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Up Rattler Mountain

Anne Schraff (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781630787820

The judge gives Rodrigo one last chance. If he doesn’t learn his lesson at the detention camp, he will be sent to state prison. Will the teenage tough guy finally learn to controlhis hot temper? Or will Jon Chandler, his big mouth roommate, push Rodrigo over the edge?

The Girl Who Had Everything

Janice Greene (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781630788087

Most of the kids at school are jealous of Alexandra. The pretty teenager is not only a talented dancer, she's rich beyond most people's wildest dreams! But the money makes her self-conscious. No one could guess how lonely she is. And being alone is dangerous when you're wealthy and vulnerable.

Hamlet

William Shakespeare (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781602911512

In graphic novel format, this is a tale of a Danish prince who seeks vengeance for his father's murder after being visited by his ghost.

Hit Just Right

Katherine Hengel (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781612472492

The pitching machine hurled the first pitch. It was just like at the cages. Carlos was comfortable. He lifted his left leg slightly. Then he turned his hips to the ball. He swung the bat. Crack!

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens (author) Ute Simon (illustrator)

Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9781616411664

In Charles Dickens's classic tale of the French Revolution, Lucie Manette and her family are living quietly in London when the revolution draws them into the center of the dangerous mob in Paris. The fight for her husband's freedom and the sacrifice of Sydney Carton has been adapted for young readers. From the calm of London to the unrest in Paris, love, loyalty, and friendships are tested in the Calico Illustrated Classics adaptation of Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities.

David Copperfield

Charles Dickens (author) Howard McWilliam (illustrator)

Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9781616413262

Charles Dickens presents the classic tale of David Copperfield to readers young and old. From the loss of Copperfield's father before his birth, through his mother's remarriage, to finding the love of his life, Dickens reveals the heartbreak, hope, and friendship found along an ordinary life. Young readers can follow the tale of love in the Calico Illustrated Classics adaptation of Dickens's David Copperfield.

Joyride

Dee Phillips (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781630780067

Me, Bailey, Tanner, and Hannah. The red car. "Look" says Tanner. "The keys are inside!"

Time of Courage

Anne Schraff (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781602919952

Carmen Ibarra's larger-than-life father is running for city council against Monte Esposito, the corrupt incumbent- and Naomi's cousin. Ernesto is a little nervous. Deep in his heart he knows that Esposito is not good for the barrio. But he isn't about to upset Naomi's family. So he keeps his mouth shut.

Skinhead Birdy

Evan Jacobs (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781630782825

Expelled from high school number one, Tyler Ruiz is attending his second. Not a great record for a sophomore with anger issues. Then he meets Sara Allen. Tyler's a good-looking guy, so he figures Sara's an easy hookup. But she isn't. She's complicated. And uninterested. Which makes Tyler want her even more. As he learns about Sara's punk rock world, Tyler's protective outer layers peel away. And he falls hard for a girl who is mentally unstable and achingly vulnerable.

The Best Week Ever

Eleanor Robins (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781602919525

Deb has reading problems and is self-conscious about it. She doesn't think smart boys will like her. But she's hardworking, helpful, and a girl of her word. Deb turns down a date to rake her sick neighbor's leaves. Ed, smart and handsome, comes by to give her a hand and- perhaps- ask her out.

The Ritual

Janice Greene (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781602919075

Terrell decides to expose the secret ritual that injured a new football player, Dylan, in spite of threats from Booth.

Blood and Basketball

Janice Greene (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781602919358

Dale Curtis, the rookie on the Jackson Eagles basketball team, struggles between his commitment to the team and loyalty to his ex-con brother.

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781602918290

During the perilous French Revolution, the lives of two men who look alike are entwined: One is in danger of being beheaded by the guillotine, and the other, a hero who sacrifices his own life for his friend.

Uncle's dream; and The Permanent Husband

Fyodor Dostoevsky (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426742

Uncle's Dream by Fyodor Dostoyevsky was written following his five year exile to Siberia where he was sent to serve in a hard labor camp. Following what could only have been a harrowing and harsh existence in Russia's infamous prison for political and social prisoners, one would expect Dostoyevsky's work to have been dark and bitter. Rather, Uncle's Dream is a humorous and yet scathing commentary on Russian provincial high-society. The Eternal Husband is a novella by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky that was first published in 1870 in Zarya magazine The novella's plot revolves around the complicated relationship between Velchaninov and Trusotsky, the husband of his deceased former lover.

Two on a Tower

Thomas Hardy (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426704

A book about the forbidden love between a 20 year old astronomer, Swithin, and Viviette, the much older woman of 29.

Wessex Tales

Thomas Hardy (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426810

A collection of six novellas, written in the 1880s and 1890s, about the true nature of nineteenth century marriage and its inherent restrictions.

Under the Greenwood Tree

Thomas Hardy (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426759

Life in the English village of Mellstock is about to change when a mechanical organ is brought to the local church. Of course, there is also a need for an organist and that is where beautiful, highly-educated Fancy Day comes in. Replacing the church’s choir however is more difficult than it seems, especially when a member of the choir, Dick falls for Fancy at first sight.

Thus Spake Zarathustra

Friedrich Nietzche (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426629

Zarathustra is not the Persian founder of Zoroastrianism; he is just a means to Friedrich Nietzsche’s end. Through Zarathustra, Nietzsche tries to define his own philosophy attacking the Christian values of good and evil and predicting the rise of a new man, the superman, a self-mastered, self-cultivating, self-directed and self-overcoming individual.

The White Company

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426483

Alleyne is all-grown up now and ready to leave the comfort of the abbey where he was raised. He wants to join the White Company - a group of mercenaries ready to fight for England in the Hundred Years’ War - but first he must visit his older brother. The meeting doesn’t go as planned, and Alleyne ends up saving Maude who turns out to be the daughter of Sir Nigel Luring, the commander of the White Company.

The Witness

Grace Livingston Hill (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426513

Paul Courtland must choose between his two loves.

Three Lives

Gertrude Stein (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426599

In Three Lives, Gertrude Stein tells the story of three common American women. The first one is Anna Federner, a German immigrant with green parrot that colors her apparently dull serving life. Melanctha, a black woman searching for a meaning in her mixed life, is the protagonist of the second part of the book while Lena, a passive and misunderstood of German descent, is the unsung hero of the third part.

The Woodlanders

Thomas Hardy (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426544

After spending several years away from home to study, Grace Melbury returns to Little Hintock only to find Giles, her betrothed, still in love with her. Her father thinks Giles - a humble peasant - isn’t worthy of marrying his highly-educated daughter and persuades her to marry a young doctor by the name of Edgar Fitzpiers. Edgar is not quite the loyal type though.

The War Romance of the Salvation Army

Grace Livingston Hill (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426452

The War Romance of the Salvation Army by Grace Livingston Hill is a romance novel, but one unlike her other books. Instead of focusing on the developing love between a man and a woman, this book features the "romance" between the U.S. Army and the Salvation Army. This book features a collection of stories about the women who traveled to the front lines during World War I.

The Trembling of a Leaf: Stories of the South Sea Islands

W. Somerset Maugham (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426384

Spy for the British Empire, W. Somerset Maugham traveled many times to the South Pacific and the Far East. There, he began creating a series of short stories about the life of the colonialists and how the remoteness and strangeness of such far-away lands can ultimately destroy the very soul of the civilized man.

The Return of the Native

Thomas Hardy (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426018

Edgon Heath is a mystical place where life is not at all ordinary and simple. It is also the stage where the tragedy in The Return of the Native unfolds. And like any classical tragedy, the action revolves around a woman, goddess-like Eustacia Vye who searches for a way to escape the mundane. Will passion bring her relief?