knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf.

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Lexile: 
670L
Length: 
16:27
Eclipse (Unabridged)

New Moon (Unabridged)

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I felt like I was trapped in one of those terrifying nightmares...

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Lexile: 
690L
Length: 
14:51
New Moon (Unabridged)

The Host: A Novel (Unabridged)

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Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. Earth has been invaded by a species that takes over the minds of human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed.

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640L
Length: 
23:03
The Host: A Novel (Unabridged)

Twilight (Unabridged)

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About three things I was certain.

First, Edward was a vampire.

Second, there was a part of him, and I didn't know how dominant that part might be, that thirsted for my blood.

And Third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.

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Lexile: 
720L
Length: 
12:52
Twilight (Unabridged)

The Will of the Empress (Unabridged)

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For years, the Empress of Namorn has pressed her young cousin, Lady Sandrilene fa Toren, to visit her vast lands within the Empire's borders. Sandry has avoided the invitation for as long as it was possible. Now, Sandry has agreed to pay that overdue visit. Sandry's uncle promises guards to accompany her. But they're hardly a group of warriors!

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840L
Length: 
15:38
The Will of the Empress (Unabridged)

The World Is Flat: Further Updated and Expanded (Unabridged)

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With the "flattening" of the globe, has the world gotten too small and too fast for human beings and their political systems to adjust in a stable manner? Now in a third edition with a new preface, Friedman's account of the flattening of the earth is a modern classic.

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27:16
The World Is Flat: Further Updated and Expanded (Unabridged)

The Things They Carried (Unabridged)

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This modern classic and New York Times best seller was a finalist for both the 1990 Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award and has become a staple of American classrooms.

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Lexile: 
880L
Length: 
07:03
The Things They Carried (Unabridged)

Beloved (Unabridged)

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Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but 18 years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened.

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Lexile: 
870L
Length: 
12:03
Beloved (Unabridged)

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