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Author
Publisher
Riverhead
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Mariam and Laila are born a generation apart but are are brought together by war and fate. Together they endure the dangers surrounding them and discover the power of both love and sacrifice.
2) The Shining
Author
Series
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c1977
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
Jack Torrance sees his stint as winter caretaker of a Colorado hotel as a way back from failure, his wife sees it as a chance to preserve their family, and their five-year-old son sees the evil waiting just for them, as they journey into a world in which old horrors come to life to destroy the living.
Author
Series
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Orphaned at an early age, Gillian and Sally Owen are raised by an aunt who deals in sorcery. The girls long for the normal life and leave home as soon as they can. Years later tragedy strikes and it is then they realize that magic is their gift, not their affliction. By the author of Illumination Night.
Author
Publisher
Bantam Dell
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
A lawyer searches the Brazilian jungle for a missionary doctor working with Indians, the illegitimate daughter of an American tycoon who left her his fortune. But the tycoon's legitimate children are determined to prevent the inheritance.