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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12 - AR Pts: 32
Language
English
Description
The wild rush of action in this classic frontier adventure story has made The Last of the Mohicans the most popular of James Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales. Deep in the forests of upper New York State, the brave woodsman Hawkeye (Natty Bumppo) and his loyal Mohican friends Chingachgook and Uncas become embroiled in the bloody battles of the French and Indian War. The abduction of the beautiful Munro sisters by hostile savages, the treachery...
2) One by one
Author
Language
English
Description
"Getting snowed in at a luxurious, rustic ski chalet doesn't sound like the worst problem in the world, especially with others to keep you company. Unless that company happens to be eight of your coworkers ... each with something to gain, something to lose, and something to hide. When the cofounder of Snoop, a trendy London-based tech startup, organizes a weeklong trip for the team in the French Alps, tensions simmer and loyalties are tested. Then...
Author
Publisher
Folio Society
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
sixth printing
Physical Desc
185 p.
Language
English
Description
"The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault" is a collection of stories by the French author credited with creating the fairy tale genre. After a lengthy career in service to his King, Perrault devoted the rest of his life to writing and in 1697 published "Tales and Stories of the Past with Morals", or "Tales of Mother Goose", which included such iconic tales as "Sleeping Beauty", "Cinderella", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Puss in Boots", and "Bluebeard"....
5) Bellewether
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
It's late summer, war is raging, and families are torn apart by divided loyalties and deadly secrets. In this complex and dangerous time, a young French Canadian lieutenant is captured and billeted with a Long Island family, an unwilling and unwelcome guest. As he begins to pitch in with the never-ending household tasks and farm chores, Jean-Philippe de Sabran finds himself drawn to the daughter of the house. Slowly, Lydia Wilde comes to lean on Jean-Philippe,...
Author
Publisher
Scribner's
Pub. Date
[1986], c1947
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12 - AR Pts: 32
Physical Desc
x, 372, [14] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The story of two sisters' perilous journey through the wilderness near Lake Champlain to join their father at Fort William Henry is set against the backdrop of the French and Indian War.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Themes: Adapted Classics, Low Level Classics, Charles Dickens, Fiction, Tween, Teen, Young Adult, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Timeless Classics-designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original classic. These classics...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Brought up in France as the African slave companion of a nobleman's daughter, thirteen-year-old Zettie records the events of 1763, when she and her mistress escape to the New World where they are inadvertently drawn into the hostilities of the ongoing French and Indian War and, eventually, find a new direction to their lives.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 360 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
An account of the eighteenth-century war fought in the wildernesses between Nova Scotia and Ohio traces the campaigns to capture forts Ticonderoga, Duquesne, and Niagara, and chronicles the legendary battle of Quebec.
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
94 p.: col. ill.; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
History is dramatic-and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier demonstrate this in a compelling series aimed at young readers. Covering American history from the founding of Jamestown through present day, these volumes explore far beyond the dates and events of a historical chronicle to present a moving illumination of the ideas, opinions, attitudes and tribulations that led to the birth of this great nation....
20) Calico captive
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
[2001], c1985
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
274 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
During the French and Indian War, young Miriam Willard is captured by Indians and taken to Montreal.