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from the Reading with Style group.
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10.4 Double TroubleChomp by Carl Hiaasen
Lexile: 800
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.3 - b. 1953)
Task total: 15
Grand total: 575
10.2 Highly RatedThe Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
+10 Task (5-star by Donna Jo Atwood)
+15 Combo (10.3 - b. 1951; 10.9 - pub. 2013; 20.9 - set in the 1930s)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 560
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Liz found these Agatha Christie books, which may or may not be included in Post #3.1936 A.B.C. Murders 740 BPL-ya
1939 And Then There Were None 570 BPL-ya
1938 Appointment with Death 680 BPL-ya
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None of those Agatha Christies will work because the lexiles are too low, right?
20.8 Great OutdoorsThe Moon by Whale Light and Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians and Whales by Diane Ackerman
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.3 - b. 1948)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 505
20.7 Call and ResponseI posted Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald for Task 20.9. That book is about the lives of Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald.
Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
+20 Task
+10 Canon
+10 Combo (10.2 - Emily Green; 20.9 - set in the 1920s)
Task total: 40
Grand total: 480
20.5 Financial FictionSmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.2 - Katrina; 10.3 - b. 1957)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 440
I haven't been online in a while, but have been reading. So I have lots to report...10.10 Group Reads
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.2 - Kate S; 10.7 - July)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 355
10.3 Baby BoomerOctober Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Lesléa Newman
+10 Task (b. 1955)
No style because no lexile score.
Task total: 10
Grand total: 310
20.9 Father's DayZ: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler
+20 Task
Task total: 20
Grand total: 270
20.3 BannedWe by Yevgeny Zamyatin
+20 Task
+10 Non-Western
+10 Combo (10.2 - 5-star by Soul_Sale; 20.4)
Task total: 40
Grand total: 250
Another one:Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald and a book by F. Scott Fitzgerald?
Z is a fictionalized account of Zelda and Scott's relationship, as told by Zelda. Much of the book talks about his work.
Karen -- I loved Grasshopper Jungle. Your thoughts?
20.2 JailedInside: Life Behind Bars in America by Michael G. Santos
+20 Task (26 years in federal prison)
+5 Combo (10.3 - b. 1964: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_...
Task total: 25
Grand total: 170
