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LP 00005; LP 06162 ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND AUTHOR: CARROLL, LEWIS ABSTRACT: Two stories for children about Alice's Adventures in the fabulous land she finds in the rabbit hole and her encounters with the chessmen and the Red and White queens on the other side of her mirror. For grades 4-7. LP 00007 ROBINSON CRUSOE AUTHOR: DEFOE, DANIEL ABSTRACT: Crusoe runs away to sea, is shipwrecked, and leads a solitary existence on an uninhabited island near the Orinoco River for 24 years. He meets the difficulties of primitive life with ingenuity and at length finds a companion in a native whom he saves from cannibals. LP 00009 A CHRISTMAS CAROL AUTHOR: DICKENS, CHARLES ABSTRACT: The classic Christmas story of nineteenth-century England in which the miser Scrooge finds the true spirit of Christmas. LP 00012 THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL AUTHOR: FRANK, ANNE ABSTRACT: A girl of 15 kept this journal while living in hiding with other Jews in Amsterdam during the most oppressive years of World War II. Tender, tragic and sometimes funny, it is a record of adolescence by an unusually articulate writer. LP 00016 THE SCARLET LETTER AUTHOR: HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL ABSTRACT: Hester Prynne, doomed to wear the scarlet letter "A" for adultery, her child whose father is a minister, and Hester's husband are the characters in this novel set in Puritan New England.
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LP 00018 THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA AUTHOR: HEMINGWAY, ERNEST ABSTRACT: An old Cuban fisherman hooks a giant marlin after eighty-five days without a single catch. He fights a losing battle with sharks who deprive him of his triumph. Pulitzer Prize 1953. THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW AND RIP VAN WINKLE AUTHOR: IRVING, WASHINGTON ABSTRACT: First published in 1819. Ichabod Crane, a tall, lanky schoolmaster in Sleepy Hollow, loves Katrina Van Tassel, a wealthy farmer's daughter. His chief rival for Katrina's affection is Brom Van Brunt, a powerfully-built mischief-maker. At a "merry making" one evening, Crane hears the tale of a headless horseman who haunts the region, and with whom he will soon have a terrifying encounter. For grades 6-9 and older readers. LP 00023 KING ARTHUR: TALES OF THE ROUND TABLE AUTHOR: LANG, ARTHUR (EDITED BY) ABSTRACT: Recounts the tales of King Arthur and his knights at the court of Camelot and elsewhere in the land of the Britons. LP 00024 THE CALL OF THE WILD AUTHOR: LONDON, JACK ABSTRACT: Buck, a St. Bernard, is stolen and trained to be a sled dog in the Alaska gold fields. Abused by both men and dogs, Buck learns to fight ruthlessly until he finds in John Thornton a master he loves and respects. First published in 1903. LP 00026 MOBY DICK AUTHOR: MELVILLE, HERMAN ABSTRACT: Sailor Ishmael narrates this allegory of human potential and limitations. Seeking adventure, Ishmael signs on as a harpooner with captain Ahab's whaling ship. Once at sea, the crew discovers that, despite dire warnings from other ships and a prophet, captain Ahab is obsessed with killing Moby Dick, the white whale responsible for his missing leg. Violence.
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LP 00027 ANNE OF GREEN GABLES AUTHOR: MONTGOMERY, LUCY MAUD ABSTRACT: The story of an emotional little orphan, with a quick temper, fiery red hair, and a vivid imagination. It tells of her adoption by a farmer and his no-nonsense sister, and of her growing up in a village on Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia. For grades 5-8 and older interested readers. LP 00030 MY FRIEND FLICKA AUTHOR: O'HARA, MARY ABSTRACT: Family life on the ranch, the Wyoming landscape, and a boy's devotion to the care and training of his colt, Flicka, are portrayed. LP 00031 ROBIN HOOD, SOME MERRY ADVENTURES OF AUTHOR: PYLE, HOWARD ABSTRACT: In their carefree life in Sherwood Forest, Robin and his band of outlaws rob the rich to help the poor, and have many an exciting encounter with the king's men and the sheriff of Nottingham. LP 00032 THE YEARLING AUTHOR: RAWLINGS, MARJORIE KINNAN ABSTRACT: Classic story about the Baxter family, who make a precarious living on a backwoods farm in northern Florida. their young son, Jody, tames an orphaned fawn, but when the deer begins to eat the family corn, Jody is ordered to shoot him. For grades 5-8 and older readers. Pulitzer Prize. LP 00033 BLACK BEAUTY AUTHOR: SEWELL, ANNA ABSTRACT: Black Beauty, a fine stallion, tells of his suffering as he is sold from one cruel master to another. This book was written to dramatize the cruelties inflicted on horses in 19th-century England. For grades 4-7
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LP 00035 KING LEAR, THE TRAGEDY OF AUTHOR: SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM ABSTRACT: A tragedy concerning a petulant king and his three daughters. Amid much other, more political action, Lear is taken in by false avowals of love from two of his daughters, and disinherits a third because of her refusal to flatter him. LP 00036 JULIAS CAESAR, THE TRAGEDY OF AUTHOR: SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM ABSTRACT: Caesar's dearest friend, Cassius Brutus, is convinced that it is his patriotic duty to participate in the assassination of his megalomaniac ruler. LP 00038 ROMEO AND JULIET (TRAGEDY OF) AUTHOR: SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM ABSTRACT: A sixteenth-century romantic tragedy of two teenagers from rival families who fall in love. Romeo's sentence of exile and Juliet's impending arranged marriage threaten to separate the lovers forever. A friar suggests a ruse to accomplish their union, but miscommunication causes it to backfire. LP 00040 HEIDI AUTHOR: SPYRI, JOHANNA HEUSSER ABSTRACT: Heidi loves her old grandfather and their simple life high in the Swiss Alps, so when she is sent to town to be a companion to sick Clara, Heidi herself almost dies of homesickness. For grades 4-7 LP 00047 JANE EYRE AUTHOR: BRONTE, CHARLOTTE ABSTRACT: This 19th-century English novel is about a plain and intelligent woman who becomes the governess at an estate, is caught up in the mysteries of the manor, and falls in love with the master of the house.
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LP 00048 GONE WITH THE WIND AUTHOR: MITCHELL, MARGARET ABSTRACT: A romantic civil war epic in which Scarlet O'hara, a forceful and ruthless heroine, and Rhett Butler, a war profiteer, play out their tempestuous love affair against the background of the war-torn south. Pulitzer prize. LP 00050 LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS AUTHOR: WILDER, LAURA INGALLS ABSTRACT: A story about the pioneering life of 2 young girls and their parents who live in a log cabin in the Wisconsin woods, miles from any settlement. For grades 4-7 and interested readers. LP 00051 ETHAN FROME AUTHOR: WHARTON, EDITH NEWBOLD JONES ABSTRACT: A tale of retribution about a discouraged New England farmer and his hypochondriac wife. Their empty lives are suddenly changed when her cousin, a young girl who still finds joy in life, comes to live with them. LP 00052 THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN AUTHOR: TWAIN, MARK ABSTRACT: Huck's adventures begin as he runs away from home and floats down the Mississippi on a raft with a runaway slave. He encounters a variety of characters on the river and in the towns, and undergoes a difficult moral challenge. LP 00053 WALDEN AUTHOR: THOREAU, HENRY DAVID ABSTRACT: Autobiography recording the author's experiment in essential living at his Walden pond retreat in the1850s, as well as his detailed observations of nature and his commentaries on world problems.
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LP 00059 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD AUTHOR: LEE, HARPER ABSTRACT: Two children become involved in race prejudice and violence in a small Alabama town when their father, a white lawyer, defends a Negro falsely accused of rape. Pulitzer Prize winner. For high school and older readers. LP 00064 CANNERY ROW AUTHOR: STEINBECK, JOHN ABSTRACT: The story of a happy-go-lucky colony of bums on the Monterey, California, waterfront and of their friends, ladies of easy virtue in a nearby establishment. A sentimental theme is treated with realism and with the philosophy that povertystricken independence is better than commercial success. LP 00069 LASSIE COME HOME AUTHOR: KNIGHT, ERIC MOWBRAY ABSTRACT: The sentimental story of a valuable collie and her long trek to rejoin the Yorkshire family who had been forced to sell her. Dog nature and human nature are portrayed against a background of pre-war England. LP 00070 JOHNNY TREMAIN AUTHOR: FORBES, ESTHER ABSTRACT: After a burn severely cripples his right hand, Tremain becomes a courier for the committee of public safety and a hero in the early days of the American Revolution. The excitement he experiences includes the Boston Tea Party and the Battle of Lexington. For grades 4-7. Newbery award. LP 00072 A FAREWELL TO ARMS AUTHOR: HEMINGWAY, ERNEST ABSTRACT: Romance between an American lieutenant in the ambulance service in Italy during World War I and an English nurse who becomes pregnant and dies in childbirth. One of the author's most popular novels.
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LP 00073 THE PEARL AUTHOR: STEINBECK, JOHN ABSTRACT: A folktale of Lower California is the basis for this narrative about Kino, the simple fisherman, who finds an enormous pearl that promises to provide for all his family's needs. When it brings nothing but misfortune Kino throws it back into the sea and resumes his difficult way of life. LP 00074 OF MICE AND MEN AUTHOR: STEINBECK, JOHN ABSTRACT: A compassionate study of two men, drifting ranch hands who dream of someday having a place of their own. Lennie is big and blundering, fabulously strong but not quite bright, and George accepts his care as a trust. LP 00076 THE GOOD EARTH AUTHOR: BUCK, PEARL S. ABSTRACT: Pultizer prize-winning novel by a winner of the Nobel prize for literature. Describes the rise of Wang Lung, a poor Chinese peasant. The story begins with his wedding day, as he ponders his good fortune that now he will have a woman to take over the chore of lighting a fire to heat the water for his bath. With the help and patience of his new wife, O-Lan, Wang Lung becomes a rich landowner. For high school and older readers. LP 00077 HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY AUTHOR: LLEWELLYN, RICHARD ABSTRACT: A novel of the Welsh mining country in which the narrator looks back to his boyhood when the mines were flourishing, and continues the family story as labor troubles come and hard times begin in the valley. LP 00080 LORD HORNBLOWER AUTHOR: FORESTER, CECIL SCOTT ABSTRACT: Six sea adventures in the West Indies during the early part of the nineteenth century. The hero is a rear admiral in the British navy.
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LP 00082 KON-TIKI: ACROSS THE PACIFIC BY RAFT AUTHOR: HEYERDAHL, THOR ABSTRACT: Relates how six hardy young Norwegians made a perilous but successful voyage from Peru to Tahiti on a raft of balsa logs. This venture tested the author's theory that the original settlers of Polynesia might have come from South America by following the ocean route. LP 00290 THE THREE DAUGHTERS OF MADAME LIANG AUTHOR: BUCK, PEARL S. ABSTRACT: The story of China is portrayed through the eyes of a Shanghai restaurant owner, Madame Liang. She sends her three daughters to America to be educated and they become torn between China and America. Their emotional and patriotic conflicts frame their story. LP 00295 O PIONEERS! AUTHOR: CATHER, WILLA ABSTRACT: A novel about the difficulties faced by Swedes, Bohemians, and French in their struggle to tame the Nebraska prairie. LP 00296 SAPPHIRA AND THE SLAVE GIRL AUTHOR: CATHER, WILLA ABSTRACT: In the period prior to the Civil War, Sapphira Colbert develops an irrational jealousy of one of her house servants, Nancy. Henry Colbert, Sapphira's husband, is fond of Nancy and doesn't take the matter seriously. Their daughter Rachel, however, decides to take matters into her own hands. Her decision change Nancy's life forever. Some strong language. LP 00392 THE PERILOUS GARD AUTHOR: POPE, ELIZABETH MARIE ABSTRACT: Imprisoned in a remote castle in 1558 Kate Sutton finds herself struggling for a young man's life against the power of the Queen of the faery folk. For grades 5-8.
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LP 00438 THE COLOR PURPLE AUTHOR: WALKER, ALICE ABSTRACT: Two impoverished sisters have different fates -Nettie travels to Africa with a missionary family while Celie is married off to an abusive older man. Celie writes letters to God discussing events around her. Eventually she begins to take charge of her life. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Pulitzer Prize. LP 00757 FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD AUTHOR: HARDY, THOMAS ABSTRACT: In this late Victorian novel, a penniless girl becomes a woman of means when she inherits her uncle's farm. The plot focuses on her changing relationships with the three men who court her, and on their personal relationships with other people. LP 02556 BRAVE NEW WORLD AUTHOR: HUXLEY, ALDOUS ABSTRACT: A satire of a technocratic future society in which people are rigidly classified and kept happy by a drug distributed by the government. LP 02566 SCARAMOUCHE AUTHOR: SABATINI, RAFAEL ABSTRACT: He fanned the fires of revolution, struck terror in the heart of France with his sword, and risked a traitor's destiny to avenge the death of a man he honored and the debasement of the woman he loved. LP 02586 CATRIONA AUTHOR: STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS ABSTRACT: The continued adventures of David Balfour, whose story began in Stevenson's classic tale "Kidnapped" . In this sequel, published seven years after the first adventures, David, who has witnessed a murder and knows the person accused is innocent, feels he must testify for the defense. But doing so will implicate his friend Alan Breck and expose the father of Catriona, the woman David loves.
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LP 02598 A BELL FOR ADANO AUTHOR: HERSEY, JOHN R. ABSTRACT: A novel about Americans in Italy at the end of world war II. An Italian-American major tries to rebuild an occupied town on democratic principles and runs into red tape and prejudice. Some strong language. Pulitzer prize 1945. LP 02759 CHARLOTTE'S WEB AUTHOR: WHITE, E.B. ABSTRACT: A little girl who can talk to animals is devoted to Both Wilbur the foolishly smug pig, and Charlotte, the beautiful gray spider who saves Wilbur's life. For grades 3-6. LP 02760 BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA AUTHOR: PATERSON, KATHERINE ABSTRACT: (JUV). Jess finds his biggest rival and best friend in Leslie, a girl who moves to his rural Virginia community from the city. Together they create Terabithia, a secret kingdom in the woods where they reign supreme - until tragedy strikes. For grades 5-8. LP 02764 ON THE BANKS OF PLUM CREEK AUTHOR: WILDER, LAURA INGALLS ABSTRACT: The pioneering Ingalls family leaves the prairie for a farm and a primitive sod hut in Minnesota, where a flood, a blizzard, and a devastating plague of grasshoppers must be battled. For grades 4-7 and older interested readers. LP 02765 ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS AUTHOR: O'DELL, SCOTT ABSTRACT: Accidentally left behind on an island off the coast of California when her tribe moved, an Indian girl tells about the 18 years that she managed to survive and to find comfort, beauty, and, at times, joy in her solitude. For grades 6-9. Newbery Medal winner.
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LP 02783 UPSTAIRS ROOM AUTHOR: REISS, JOHANNA DE LEEUW ABSTRACT: Based on the author's experience as a Jewish child in Holland during World War II. After being separated from their parents, she and her sister hid from the Nazis in the upstairs room of a farmer's home for more than two years. The story shows the constant friction between the two pent-up sisters and the nervous courage of the family that hid them. For grades 6-9 and older readers. Some strong language. LP 02791 A WRINKLE IN TIME AUTHOR: L'ENGLE, MADELEINE ABSTRACT: As Meg Murry and her friends search for Meg's scientist father who has vanished, they are transported to another world. Newberry Medal, For grades 5-8. LP 02793 THE SECRET GARDEN AUTHOR: BURNETT, FRANCES HODGSON ABSTRACT: After becoming an orphan, ill-tempered and neglected Mary is sent to live on an uncle's huge estate where she meets an equally wretched, invalid cousin. Together they conspire to restore a locked, secret garden. LP 02794 INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD AUTHOR: BANKS, LYNNE REID ABSTRACT: Omri is disappointed with the miniature plastic Indian that his best friend gives him for his birthday until the toy comes to life as a fierce Iroquois Indian only 3" tall. A witty story for grades 4-7 and older readers. LP 02798 THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS AUTHOR: GRAHAME, KENNETH ABSTRACT: The adventures of mole, water rat, badger, bumptious Mr. Toad, and other animals who live along the river and in the woods. For grades 4-7.
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LP 02809 ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO AUTHOR: COLLODI, CARLO ABSTRACT: A little wooden puppet who can talk, think, and feel as a normal bay has a giant curiosity that leads him into exciting and unexpected adventures. And everytime he tells a lie, his nose grows and grows! For grades 3-6. LP 03101 WAR AND PEACE AUTHOR: TOLSTOY, LEO ABSTRACT: First published in 1869, this epic novel deals with Russia and France at the time of Napoleon Bonaparte. It describes the invasion of Russia by Napoleon and his army and presents the author's theories of history. LP 03102 NINETEEN EIGHTY - FOUR AUTHOR: ORWELL, GEORGE ABSTRACT: A satirical, frightening novel about a future time under a totalitarian regime, where the people believe ignorance is strength and war is peace. LP 03105 KIDNAPPED AUTHOR: STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS ABSTRACT: A Scottish lowlander narrates his adventures when his uncle tries to have him sent to America as a slave, and when he, instead, falls in with the daredevil Jacobite Alan Stewart. LP 03115 SHADOWS ON THE ROCK AUTHOR: CATHER, WILLA ABSTRACT: Historical novel that records the last days of Count Frontenac and the daily life of frontier Quebec as seen through the eyes of a child. LP 03231 THE CASE BOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES AUTHOR: DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN ABSTRACT: This final volume of cases completes the amazing career of Sherlock Holmes. Among the short stories included are "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client," "The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger" and "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire."
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LP 03489 SONS AND LOVERS AUTHOR: LAWRENCE, D. H. ABSTRACT: Gertrude Morel is devoted to her son, Paul, seeking from him the warmth and love her husband cannot give her in this psychological novel about a miner's family in England. Paul, in turn, is bound so strongly to her that he is unable to love any other woman. LP 03513 FLYING COLOURS AUTHOR: FORESTER, CECIL SCOTT ABSTRACT: In this third book, the Captain Hornblower trilogy ends in a rousing climax, as Hornblower, his first mate, and his servant are captured by the French and charged with piracy. This story describes their brilliant escape and return to England as heroes. LP 03660 THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES AUTHOR: DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN ABSTRACT: Thirteen adventures of the redoubtable amateur detective and his frequently baffled colleague, Dr. Watson. LP 03707 KIM AUTHOR: KIPLING, RUDYARD ABSTRACT: First printed in 1901. Kimball O'Hara is an Irish orphan growing up in India during the time of the British Raj. His childhood as a vagabond is cut short when he is adopted by his father's regiment. But Kim's love of adventure leads him to wander at every opportunity, and his background makes him particularly useful in secret-service activities. Thus, while still a boy, he pursues two Russian spies in the Himalayas, capturing their papers. LP 04187 LITTLE MEN AUTHOR: ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY ABSTRACT: Describes life at Plumfield, the progressive school established by Jo and her husband. Advanced theories of education mingle with the amusing escapades of the students. For grades 6-9.
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LP 04528 FIESTA (U.S. TITLE: THE SUN ALSO RISES) AUTHOR: HEMINGWAY, ERNEST ABSTRACT: A wealthy group of English and American expatriates in post-world war I Europe move from the boulevards of Paris to the bullfights of Spain--bathing, eating, and drinking. The disillusioned characters reflect the war-weary "lost generation" of the 1920s. Some strong language. LP 04662 THE LITTLE PRINCE AUTHOR: DE-SAINT-EXUPERY, ANTOINE ABSTRACT: The narrator's plane was forced down in the African desert where he meets the little prince from Asteroid B-612, who freely shares his experiences with the fascinated pilot. LP 04664 THE INVISIBLE MAN AUTHOR: WELLS, H. G. ABSTRACT: A classic science fiction novel of a scientist who discovers how to make himself invisible. LP 04900 NORTH AND SOUTH AUTHOR: GASKELL, ELIZABETH CLEGHORN ABSTRACT: An English "north country" story of daily life in a manufacturing district. It was first published as a serial in "household words" (1854), championed under the editorship of Charles Dickens. LP 05181 THE RED SHOES AUTHOR: POWELL, MICHAEL AND EMERIC PRESSBURGER ABSTRACT: One of the most famous modern love stories of the century, first appeared nearly fifty years ago. The story of beautiful, tortured Victoria Page, torn by her passion for the ballet as well as by the love of young Julian Craster. LP 05243 THE HOBBIT; OR, THERE AND BACK AGAIN AUTHOR: TOLKIEN, J. R. R. ABSTRACT: A fantasy concerning a mythical kingdom and its inhabitants. A hobbit, a magician, and some dwarfs search for hidden treasure and become involved in numerous adventures.
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LP 05522 PARIS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AUTHOR: VERNE, JULES ABSTRACT: This lost novel by Jules Verne, written in 1863, is set in 1960 when money and technology have taken over society. The narrator, a young poet who is forced to work in a bank, feels out of place in a mechanistic and materialistic society. Vern's vision of our time is prescient; there are fax machines, automobiles, computers, subways and electronic musical instruments. A giant lighthouse exists at the present day location of the Eiffel Tower which illuminates the city. Translated by Richard Howard. LP 06090 SKYLARK AUTHOR: MACLACHLAN, PATRICIA ABSTRACT: In this sequel to "Sarah, Plain and Tall ", mail-order bride Sarah goes back East with children Anna and Caleb, leaving husband Jacob, whose name is "written in the land," to deal with their drought-stricken farm. The children are impressed with Sarah's home in Maine, but they miss their father and fear that they will never return to their beloved prairie. For grades 3-6. LP 06119 SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL AUTHOR: MACLACHLAN, PATRICIA ABSTRACT: Anna and Caleb have lived alone with their father since their mother died. When Sarah comes to live with them in response to their father's newspaper advertisement, the whole family falls in love with her. But they fear that Sarah's homesickness for the Maine coast will keep her from staying with them in their prairie home. For grades 3 - 5. LP 06167 A LITTLE PRINCESS AUTHOR: BURNETT, FRANCES HODGSON ABSTRACT: In this Victorian story, Sara Crew is brought from India by her father, a military officer, to attend Miss Minchin's boarding school. She has everything that a princess could desire until a dramatic change takes place in her life. For grades 4-6.
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LP 06168 WAR OF THE WORLDS AUTHOR: WELLS, H. G. ABSTRACT: The Martians, a loathsome though highly organized race, invade England and, with their superior weapons, subdue and prey on the people. For high school and adult readers. LP 06457 A JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH AUTHOR: VERNE, JULES ABSTRACT: When an old parchment is found between the pages of a book, scientist Otto Lidenbrock and his young assistant, Axel, decode its cryptic message to reveal the location of a secret passage through a volcano to the center of the earth. Intrigued, they set out for Iceland and an adventure which means certain death if science holds true. LP 06973 THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES AUTHOR: BRADBURY, RAY ABSTRACT: Covering the years 1999 to 2026 A.D., the story tells of the successive visits by Earth people to an unfriendly Mars. LP 07050 IT'S LIKE THIS, CAT AUTHOR: NEVILLE, EMILY CHENEY ABSTRACT: Dave Mitchell is fourteen and growing up in the midst of the variety and excitement of New York City. In this quiet, reflective, and humorous story of a boy's journey toward adulthood, Emily Neville captures the flavor of one kind of New York boyhood - the sights and sounds of Gramercy Park, Coney Island, the Fulton Fish Market, the Bronx Zoo, and the fascinating mixture of nationalities. LP 08064 THE STRANGER AUTHOR: CAMUS, ALBERT ABSTRACT: An existential novel, set in Algiers, about a man who resists any commitment, rendering his own life meaningless. He does not react to his mother's death, nor to a killing he commits, and becomes a placid prisoner, convicted of murder. His own impending death, however, leads him to some realizations. May 1, 2002
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