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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 9-12 Grade & Adult

Genre/Category
Biographies | History | Nonfiction

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Lion of the North, a Tale of the Times of Gustavus Adolphus

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In this novel about the Thirty Years’ War, 16-year-old Malcolm Graheme is a Scot who volunteered to fight with the military forces conducted by the celebrated Gustavus Adolphus. When the Emperor of Austria sought to eliminate Protestantism from Germany, the Swedish King fought the terrorism endured throughout villages whose population was mercilessly decreased by the Hun invasion. The Scots displayed the fortitude of Gustavus’s army by fighting their way across a Germany that was tormented by religious persecution. Malcolm underwent enterprises whose possible outcome was dangerous, but his quick thinking and insolent resolve won him the struggle against a pitiless opponent.

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Lexile/Reading Level
870L

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Fantasy | Fiction

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Pippi Longstocking

Tommy and his sister Annika have a new neighbor, and her name is Pippi Longstocking. She has crazy red pigtails, no parents to tell her what to do, a horse that lives on her porch, and a flair for the outrageous that seems to lead to one adventure after another!

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 3-8 Grades

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Classics | Fairy Tales | Fantasy | Fiction

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Wonderful Adventures of Nils

Considered a masterpiece since first published in 1907, this enchanting, remarkably original work by a Nobel Prize-winning author records the adventures of a mischievous 14-year-old who is changed into a tiny being, transported across the Swedish countryside on the back of a goose, and learns about nature, geography, and folklore.

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Lexile/Reading Level
NA

Golden Name Day, The

Book Golden Name DayWhile nine-year-old Nancy is staying with her adopted Swedish grandparents for a year, everyone tries to figure out how she can celebrate a name day since her name isn’t Swedish.

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