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2) Kidnapped
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After being kidnapped by his villainous uncle, sixteen-year-old David Balfour escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.
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Who could forget the pranks, the adventures, the sheer fun of Tom Sawyer? It's something every child should experience and every child will love. From Tom's sly trickery with the whitewashed fence, when he cleverly manipulates everyone so they happily do his work for him, to his and Becky Thatcher's calamities in the Bat Cave, the enjoyment just never ends.
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Huck is a young, naive white boy fleeing from his drunken, dangerous Pa and Jim is a runaway slave longing to be reunited with his family. Flung together by circumstance, they journey down the Mississippi together on a log raft, each in search of his own definition of freedom. Their daring adventures along the way provide both entertainment and a satirical look at the moral values of the Deep South of the 1800s.
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"William Golding's unforgettable classic of boyhood adventure and the savagery of humanity comes to this Classics Deluxe Edition with a new foreword by Lois Lowry. As provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, Lord of the Flies continues to ignite passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary boys marooned on a coral island has been labeled a...
10) Pony
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2021.
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"A modern classic about a boy on a quest to rescue his father, with only a ghost as his companion and a mysterious pony as his guide"--
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Cilla Lee-Jenkins volume 2
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Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2018.
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263 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Cilla decides to write a book that will be a classic while engaging in such adventures as practicing to be a flower girl, learning more about her Chinese heritage, and sharing her best friend.
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Saint-Exupery's classic story of a little prince who meets and befriends a pilot whose plane has crashed in the desert. In a tender and often poignant dialogue with his new friend, the little prince tells of his adventures on Earth and other planets, and of his search for peace. The English edition features a new translation and restored original art to mark the 100th anniversary of the author's birth.
13) The Dharma bums
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Penguin Books
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2006
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xxviii, 187 p. ; 22 cm.
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"Published just one year after On The Road, this is the story of two men enganged in a passionate search for Dharma or truth. Their major adventure is the pursuit of the Zen Way, which takes them climbing into the High Sierras to seek the lesson of solitude."--Amazon.com.
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HarperCollins
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[2011]
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372 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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An adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic tale of 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.
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Swallows and Amazons volume 1
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The ultimate children's classic - long summer days filled with adventure. John, Susan, Titty and Roger sail their boat, Swallow, to a deserted island for a summer camping trip. Exploring and playing sailors is an adventure in itself but the island holds more excitement in store. Two fierce Amazon pirates, Nancy and Peggy, challenge them to war and a summer of battles and alliances ensues.
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Remixed classics volume 1
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Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2021.
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408 pages : color illustration ; 22 cm.
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Xiang and Anh--ages sixteen and seventeen--hunt the South China Sea for the lost treasure of the fabled pirate queen Zheng Yi Sao.
18) Dune
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"Science fiction's supreme masterpiece, Dune will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, it is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who will become the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib. Paul's noble family is named stewards of Arrakis, whose sands are the only source of a powerful drug called "the spice." After his family is brought down in a traitorous plot, Paul must go undercover to seek revenge, and...
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Little, Brown and Company
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2015.
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ix, 368 pages ; 22 cm
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The author describes how she and her husband moved from cosmopolitan Paris to rural Provence after their son was born, the beginning of their adventures as culinary entrepreneurs, and their initiation into classic Provencal cuisine.
20) Mythology
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A collection of Greek and Roman myths from various classical sources arranged in section on the gods and early heroes, love and adventure stories, heroes before and during the Trojan War, and lesser myths. Includes a brief section on Norse mythology.
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