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21) Pollyanna
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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.
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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.
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
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
2008
Physical Desc
151 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
An abridged version of the tale of Scheherazade, daughter of King Shahryar's advisor, who tells her husband, the king, a different story every night to keep him from fulfilling his plan to kill her in the morning.
28) The jungle book
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
152 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
An abridged retelling of the adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves, and the wild animals of the jungle. Includes discussion questions.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
151 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
An abridged version of the tale of the four Musketeers' final adventure during which they plot to replace King Louis XIV of France with the mysterious, masked prisoner in the Bastille believed to be Louis' falsely imprisoned twin brother and the true king.
33) Anne of Avonlea
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In this abridged sequel to "Anne of Green Gables," sixteen-year-old Anne works as a school teacher in a small village on Prince Edward Island.
34) Little men
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An abridged version of the Louisa May Alcott novel that follows the adventures of Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer as they try to make their school for boys a happy, comfortable, and stimulating place.
37) Moby-Dick
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
149 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
An abridged retelling of the adventures of a young seaman when he joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod, led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick.
38) Greek myths
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Description
From Icarus's legendary flight to Orpheus's trip to the underworld, this edition introduces young readers to classic Greek myths.
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