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Aida
The opera diva Leontyne Price retells this classic operatic tale made famous by the 19th century composer Giuseppi Verdi. The princess Aida is captured and forced into slavery by Egyptian soldiers, but she and rival army leader Radames fall in love. The
Author: Price, Leontyne |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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Jim the Boy
In a coming-of-age story set in Appalachia, Jim grows up as a town boy with his mother and uncles but finally makes friends with a mountain boy and meets his mountain grandfather.
Longitude Prize, The
This history documents the competition between "ocean clocks" and "lunars" to win the 20,000 pound prize (about $12 million today) from the British Parliament for a replicable and simple way to determine longitude at sea. The story follows John Harrison,
Author: Dash, Joan |
HSE Descriptors:
math | science
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Othello, A Novel
The author retells Shakespeare's play Othello as a novel, relocating the setting to late 15th century England and changing the racial identities of Iago and Emilia to African. Boldface type calls attention to passages from Shakespeare. Iago manipulates
Author: Lester, Julius |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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Secret Room, The
A king is impressed with a man's wisdom and appoints him to the court, but his chief counselor becomes jealous.
Sundiata
With roots in the 13th Century history of Mali in West Central Africa, the legend of Sundiata and how he gains the kingship prophesied at his birth is illustrated with exquisite cut paper artwork. Historical facts are included in the endmatter and a beau
Author: Wisniewski, David |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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Tale of Paradise Lost, The
An exquisitly illustrated prose retelling of John Milton's famous poem Paradise Lost.
Author: Willard, Nancy |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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