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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.7 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
1420L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Puritans thought Hester Prynne's crime was unforgiveable. She was convicted, imprisoned -- and then forced to wear, forever, a public reminder of her sin. The Scarlet Letter. The Letter was unending punishment: it set Hester apart from society, it tormented her days and haunted her soul. But the Letter haunted others, as well. Its mystery turned Roger Chillingworth from a gentle healer into a man driven by revenge. Its meaning burned into Rev....
3) Witch child
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
In 1659, fourteen-year-old Mary Newbury keeps a journal of her voyage from England to the New World and her experiences living as a witch in a community of Puritans near Salem, Massachusetts.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Describes the life of the Puritans in New England during the 17th and 18th centuries, including their religion and views on the supernatural, working and home life, health and medicine, what it was like to grow up Puritan, and the legacy they left for future generations.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kaplan Pub
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Hawthorne's novel of sexual mores in Puritan New England traces the classic triangle between a young woman, her aging husband, and her cowardly cleric lover. This edition, designed for students preparing for the SAT, features more than 800 vocabulary words highlighted throughout the text, with definitions for each highlighted word on the facing page.