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Harry Potter (Original series) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by J.K. Rowling
Making the reading experience fun!
Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, SparkNotes is a new breed of study guide: smarter, better, faster.Geared to what today's students need to know, SparkNotes provides:chapter-by-chapter analysis
explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols
a review quiz and essay topics
Lively and accessible, these...
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Finnish
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Harry Potter's life is miserable. His parents are dead and he's stuck with his heartless relatives, who force him to live in a tiny closet under the stairs. But his fortune changes when he receives a letter that tells him the truth about himself: he's a wizard. A mysterious visitor rescues him from his relatives and takes him to his new home, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
After a lifetime of bottling up his magical powers, Harry finally...
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Norwegian
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Harry Potter's life is miserable. His parents are dead and he's stuck with his heartless relatives, who force him to live in a tiny closet under the stairs. But his fortune changes when he receives a letter that tells him the truth about himself: he's a wizard. A mysterious visitor rescues him from his relatives and takes him to his new home, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
After a lifetime of bottling up his magical powers, Harry finally...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling, the novel that cast a spell on the hearts of children and adults all over the world. It tells the story of Harry Potter, a boy who learns that he is a wizard and begins his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft...
7) The hero
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This title examines the role and theme of the hero archetype in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, To Kill a Mockingbird, 12 Years a Slave, The Scarlet Letter, and Little Women. It features four analysis papers that consider the hero theme, each using different critical lenses, writing techniques, or aspects of the theme.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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During World War II, eleven-year-old Felicity is sent from London to Bottlebay, Maine, to live with her grandmother, aunt, uncle, and a reclusive boy who helps her decode mysterious letters that contain the truth about her missing parents.
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Learn How to Write a Novel by reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone!
Learning how to write a novel is hard, but doing so by studying one of the best-selling, most-beloved novels of all time makes it a lot easier.
In this book, authors and former college professors Scott King and Clark Chamberlain will teach you how to write a novel using Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone as their study guide and example.
Each chapter ends with a collection...
10) Dear Mom
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English
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""Love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves it's own mark. To have been
loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some
protection forever."
- J.K.Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"
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MAD Magazine volume 391
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English
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Featuring our book parody of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone! Plus our full-length spoof of 7th Heaven, "Magic 8-Ball Answers for the New Millennium," "MAD's Etiquette Guide for Drunk Drivers" and much more!
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In the early 1800's, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93 chessmen carved from walrus ivory. Norse netsuke, each face individual, each full of quirks, the Lewis Chessmen are probably the most famous chess pieces in the world. Harry played Wizard's Chess with them in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Housed at the British Museum, they are among its most visited and beloved objects. Questions abounded:...
13) Bruno Mars
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Meet talented actress Emma Watson! In this title, readers will follow Watson's career from her smash debut in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone through Beauty and the Beast. Her charitable work with organizations such as the United Nations is included. Table of contents, map, "Did You Know" fact boxes, a "Snapshot" graphic with vital information, glossary, and index are included. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards....
14) Romeo blue
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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During World War II, Felicity Bathburn is living in Bottlebay, Maine, with her eccentric relatives and their foster child Derek, whom she has grown to love, but when a man claiming to be Derek's true father arrives and starts asking all sorts of strange questions Felicity becomes suspicious of his motives.
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As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the US, readers everywhere are invited to explore the extraordinary subjects of the Hogwarts curriculum - Potions & Alchemy, Divination, Care of Magical Creatures, and more - and examine incredible historical artifacts, items from J.K. Rowling's personal archive, and stunning original artwork from Harry Potter series artists Mary GrandPré, Jim Kay, and Brian Selznick.
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Transforming Harry: The Adaptation of Harry Potter in the Transmedia Age is an edited volume of eight essays that look at how the cinematic versions of the seven Harry Potter novels represent an unprecedented cultural event in the history of cinematic adaptation. The movie version of the first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, premiered in 2001, in between publication of the fourth and fifth books of this global literary phenomenon....
17) Paris for two
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Twelve-year-old Petunia is used to living in the shadow of her fourteen-year-old half-sister, Ava, their mother's favorite, but now that the whole family has moved to Paris for a year, Pet finds herself stepping into the light, making new friends, uncovering secrets, and, inspired by the classic French dolls she has found, revealing an unexpected talent for designing dresses--and her beautiful sister does not take it well.
18) House of secrets
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House of secrets (Chris Columbus) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Cordelia, Brendan, and Eleanor Walker, aged fifteen to eight, must rely on a mysterious book to face the Wind Witch and her father, the Storm King, who have kidnapped Dr. and Mrs. Walker and brought them to a strange world of magic.
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English
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Two manuscripts in one audiobook:
- Egyptian Mythology for Kids: Captivating Tales and Myths of Gods, Goddesses, Monsters, and Pharaohs
- Greek Mythology for Kids: Captivating Tales and Myths of Greek Gods, Goddesses, Mythological Creatures, Heroes, Kings, and Villains
In the first part of this audiobook, you will learn about:
- The mummy's curse-is it real?
- The ancient Egyptians had more than one creation story!
- Nobody knows who exactly built...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Since a tragedy she cannot remember, thirteen-year-old Louise has changed her name, given up gymnastics, moved in with her grandparents, and locked her feelings inside but through her friends Reni and Hen and notes from a secret admirer she begins to find herself again.