Jamel Akib
1) Monsoon
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Description
A child describes waiting for the monsoon rains to arrive and the worry that they will not come.
2) Pollyanna
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
154 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
An abridged version of the tale of orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna, who comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, bringing happiness to her aunt and other members of the community through her philosophy of gladness.
3) Frankenstein
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
v, 153 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
An abriged version of the novel in which a monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
152 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
An abridged version of the Mark Twain classic in which young Edward VI of England and a poor boy who resembles him exchange places and each learns something about the other's very different station in life.
6) Heidi
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
152 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
An abridged version of Johanna Spyri's classic story of a Swiss orphan who is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
151 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
An abridged version of an adventure in seventeenth-century France, when young d'Artagnan initially quarrels with, then befriends, three musketeers and joins them in trying to outwit the enemies of the king and queen.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
149 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
An abridged version of the tale set in the spring of 1863 when, while engaged in the fierce battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia, a young Union soldier matures to manhood and finds peace of mind as he comes to grips with his conflicting emotions about war.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
151 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
An abridged version of Kate Douglas Wiggin's classic story of talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca's adventures after she leaves her home at Sunnybrook Farm to go live in town with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental.
Author
Description
Through the eyes of Lemuel Gulliver, Swift's unforgettable satire takes readers into worlds formerly unimagined. Visit four strange and remarkable lands: Lilliput, where Gulliver seems a giant among a race of tiny people, Brobdingnag, the opposite, where the natives are giants and Gulliver puny, the ruined yet magical country of Laputa, and the home of the Houyhnhnms, gentle horses far superior to the ugly humanoid Yahoos who share their universe....
Author
Description
In this series by award-winning author Sandra Markle, famous explorers take a back seat to the animals they encountered along the way. While nothing about Christopher Columbus' journey was expected, he couldn't have imagined feasting on roasted lizard! Through nimble writing and beautiful paintings, this series casts the past in a whole new light!
Author
Description
"Once you start looking for the happy things, you don't think about the bad ones as much." That's the joyful way Pollyanna sees the world: no matter what happens, she plays her "Just Be Glad" game and finds the sunny side of any situation. But when she's orphaned and forced to live with her rigid Aunt Polly, will high-spirited Pollyanna succeed in melting her Aunt's cold heart?