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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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In London, Dr John Watson convalesces after his disastrous Afghan war experiences. Sharing rooms with an enigmatic, new acquaintance, Sherlock Holmes, their quiet bachelor life at 221B Baker Street is short-lived. A dead man is discovered in a grimy house in south-east London, his face contorted with horror and hatred. On the wall, the word 'rache' - German for 'revenge' - is written in blood, yet there are no wounds on the victim or signs of a struggle....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Eerie illustrations enhance a blood-curdling edition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most-celebrated Sherlock Holmes mystery, bringing its delicious shivers to a new generation of readers. Is it true that a hellish hound is haunting the lonely moors, hunting down the hapless Baskervilles through the generations? If anyone can put this chilling legend to rest, it's Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. It seems the body of the latest owner of the Baskerville...
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The stories in MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES relate how the famous detective investigates the criminal goings on in Victorian England. In SILVER BLAZE, Holmes contemplates a case of murder, and the disappearance of the eponymous racehorse, Silver Blaze, on the eve of an important race. In THE CROOKED MAN, Holmes invites Watson to be a witness to the final stage of an investigation, where a Colonel of The Royal Mallows is dead, apparently by violence,...
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The terrible spectacle of the beast, the fog of the moor, the discovery of a body, this classic horror story pits detective against dog. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on the wild Devon moorland with the footprints of a giant hound nearby, the blame is placed on a family curse. It is left to Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson to solve the mystery of the legend of the phantom hound before Sir Charles' heir comes to an equally gruesome end....