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Treasure Island

While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune and great danger.
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Kidnapped

In 1751 in Scotland, cheated out of his inheritance by a greedy uncle who has him kidnapped and put on a ship to the Carolinas, seventeen-year-old David Balfour escapes to the Highlands with the help of the Jacobite Alan Breck Stewart and there encounters further danger and intrigue as he attempts to clear his name and regain his property.
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Treasure Island

While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of an inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune. Includes review questions.
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Many ways to be a soldier

Based on true accounts of the Revolutionary War, this story chronicles ten-year-old Rem Goldin's heroic actions in helping to repel the landing of British soldiers at Stites Point, New Jersey, in 1776.
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The rogues

Roddy Macallan determines to fight back when everyone in his village loses their land to the laird and teams up with a Robin Hood-like rogue who roams the Highlands.
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Early American literature

a collection of critical essays
A critical examination of major American authors ranging from the colonial period to the turn of the eighteenth century.
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Kaya and Lone Dog

a friendship story
Against the warnings of her people, Kaya befriends a lone dog, but as the dog's pups begin to grow older, Kaya believes that her dog is speaking to her.
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Kidnapped

Presents the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson about a sixteen-year-old orphan who is kidnapped by his villainous uncle.

Kidnapped

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.

The musician's daughter

In eighteenth-century Vienna, Austria, fifteen-year-old Theresa seeks a way to help her mother and brother financially while investigating the murder of her father, a renowned violinist in Haydn's orchestra at the court of Prince Esterhazy, after his body is found near a gypsy camp.

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