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I Have a Dream/ Also Letter from Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King Jr Jr.
Paperback (Perfection Learning, Jan. 1, 2007)In "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Martin Luther King Jr. explains why blacks can no longer be victims of inequality and features King's "I Have a Dream" speech, which was delivered to 250,000 civil rights marchers in 1963.
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The Lottery
Shirley Jackson
Paperback (Perfection Learning, Jan. 1, 2007)A cautionary short story about the dangers of unexamined traditions and the dark side of human nature.
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The Veldt
Ray D Bradbury
Paperback (Perfection Learning, Jan. 1, 2000)Creative Education's short story collections are ideal introductions to some of the world's best-known authors. the short, timeless classics of Jack London, Rudyard Kipling, Ray Bradbury, and others are celebrated in these handsome volumes.
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The Ransom of Red Chief
Henry O
Paperback (Perfection Learning, Jan. 1, 2007)Includes reading, writing, and vocabulary exercises.
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The Monkey's Paw
W. W. Jacobs
Paperback (Perfection Learning, Sept. 1, 1979)Presents an unabridged selection of the story of a mummified monkey's paw that carries a spell granting three wishes to each of its owners and fulfills them in unexpected and terrible ways.
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The Greatest Man in the World: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
James Thurber
Paperback (Perfection Learning, Jan. 1, 1979)Contains two of the humorist's short stories: the story of aviator Smurch, an amusing satire on the "perilous heights of fame," and Walter Mitty, a man who endures his ordinary life by escaping into fantasy.
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A Christmas Memory
Truman Capote
Paperback (Perfection Learning, Jan. 1, 2000)Provides an unabridged selection from the story of a Christmas shared by a seven-year-old boy and a sixtyish childlike woman and includes activities and exercises based on the text.
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Bartleby the Scrivener
Herman Melville
Paperback (Perfection Learning, Jan. 1, 2007)At the period just preceding the advent of Bartleby, I had two persons as copyists in my employment, and a promising lad as an office-boy. First, Turkey; second, Nippers; third, Ginger Nut. These may seem names, the like of which are not usually found in the Directory. In truth they were nicknames, mutually conferred upon each other by my three clerks, and were deemed expressive of their respective persons or characters.
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The Most Dangerous Game
Richard Connell
Paperback (Perfection Learning, Jan. 1, 2000)The Most Dangerous Game is the popular short story originally published in 1924 which was written by Richard Connell. This is the story of a big game hunter who is trapped on an island with a fellow hunter, who is uninterested in hunting stereotypical prey, and instead decides that the only prey worthy of his skills is other humans. This title is often required reading in middle schools, and has been since adapted into movies and extended versions. This title is the original version by the author, and is considered one of the greatest short stories ever written.
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By the Waters of Babylon
Stephen Vincent Benet
Paperback (Perfection Learning, Sept. 1, 1987)After the Great Burning, when fire fell out of the sky, a young priest explores the forbidden Place of the Gods and discovers what kind of beings lived there before their cities were destroyed.
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Through the Tunnel
Doris May Lessing
Paperback (Perfection Learning, Jan. 1, 2007)Vacationing at the seashore, a young boy's endurance is tested to the limit when he tries to swim through an underwater tunnel.
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The Birthmark
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Paperback (Perfection Learning, Jan. 1, 2007)A tale about a husband's obsession with removing a birthmark from his wife's face along with information about the author along with discussion questions and exercises.