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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
This is the story of Arthur Dent, who, seconds before Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, is plucked off the planet by his friend, Ford Prefect, who has been posing as an out-of-work actor for the last fifteen years but is really a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Together they begin a journey through the galaxy aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The highly anticipated portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, by the prize-winning, bestselling author of SAY NOTHING The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions: Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford, the Louvre. They are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations to the arts and sciences. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sackler's...
Author
Publisher
Firebird
Pub. Date
2002, c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
vii, 184 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Mordred learns the identity of his father, he struggles with feelings of hatred, but also fights the fate which determines that he kill the good and gracious king.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
ix, 227 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In a war-torn England where her half-brother Arthur will eventually become king, the young Morgan le Fay comes to realize that she has magic powers and links to the faerie world.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
45th anniversary ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 79 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The English king dies leaving no heir. In the churchyard of a cathedral in London, a sword appears imbedded in a stone. It is inscribed with a prophecy. Although many try, no one can budge the sword from the stone. Deep in the dark woods, Merlin the Magician begins to teach 11-year-old Arthur, who lives in the castle of Sir Ector where he's an apprentice squire to Sir Kay. Arthur learns the basic truths of life, but he also runs into the evil Madam...
Author
Series
Magic tree house. A Merlin mission volume 55
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When a mysterious note invites them to Camelot, Jack and Annie travel in the magic tree house to the magical kingdom where they must find a lost dragon.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
96 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents twenty true stories of athletes--mostly admirable, occasionally quirky--whose physical accomplishments create a world of thrills and spills.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace & Co
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
96 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Focuses on the lives of presidents as parents, husbands, pet-owners, and neighbors while also including humorous anecdotes about hairstyles, attitudes, diets, fears, and sleep patterns.