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Bring Your Own Book

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Your old favorite book is now your new favorite game! In Bring Your Own Book, players take turns drawing prompts from the deck, then race to find the best phrase in their own book that satisfies the prompt.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Content Area:

ELA

Play Time:

30 min.

War and Peace

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Often called the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace is at once an epic of the Napoleonic wars, a philosophical study, and a celebration of the Russian spirit. Tolstoy's genius is clearly seen in the multitude of characters in this massive chronicle, all of them fully realized and equally memorable.

Author:

Leo Tolstoy

Grade Level:

High

Length:

61:22

Silas Marner

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Silas Marner is a grumpy weaver who is obsessed with making a lot of money. After he is accused of theft his fiancee leaves him, and he has little use for other human beings especially those who are religious. Later someone steals a large bag of cash he has kept in his home making his life more miserable. As the years pass, Silas adopts a young girl Eppie whose mother has died in a drunken stupor, and he becomes a compassionate human being again.

Emma

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Presents the story of a young woman who devotes her energies to matchmaking and finds herself unprepared when romance finds her.

Black Beauty

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A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experience with both good and bad masters.

The Inferno of Dante

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Dramatic, intense, and gripping, The Inferno of Dante is an astonishing masterpiece that no listener can afford to miss. Dante Alighieri's magnificent story of his journey through the infinite horrors of Hell—and past the gates inscribed with the timeless words, Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here—has captured the imagination of the world for centuries.

Hamlet: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition

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The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection, brings Hamlet to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition.

Author:

William Shakespeare

Grade Level:

High

Length:

03:33

The Stranger

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Albert Camus' The Stranger is one of the most widely read novels in the world, with millions of copies sold. It stands as perhaps the greatest existentialist tale ever conceived, and is certainly one of the most important and influential books ever produced. Now, for the first time, this revered masterpiece is available as an unabridged audio production.

Author:

Albert Camus

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

880L

Length:

03:27

A River of Words

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Copies: 1

In this picture book biography, Bryant's engaging prose and Sweet's stunning mixed-media illustrations celebrate the amazing man who finds a way to earn a living and to honor his calling to be a poet.

A 2009 Caldecott Honor Book

Author:

Jen Bryant

Lexile:

AD820L

Lord of the Flies

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Under the direction of Peter Brook, William Golding's fable about a swarm of young boys who, without adult supervision, devolve into chaos after crash-landing on a remote island during wartime becomes an unforgettable vision of cinematic horror. Shot with almost vérité camera work, Lord of the Flies takes a radical approach to Golding's allegory, grounding it in a terrifying reality.

Director:

Peter Brook

Grade Level:

High

Length:

01:30

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