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List: Kumon Level H


A photo of The secret garden

The secret garden

Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. A ten-year-old orphan comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors where she discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.

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A photo of King of the wind : [the story of the Godolphin Arabian]

King of the wind : [the story of the Godolphin Arabian]

Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. Sham and the stable boy, Agba, travel from Morocco to France to England where, at last, Sham's majesty is recognized and he becomes the "Godolphin Arabian," ancestor of the most superior Thoroughbred horses.

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A photo of Jacob have I loved

Jacob have I loved

Feeling deprived all her life of schooling, friends, mother, and even her name by her twin sister, Louise finally begins to find her identity.

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A photo of Roll of thunder, hear my cry

Roll of thunder, hear my cry

A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.

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A photo of The hobbit, or, There and back again

The hobbit, or, There and back again

Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.

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A photo of Around the world in 80 days

Around the world in 80 days

Also available in Hoopla. Jules Verne--and his one-of-a-kind hero, Phileas Fogg--take children on an action-packed, whirlwind race around the world. For as long as anyone can remember, Fogg's daily ritual has never varied by even a minute. Then, on a whim and a bet, he sets out to prove that he can span the globe and return to his club in London in only 80 days. Suddenly, his life is turned upside down, and every day offers an exciting new adventure. Kids will love it!

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A photo of Daddy Long-Legs

Daddy Long-Legs

Also available in Hoopla in English and Spanish. A trustee of the John Grier orphanage has offered to send Judy Abbott to college. The only requirements are that she must write to him every month, and that she can never know who he is. Judy's life at college is a whirlwind of friends, classes, parties, and a growing friendship with the handsome Jervis Pendleton. With so much happening in her life, Judy can scarcely stop writing to the mysterious "Daddy-Long-Legs"!

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A photo of The story of my life

The story of my life

Also available in Hoopla. "Helen shares her struggles with unassuming charm and intelligence: the frustration of not being able to express herself-- like wandering though a dense fog-- and the happiness of finally apprehending light breaking through the mist. The joy she felt when she first made the connection between the word WATER and the cold, wet liquid that poured over her fingers, comes spilling onto the pages with girlish, infectious enthusiasm. Written when she was just 22, Helen's story would gain the attention of some of the most famous people of her day, among them Alexander Graham Bell, the poet Oliver Wendell Holmes and Mark Twain"--Container.

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