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Old Yeller

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When a novel like Huckleberry Finn or The Yearling comes along, it defies customary adjectives because of the intensity of the response it evokes in the reader. Such a tale is Old Yeller; to listen to this eloquently simple story of a boy and his dog in the Texas hill country is an unforgettable and deeply moving experience.

Author:

Fred Gipson

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Lexile:

910L

Length:

03:30

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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Most people think 15-year-old Charlie is a freak. But then seniors Patrick and his beautiful stepsister Sam take Charlie under their wings and introduce him to their eclectic, open-minded, hard-partying friends. It is from these older kids that Charlie learns to live and love.

Author:

Stephen Chbosky

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

720L

Length:

06:20

It's Kind of a Funny Story

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Ambitious New York City teenager Craig Gilner is determined to succeed at life-which means getting into the right high school to get into the right college to get the right job. But once Craig aces his way into Manhattan's Executive Pre-Professional High School, the pressure becomes unbearable. He stops eating and sleeping until, one night, he nearly kills himself.

Author:

Ned Vizzini

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

700L

Length:

08:35

The Knife of Never Letting Go: Chaos Walking, Book 1

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Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. Just a month away from the birthday that will make him a man, Todd and his dog, Manchee - whose thoughts Todd can hear, too, whether he wants to or not - stumble upon an area of complete silence.

Author:

Patrick Ness

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Lexile:

860L

Length:

11:55

The Knife of Never Letting Go: Chaos Walking, Book 1

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

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The best-selling author of The Botany of Desire explores the ecology of eating to unveil why we consume what we consume in the 21st century. "What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another, this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat. Anthropologists call it the omnivore's dilemma.

Author:

Michael Pollan

Grade Level:

High

Length:

15:54

Hamlet

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In this recording, actor Frank Muller reads Hamlet with all stage directions and speaker indications providing a more complete text to audio experience. This is not a dramatized production, but a more accurate reading of the play itself.

Author:

William Shakespeare

Grade Level:

High

Length:

04:06

Math Drills

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Graphically rich and fun environment allows up to 50 students to learn basic math skills in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Content Area:

Math

Visual Math Level 1

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Visual Math includes SIX topics of elementary math learning and presents them in a diverse range of visual math activities for 4-6 year olds to master, designed especially for the iPad interface by Weily Apps, learning design specialists.

Using photographic images of everyday objects, players are asked to figure out patterns, identify shapes, recognize numbers, read clocks and master important concepts of basic measurement like less, more, heavier and smaller.

Grade Level:

Primary

Content Area:

Math

Monkey Math School Sunshine

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Join your child's favorite monkey in math games and activities in a playfully designed beach-themed world. Monkey Math School Sunshine allows children to build fundamental math skills while they are endlessly entertained. Children will count, add and sort their way through engaging games with uninterrupted play. For ages 3 to 6.

Grade Level:

Primary

Content Area:

Math

The Messenger

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Six years earlier, Matty had come to Village as a scrappy and devious little boy. Back then, he liked to call himself "the Fiercest of the Fierce." But since that time, Matty has grown almost into a man under the care of Seer, a blind man whose special sight had earned him the name. Now Matty hopes that he will soon be given his true name, and he hopes it will be Messenger.

Author:

Lois Lowry

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

720L

Length:

03:44

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