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The scowling frog (Novels for adult learners)
Par Kate Ferris. 1997
Nathan and Pozzi have stolen something sacred, and the spirits are angry. At any moment, waves could sweep them out…
of their boat. There's something more -- both are in love with Alice, who is also in the boat. And there are only two life jackets. 1997.Three wise men (Novels for adult learners)
Par Kate Ferris. 1997
The mailbox (Novels for adult learners)
Par Kate Ferris. 1997
Helen Turner is a young and beautiful woman, married to a much older man. With one letter to a stranger,…
a bush pilot, she is about to begin a crisis in her life, forcing her to choose between the man she married and the man she loves.The rainbow quilt (Livewire youth fiction)
Par Iris Howden. 2003
Amy and Aneeta are best friends in their Design course. When they are asked to sew squares for a quilt…
to hang in the town hall, they think it will be boring. But after local riots break out, the quilt takes on a new meaning. This book is part of the Livewire youth fiction series. Livewire youth fiction is a series of exciting stories about the issues, dramas and challenges of being young. They provide teenagers/adult interest level fiction and non-fiction for those with reading ages below 10, or adult students learning English as a second language. This is a high interest, low reading age book for reluctant readers with a reading age of 7+ and interest age of 11+. Grades K-3 and older readers. 2003.The last of the Mohicans (Oxford World's Classics Ser.)
Par James Fenimore Cooper. 1994
A story of the French and Indian War at Fort William Henry in 1757. Around this historical event, Cooper built…
a fiction based on the adventures of Leatherstocking and his Indian friends. Sequel to "The Deerslayer". 1826.The professor (Penguin Popular Classics Ser.)
Par Charlotte Brontë, Heather Glen. 1989
This first novel by the famous author of "Jane Eyre," is based on Bronte's experience as a young woman studying…
in Belgium, where she fell hopelessly in love with a married teacher. Many scholars acknowledge it as a study for her later novel, "Villette." 1989.The mill on the Floss (Penguin Popular Classics Ser.)
Par George Eliot. 1994
Maggie Tulliver, whose father owns a mill on the River Floss, and her brother Tom are united by a strong…
bond. But when Maggie is pursued by the son of the lawyer who ruined their father, Tom forbids their friendship. Later, Maggie falls in love with the fiancé of her cousin Lucy Deane. Repenting, her life is made desperately unhappy. 1860.Great expectations (Penguin Popular Classics Ser.)
Par Charles Dickens. 1994
A mysterious benefactor provides Philip Pirrip, a young boy adopted by a blacksmith and his wife, with the chance to…
escape his poor upbringing. Aspiring to be a gentleman, and encouraged by the expectations of wealth, he abandons his friends and moves to London. 1861.The picture of Dorian Gray (Penguin classics)
Par Oscar Wilde, Robert Mighall. 1890
"If it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old...I would give…
my soul for that!" The wish uttered by Dorian Gray as he gazes on his portrait forms the basis of this story, of a gilded and spoilt hedonist who is willing to sell his soul for his beauty. 1890.Romola (Penguin classics)
Par George Eliot, Andrew Sanders. 1980
Set in late 15th-century Italy, in the Renaissance Florence of Machiavelli and the Medicis, "Romola" reconstructs a turning point in…
the intellectual history of Europe by charting the career and martyrdom of the charismatic religious leader Savonarola. Originally published in 1863. 1980.Old mortality (Forsyte chronicles)
Par Walter Scott. 1975
Set in 1679 during the Scottish populist rebellion known as the Covenanter uprising, Henry Morton of Milnewood is compelled to…
take up arms against the royalists, who are led by Claverhouse, a true villain in Scottish history. A moderate Covenanter, Morton is one of the "people's heroes" who challenge King Charles II and change the course of Scottish history. 1816.Rip Van Winkle and other stories (Puffin classics)
Par Washington Irving. 1994
Five tales by Washington Irving (1783-1859). In the title story, the good-natured but lazy Rip Van Winkle falls asleep for…
twenty years in the Catskills. In "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," schoolmaster Ichabod Crane encounters the Headless Horseman. Includes "The Spectre Bridegroom," "The Pride of the Village," and "Mountjoy." Origianlly published 1819. 1994. Rip Van Winkle -- Legend of Sleepy Hollow -- Spectre bridegroom -- Pride of the village -- Mountjoy.Uncle Tom's cabin: or, Life among the lowly (A Harper classic)
Par Harriet Beecher Stowe. 1965
First published in 1852, abolitionist Stowe's depiction of the moral injustice of slavery and the evils of materialism. Tom saves…
little Eva's life, and years later she tries to help him gain his freedom. Eventually, Tom's protection of runaway Eliza costs him his life at the hands of the brutal ex-Yankee Simon Legree. 1965.Runaway (Series Canada)
Par Paul Kropp. 1980
Kathy's father beats her, her best friend drives her crazy, and her boyfriend is getting too serious. For junior and…
senior high readers. High interest, low vocabulary book. Reading level, grade 4. Grade I braille. 1980. (Series Canada)Take off (Series Canada)
Par Sandra Gulland, Paul Kropp, Greg Ruhl. 1985
Dan knows that life is not easy for a runaway on his own, so there is no way that he…
will let his friend, Jimmy, go off alone. For junior and senior high readers. Reading level, grade 4. Grade I braille. (Series Canada)Nine lives (Series Canada)
Par Prem Omkaro. 1988
Cat has always been curious and her summer job at the resort makes it easy to snoop. But this time,…
Cat's snooping gets her in real trouble. Grades 5-8. High interest, low vocabulary book. Reading level, grade 3. Uncontracted braille. 1988. (Series Canada)Wives and daughters (The Penguin English library)
Par Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Frank Glover Smith, Laurence Lerner. 1969
This story of Mr. Gibson's new marriage and its influence on the lives of those closest to him is underpinned…
by a sense of social change, and of the more basic realities of birth and death. First published in 1866. 1969.Wild animals I have known (New Canadian library ; #141)
Par Ernest Thompson Seton. 1898
Wessex tales (The World's classics)
Par Thomas Hardy, Kathryn R King. 1991
In his first collection of short stories, Hardy sought to record the legends, superstitions, local customs and lore of Wessex.…
He also portrays the social and economic stresses of Dorset. First published in 1888. 1991.Washington Square (Recorded Books classics library)
Par Henry James. 1997
Set in the exacting social landscape of New York City at the turn of the twentieth century, "Washington Square" is…
the tale of a wealthy but shy young woman caught between conflicting family expectations. 1997.