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During one of his several adventurous voyages in the 1600s, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
2) Little women
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Louisa May Alcott's Little Women; or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy (1868) follows the lives, loves and tribulations of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. The story is based on the childhood experiences Alcott shared with her real-life sisters, Anna, May and Elizabeth. Alcott intricately explores the rich nuances of family and family relationships with each character. Avid Alcott readers often identify in themselves one of the four sisters...
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Usborne young reading volume series 2
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English
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Retelling of the wanderings of Ulysses based on Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.
5) Pinocchio
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A lonely woodcutter creates a puppet that comes to life, but Pinocchio is more of a prankster than a pleasure until he learns that being a real boy is much more complicated than simply having fun.
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Usborne young reading volume series 1
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The three billy goats gruff were leaving their farm to look for food. You can't! cried their friends. What about the terrible troll? That's just an old hen's tale.
16) Pinocchio
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The retelling of the classic story in which a wooden puppet made by Gepetto strives to become a real boy.
17) The snow queen
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Usborne young reading volume Series Two
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Retelling of the story about a boy captured by the snow queen and taken to her castle in the north and his friend's efforts to save him.
19) Gladiators
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2006.
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"Gladiators were brutal fighters who risked their lives in one of the deadliest sports of all time. They performed to huge crowds in stadiums across the Roman Empire. Find out how these savage spectacles first began, who took part in them and how men were trained to become fighting machines" -- p. [4] of cover.
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