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1) Kidnapped
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English
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After being kidnapped by his villainous uncle, sixteen-year-old David Balfour escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.
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Español
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Pocas veces un libro ha penetrado tanto en el imaginario colectivo y la psicología humana como El extraño caso del Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde; incluso hasta formar parte del vocabulario corriente para designar trastornos de doble personalidad.
La historia sigue al abogado Gabriel John Utterson por las calles de Londres, quien, ocupándose de los asuntos de sus ricos y aristócratas amigos, llega a ganar la confianza del Dr. Jekyll-científico obsesionado...
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English
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This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. The Master of Ballantrae is a Gothic romance of adventure and revenge. Brothers Henry and James Durie take opposite sides during the Jacobite uprising of 1745 to ensure the survival of their estate regardless of the outcome of the war. Believing that James had died along with the hopes of the Stuarts at the Battle of Culloden, Henry acquires his brother's property....
5) Kidnapped
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2004
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English
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A sixteen-year-old orphan is kidnapped by his villainous uncle, but later escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.
7) Block city
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E.P. Dutton
Pub. Date
c1988
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English
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A child creates a world of his own which has mountains and sea, a city and ships, all from toy blocks.
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Remixed classics volume 6
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Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"In this reimagination of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a teen boy tries to discover the reason behind his best friend's disappearance and the arrival of a mysterious and magnetic stranger"--
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Remixed classics volume 1
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Xiang and Anh--ages sixteen and seventeen--hunt the South China Sea for the lost treasure of the fabled pirate queen Zheng Yi Sao.
11) Hyde: a novel
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English
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"In this reimagining of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde from the monster's perspective, Hyde makes a hero of a villain. Mr. Hyde is hiding, trapped in Dr. Jekyll's surgical cabinet, counting the hours until capture. As four days pass, he has the chance, finally, to tell the story of his brief, marvelous life. We join Hyde, awakened after years of dormancy, in the mind he hesitantly shares with Jekyll. We spin with dizzy confusion as the...
13) Treasure Island
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English
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While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.