Character Development

Heir Apparent (Unabridged)

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In the virtual reality game Heir Apparent, there are way too many ways to get killed, and Giannine seems to be finding them all. Which is a darn shame, because unless she can get the magic ring, locate the stolen treasure, answer the dwarf's dumb riddles, impress the head-chopping statue, charm the army of ghosts, fend off the barbarians, and defeat the man-eating dragon, she'll never win.

Author:

Vivian Vande Velde

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

820L

Length:

09:53

More All-of-a-Kind Family (Unabridged)

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In the third book of Sydney Taylor's classic children's series, Ella finds a boyfriend and Henny disagrees with Papa over her curfew. Thus continues the tale of a Jewish family of five sisters, Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte, and Gertie, living at the turn of the century in New York's Lower East Side.

Author:

Sydney Taylor

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

600L

Length:

03:22

Emperor Mage: The Immortals: Book 3 (Unabridged Fiction)

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In this third volume of the popular Immortals Quartet, Daine enters a glittering world laced with danger and treachery, a world that grows more intense when the gods themselves push her to use her wild magic for their own ends.

Author:

Tamora Pierce

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

750L

Length:

08:16

Emperor Mage: The Immortals: Book 3 (Unabridged Fiction)

Here Lies the Librarian (Unabridged)

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Peewee idolizes Jake, a big brother whose dreams of auto mechanic glory are fueled by the hard road coming to link their Indiana town and futures with the 20th century. And motoring down the road comes Irene Ridpath, a young librarian with plans to astonish them all and turn Peewee's life upside down.

Author:

Richard Peck

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

780L

Length:

03:40

The Gift of the Magi (Unabridged)

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O. Henry wrote many stories, but this, the story of two "ultimate gifts", is his most famous.

Author:

O. Henry

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

AD870L

Length:

00:14

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.

Author:

Orson Scott Card

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

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.

Author:

Orson Scott Card

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

780L

Length:

15:44

Gossamer (Unabridged)

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Where do dreams come from? What stealthy nighttime messengers are the guardians of our most deeply hidden hopes and our half-forgotten fears?

Author:

Lois Lowry

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

660L

Length:

02:43

Hattie Big Sky (Unabridged)

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For years, 16-year-old Hattie's been shuttled between relatives. Tired of being Hattie Here-and-There, she courageously leaves Iowa to prove up on her late uncle's homestead claim near Vida, Montana. With a stubborn stick-to-itiveness, Hattie faces frost, drought, and blizzards.

Author:

Kirby Larson

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

700L

Length:

08:31

The Prophet of Yonwood: The Third Book of Ember (Unabridged)

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It's 50 years before the settlement of the city of Ember and the world is in crisis. War looms on the horizon as 11-year-old Nickie and her aunt travel to the small town of Yonwood, North Carolina. There, one of the town's respected citizens has had a terrible vision of fire and destruction. Her garbled words are taken as prophetic instruction on how to avoid the coming disaster.

Author:

Jeanne DuPrau

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

760L

Length:

06:19

The Prophet of Yonwood: The Third Book of Ember (Unabridged)

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