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Book cover for "Monster hands".
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Publisher:
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date:
c2024
Lexile measure:
AD: Adult Directed 480L
Language:
English
Description:
"One night, just before bedtime...Milo read a book about a monster under the bed. Milo should not have read that book. Monsters under the bed are scary, but luckily, Milo's best friend, Mel, knows just what to do--scare the monster more than the monster scares you!"--P. [2] of jacket.
Book cover for "Monsters of man".
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Publisher:
High Octane Pictures
Pub. Date:
[2021]
Language:
English
Description:
A robotics company trying to win a lucrative military contract teams up with a corrupt CIA agent to conduct an illegal live field test on their newest killing machines. They deploy four weaponised prototype robots into a drug manufacturing camp in Southeast Asia, where things quickly spiral into unthinkable chaos.
Book cover for "It came from the closet".
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Publisher:
Feminist Press
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Description:
"Twenty-five narrative essays by contemporary LGBTQ writers reflecting on queerness in horror film, from Hitchcock to HALLOWEEN"--
Book cover for "Attack on Titan".
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Publisher:
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date:
2012-
Language:
English
Description:
"For the past century, what's left of mankind has hidden in a giant, three-walled city, trapped in fear of the bizarre, giant humanoids known as the Titans. Little is known about where they came from or why they are bent on consuming human-kind, but the sudden appearance of an enormous Titan is about change everything''--
Book cover for "The lost hero".
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Lexile measure:
660L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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Jason, Piper, and Leo, three students from a school for "bad kids," find themselves at Camp Half-Blood, where they learn that they are demigods and begin a quest to free Hera, who has been imprisoned by Mother Earth herself.
Book cover for "Cloverfield".
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Language:
English
Average Rating:
2.5 stars
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Rob is getting ready to leave New York in order to take an executive job at a company in Japan. At his goodbye party in a crowded loft, Rob's brother Jason hands a camcorder to best friend Hud, who proceeds to tape the party over old footage of Rob's ex-girlfriend, Beth. Beth shows up at the party with a new beau, which upsets Rob. Then the unexpected happens: New York is suddenly under attack from a Godzilla-like monster who stomps through midtown,...
Book cover for "Frankenstein".
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Lexile measure:
560L
Language:
English
Description:
With a new introduction by Francine Prose and stunning original artwork by Eko, the Restless Classics edition of Frankenstein brings Mary Shelley's paragon of horror vividly back to life - published to coincide with the two-hundredth anniversary of the infamous night of its creation. A towering masterpiece of gothic fiction, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus birthed the horror and science-fiction genres and spawned countless cultural...
Book cover for "A time to kill".
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Lexile measure:
770L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
2 stars
Description:
When Carl Lee Hailey guns down the monsters who have raped his ten-year-old child, the people of Clanton see it as a crime of blood and call for his acquittal. But when extremists outside Clanton hear that a black man has killed two white men, they invade the town, determined to destroy anything and anyone that opposes their sense of justice.
Book cover for "Empire of storms".
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Lexile measure:
860L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
Aelin Galathynius embarks on an epic and desperate quest to protect all that she loves from falling into the hands of the dark forces that threaten to bring war to the fractured kingdom of Erilea. "The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those who don't. As the kingdoms of Erilea fracture...
Book cover for "Allegedly".
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Pub. Date:
2017
Lexile measure:
HL: High-Low 620L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
When Mary, a teenager living in a group home, becomes pregnant, authorities take another look at the crime for which Mary was convicted when she was nine years old.
Book cover for "Quicksilver".
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Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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After Virginia Dean wakes up next to a dead body with a bloody knife in her hand, the only person who believes she did not commit murder is Owen Sweetwater, a hunter of psychical monsters who is investigating the deaths of two glass readers.
Book cover for "Swamp story".
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Stumbling across a long-lost treasure, single mother Jesse Braddock must figure out how to keep it out of the hands of villains, while Ken Bortle, to lure tourists to his failing store, invents the "Everglades Melon Monster," inspiring a horde of TikTokers to swarm the swamp, inciting mayhem and hilarity.
Book cover for "The magnificent monsters of Cedar Street".
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Lexile measure:
830L
Language:
English
Description:
Cordelia Clay loves the work she and her father do together: saving and healing the remarkable creatures around Boston at the end of the nineteenth century. Their home on Cedar Street is full to the brim with dragons, squelches, and diggles, and Cordelia loves every one of them. But their work must be kept a secret, others aren't welcoming to outsiders and immigrants, so what would the people of Boston do to the creatures they call 'monsters'? One...
Book cover for "A midsummer night's dream".
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5 stars
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The original play by Shakespeare's drama telling how Demetrius and Lysander love Hermia, Hermia loves Lysander but is betrothed to Demetrius, much to her dismay. And no one loves Helena, though her heart belongs to Demetrius. When Hermia and Lysander escape escape through the forest to elope, Demetrius chases them, and Helena chases Demetrius. With the magic of the forest bewitching the hand of fate, perhaps their dream of love will come true.
Book cover for "The southern book club's guide to slaying vampires".
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Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3.2 stars
Description:
"A supernatural thriller set in South Carolina in the '90s about a women's book club that must protect its suburban community from a mysterious stranger who turns out to be a real monster"--
Book cover for "Fullmetal alchemist".
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English
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As young boys, Edward & Alphonse Elric dabbled in alchemy to try to resurrect their dead mother. As a result, Ed lost one arm and one leg, while Al lost his entire body and had his spirit sealed into a suit of armor. Now, they are searching for the fabled Philosopher's Stone to restore what they've lost.
Book cover for "The grim grotto".
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Lexile measure:
1040L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3.7 stars
Description:
Still pursued by the evil Count Olaf, the Baudelaire orphans attempt to reach a very important VFD meeting, but first they must travel in a rattletrap submarine to the Gorgonian Grotto, a dangerous underwater cave, in search of the sugar bowl.

18. Beowulf

Book cover for "Beowulf".
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Lexile measure:
1090L
Language:
English
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Literary scholar, professor, and poet J. Lesslie Hall is best known for his 1897 translation of the Old English epic poem "Beowulf." The story focuses on the titular character of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who comes to the aid of the Danes to save their land from a human-demon monster named Grendel. After defeating Grendel, Beowulf must then kill Grendel's mother. He returns to Scandinavia with more fame and accord and eventually becomes king. Then...
Book cover for "Bird box".
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Lexile measure:
HL: High-Low 520L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Something is out there, something terrifying that must not be seen. One glimpse of it, and a person is driven to deadly violence. No one knows what it is or where it came from. Five years after it began, a handful of scattered survivors remains, including Malorie and her two young children. Living in an abandoned house near the river, she has dreamed of fleeing to a place where they might be safe. Now that the boy and girl are four, it's time to go,...

20. Othello

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5 stars
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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.