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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 30
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English
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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this deeply compelling novel and epic milestone of American literature, a nameless narrator tells his story from the basement lair of the Invisible Man he imagines himself to be.
One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years
He describes growing up in a Black community in the South, attending a Negro college from...
One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years
He describes growing up in a Black community in the South, attending a Negro college from...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"The Invisible Man (1897) blends comedy and tragedy in its story of a scientist who discovers a way to make himself invisible. His inability to reverse the process leads to a radical disconnection from society - and eventually from his own sanity. Arriving in a town where no one knows him, disguised in bandages and dark glasses, the invisible man is driven to violent and criminal extremes before his secret is revealed. This prescient parable of the...
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Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy scientist, Cecilia Kass escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding. But when her abusive ex commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of eerie coincidences turns lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia's sanity begins to unravel as she desperately tries to prove that she is being...
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The Invisible Man is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. Originally serialized in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, it was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man to whom the title refers is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and who invents a way to change a body's refractive index to that of air so that it neither absorbs nor reflects light. He carries out this procedure on himself and renders himself...
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H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man volume 9
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English
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The Invisible man is investigating an international drug ring when his identity is stolen by a beautiful young woman and used to smuggle drugs.
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H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man volume 10
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English
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Brady aids the heirs of a Middle East king, who has been murdered by his power-crazy army chief, to regain their father's throne.
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H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man volume 10
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English
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Peter vows to help an innocent man unjustly sentenced to prison for a crime he didn't commit and must find the real thief.
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H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man volume 1
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English
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After a freak accident while conducting a secret experiment with light refraction, Dr. Peter Brady is transformed into an invisible man.
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H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man volume 13
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English
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A wealthy man uses extortion and a trained attack dog to force Peter to kill his partner and make it look like a heart attack.
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H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man volume 11
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English
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Kidnappers abduct Peter's niece and hold her ransom for $50,000. To get her back safely, Dr. Brady is forced to steal the money from a bank vault.
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H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man volume 11
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English
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A top-secret rocket is compromised when one of the scientists runs into gambling debts. Peter heads out on a desperate search for the missing rocket.
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H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man volume 9
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English
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When an airline pilot is framed for drug smuggling, a killer comes to his home to silence him... and the pilot's blind wife (Honor Blackman) is the only witness.
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H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man volume 6
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English
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Identical twins Toni and Terry Trent are a popular musical act, performing for the troops on a USO tour of Britain. Brady volunteers to help Toni when Terry disappears at a Soho hotel where she had earlier witnessed a murder.
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H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man volume 12
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English
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Peter is called in after a malfunction with a light sensitive bomb and must disarm the weapon before approaching darkness makes detonation inevitable.
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H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man volume 4
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English
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In Scandinavia, at a prize-awarding ceremony, Peter must rescue a writer being held for speaking out against her repressive government.
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H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man volume 2
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English
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An escaped mental patient comes to Peter, asking for his help in getting her fiancé cleared of a murder charge as he awaits execution.
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H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man volume 5
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English
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Peter's existence as an invisible man becomes public knowledge, while Sally's friend needs help when her stepfather plots to kill her invalid mother.