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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 5
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Orwell's 1945 fable about the power struggles among animals on a farm parallels the situation in Russia at the time as Orwell saw it; the characters include the ruthless pig Stalin, his idealistic Trotsky-like adversary, and the simple, kindly horse who represents the common man. All animals are equals but some animals are more equal than others. George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution is the account of the bold struggle, initiated...
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2012
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Covering subjects ranging from healthcare to the economy to food, Stephen gives America the dose of truth it needs to get back on track
The political satirist, comedian, and host of "The Colbert Report" puts his signature humorous spin on healthcare, the economy, and food, promising that this book will singlehandedly fix an America that is broken and has lost its way
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
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In a future totalitarian state where books are banned and destroyed by the government, Guy Montag, a fireman in charge of burning books, meets a revolutionary schoolteacher who dares to read and a girl who tells him of a past when people did not live in fear ... This sixtieth-anniversary edition commemorates Ray Bradbury's masterpiece with a new introduction by Neil Gaiman ; personal essays on the genesis of the novel by the author; a wealth of critical...
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2019.
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"When the decorated Captain of a great ship descends the gangplank for the final time, a new leader, a man with a yellow feather in his hair, vows to step forward. Though he has no experience, no knowledge of nautical navigation or maritime law, and though he has often remarked he doesn't much like boats, he solemnly swears to shake things up. Together with his band of petty thieves and confidence men known as the Upskirt Boys, the Captain thrills...
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[2012]
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In the history of mankind there has never been a greater country than America. But as perfect as America is in every single way, America is broken! It's high time America was restored to the greatness it never lost! Stephen Colbert single-bookedly attempts to pull the country back from the brink. Covering subjects ranging from healthcare to the economy to food, Stephen gives America the dose of truth it needs to get back on track.
8) Bob Roberts
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A satirical comedy in which a British documentary crew follows a radical folksinger (and self-made millionaire) turned senatorial candidate as he blends singing, music videos and scandal on the campaign trail.
9) Numero zero
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"From the best-selling author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery, a novel about the murky world of media politics, conspiracy, and murder. A newspaper committed to blackmail and mud slinging, rather than reporting the news. A paranoid editor, walking through the streets of Milan, reconstructing fifty years of history against the backdrop of a plot involving the cadaver of Mussolini's double. The murder of Pope John Paul I, the CIA,...
10) Love me: a novel
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When Larry Wyler heads east from Minnesota to New York in pursuit of the celebrated life of the writers he admires and the three-martini lunch, he leaves behind Iris, the college sweetheart he married.
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[2018]
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A devastatingly hilarious satire that cuts closer to the truth of than any nonfiction account: The creator and star of Comedy Centrals acclaimed The President Show opens the vault and imagines Donald J. Trumps presidential archives, exposing documents from his childhood in Queens to his toddlerhood in the Oval Office. What if you could have your favorite presidents library delivered to your home, today! THATS NOT ALL! What if you could carry that...
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[2019]
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"Lithgow wields a ... satirical pen in this poetic diatribe chronicling the last few ... years in politics, [taking] readers verse by verse through the history of Donald Trump's presidency, lampooning the likes of Betsy DeVos, Anthony Scaramucci, Scott Pruitt, Paul Manafort, Trump's doctors, and many others. Illustrated from cover to cover with Lithgow's never-before-seen line drawings, the poems collected in Dumpty draw inspiration from A. A. Milne,...
14) Animal Farm
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[1999]
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This rendering of Orwell's classic is set in the beautiful Irish countryside and populated with a wide variety of barnyard animals. Chaos ensues when the animals take over the farm.
17) Animal Farm
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[2004]
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After enduring years of abuse from Farmer Jones, the animals decide to take over the farm. Old Major, the prize boar hog, holds a secret meeting and proclaims that all animals are created equal. They should be rewarded for their hard work, so Boxer the horse, Benjamin the donkey, and Snowball the pig band together with the other animals to overthrow the farmer and create a new society. They dictate a new social structure that seems to work until one...
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2017.
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"No comedian could have written the joke this election cycle has been. The punch line is too ridiculous (whoever the punch line is going to be). Or, as celebrated political satirist, journalist, and diehard Republican P. J. O'Rourke put it in his endorsement of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton: "America is experiencing the most severe outbreak of mass psychosis since the Salem witch trials of 1692." In his latest book, P.J. brings his critical...