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Reading levels are indicated: “beginning” is for readers who are starting to learn English,while “intermediate” and “advanced” are for readers with some experience in the language. Click on the cover art to order the title from Amazon.
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
by Eleanor Coerr Based on the true story of an active young Japanese girl named Sadako. Nine years after the atom bomb fell on her town of Hiroshima, she became sick and began folding origami cranes, which according to legend, can make you well if you fold one thousand. (beginning) |
Stepping Stones Classic series
This series takes classic books and adapts them into simpler language. Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, adapted by Larry Weinberg Dr. Victor Frankenstein learns the secret of producing life, and so, by putting together parts of various corpses, he creates the Frankenstein monster. The monster is huge and frightening, but he means no harm to anyone--until constant ill treatment drives him to murder and revenge. (beginner) other titles include: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, War of the Worlds, The Swiss Family Library |
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