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Four stories are told simultaneously, with each double-page spread divided into quadrants. The stories do not necessarily take place at the same moment in time, but are they really one story?

Author:

David Macaulay

Lexile:

610L

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Poem by Rudyard Kipling from the Poetry Foundation

"When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin." With this startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first sentence, Kafka begins his masterpiece, The Metamorphosis.

Author:

Franz Kafka

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

1320L

Length:

02:15

Ancient Roman Culture

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Learn about the many facets of Roman culture with this great introduction covering religion, philosophy, sculpture, architecture, painting, literature, sports, and the theater. The Romans' habit of adopting ideas, customs, and techniques from cultures that they conquered is discussed. Photographs of Roman buildings, reliefs, statues, mosaics, and frescoes offer yet more insight into this influential culture.

Nory Ryan's Song (Unabridged)

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Nory Ryan's family has lived on Maidin Bay on the west coast of Ireland for generations, raising a pig and a few chickens, planting potatoes, getting by.

Author:

Patricia Reilly Giff

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

600L

Length:

03:32

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Unabridged)

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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle lives in an upside-down house and smells like cookies. She was even married to a pirate once. Most of all, she knows everything about children. She can cure them of any ailment. Patsy hates baths. Hubert never puts anything away. Allen eats v-e-r-y slowly. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has a treatment for all of them.

Author:

Betty MacDonald

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

1070L

Length:

02:42

A Time of Angels (Unabridged)

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Late at night, while her sisters and Tanta Rose sleep, Hannah Gold sees angels. She sees them soaring over the Boston streets in their shimmering robes, with eyes shining and wings outstretched. The angels inspire Hanna, for it is 1918, and her mother and father are fighting the Great War in Europe. But Boston is fighting a war of its own.

Author:

Karen Hesse

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Lexile:

650L

Length:

07:21

Brave New World (Unabridged)

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When Lenina and Bernard visit a savage reservation, we experience how Utopia can destroy humanity.

Author:

Aldous Huxley

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

870L

Length:

08:00

Magic Tree House #25: Stage Fright On a Summer Night (Unabridged)

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Jack and Annie are whisked back to Elizabethan England where they meet the Bard of Avon himself, William Shakespeare, and luckily for them he is desperate for two small actors for his latest play! An exciting adventure and wonderful introduction to Shakespeare.

Author:

Mary Pope Osborne

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Lexile:

300L

Length:

00:43

Magic Tree House #25: Stage Fright On a Summer Night (Unabridged)

Frankenstein

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Obsessed with violating the laws of nature and life and death, Victor Frankenstein constructs a creature from the limbs of the dead. Once jolted to life, the creature proves even more human than his creator. Unable to inspire love, he chooses to inspire fear and vows to avenge the man who created and abandoned him. Directed by Kevin Connor. Stars William Hurt, Donald Sutherland, Julie Delpy, Luke Goss. Based on the novel by Mary Shelley.

Director:

Kevin Connor

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

03:24

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