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"Sid and Ronnie Abel are a first-rate husband-and-wife detective team, both retirees of the LAPD. Ed and Nicole Hoyt are married assassins-for-hire living in the San Fernando Valley. Except for deadly aim with a handgun, the two couples have little in common--until they are both hired to do damage control on the same murder case. As the book races toward a high-octane climax, the Abels must fend for their own lives as they circle ever closer to the...
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Yellow Jacket
Pub. Date
[2019]
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IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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A loose retelling of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, set in tenth-century Baghdad, in which twelve-year-old Marjana tries to keep her brother, Jamal, from joining a gang while helping Ali Baba, their master's cruel brother.
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IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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The story of Ali Baba, a young Persian boy who discovers a cave filled with gold and jewels, the hidden treasures of forty deadly thieves. Unfortunately, his greedy brother, Kassim, cannot wait to get his hands on the riches. Returning to the cave, he is captured by the thieves and killed, and now the evil men want revenge on Ali Baba as well.
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A shrewd servant. A penniless young woodcutter. A priceless stolen treasure.
Once upon a time...
Melisende joins a crusade, her head full of glory and victory, only to flee from her first battle. Forced to hide as a housemaid while the enemy army occupies the city she'd hoped to save, she despairs of ever finding her way home.
Mithra plans to settle down with the girl of his dreams, but when the war spills into his city, all dreams of the future are...
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The following text has been drawn from Sir Richard Burton's exhaustive translation of "The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night," more commonly known as "The Arabian Nights." The story of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" is one of the more popular of those found in The Arabian Nights collection. It tells the story of Ali Baba who while chopping wood in the forest discovers the secret hiding place for the treasure of a band of forty thieves. The...
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Step into the magical world of Ali Baba, a young Persian boy who discovers a cave filled with gold and jewels, the hidden treasures of forty deadly thieves. Unfortunately, his greedy brother, Kassim, cannot wait to get his hands on the riches. Returning to the cave, he is, captured by the thieves and killed, and now the evil men want, revenge on Ali Baba as well.
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An adapted, easy-to-read edition of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves - with engaging illustrations throughout.
In a forest in Syria, a poor woodcutter called Ali Baba spots a cloud of dust in the distance. Fearing attack, he hides as forty men on horseback unload stolen treasure. Once they are gone, he helps himself. Ali Baba's fortunes are looking up - until the robbers return and discover they have been, well, robbed. Now their leader will stop at...
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In the mystical land of Arabia, there is secreted a magical door that opens with the command, Open, Sesame!” Inside lays the plunder of a century of robbers and mercenaries. When Ali Baba witnesses 40 thieves open this door with the enchanted words, endless possibilities begin to unwind before him.
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Ali Baba marries a poor woman and settles into the trade of a woodcutter. One day, Ali Baba is at work collecting and cutting firewood in the forest, when he happens to overhear a group of 40 thieves visiting their stored treasure. Their treasure is in a cave, the mouth of which is sealed by a huge rock. Kids will love the retelling of this classic fairy tale.
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In order to provide English learners with extensive reading pleasure, it consists of jewels that span the East and West, from literary works of famous writers such as Aesop's fables, Andersen, Shakespeare, and picture brothers to traditional fairy tales from all over the world.
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Ali Baba discovers the secret hideout of a vicious band of thieves. He learns their secret password, and finds himself in a treasure trove! However, the bandits seek their terrible revenge! Produced with Augmented Audio - a rich audio tapestry of voice, music, sound effects creating an immersive theatre of the mind that's perfect for stimulating kids' imagination.
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Madeline volume 1
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At the Old House - and all over the neighborhood - people's hats, gloves and scarves are missing. Madeline and Pepito work with Detective Moreau to find the perpetrators, then finally discover that the "thieves" are some altruistic magpies who are distributing the warm clothes to the homeless in the park.
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IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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From the pages of Arabian Nights comes an amazing tale of chance and adventure. Ali Baba, a poor man who makes his living selling wood, stumbles upon a secret cave where 40 bandits have been hiding priceless treasures. He enters the cave and decides to take some treasures for himself. Ali Baba's wife is thrilled at their newfound fortune-but when she borrows a scale to weigh the riches, Ali Baba's secret gets out. Now that the secret is revealed,...
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Exiled from her old life as the daughter of a vizier, Zaria still grieves the lost friends of her childhood. She's grown accustomed to her new role as a servant, though-up until the day she stumbles on the fabled lost cave of treasures. The wealth inside is enough to transform anyone's life, but Zaria isn't the first to find it. A gang of cutthroat thieves got there first, and their behavior makes Zaria question everything she sees. With an unknown...
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Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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From the pages of Arabian Nights comes an amazing tale of chance and adventure. Ali Baba, a poor man who makes his living selling wood, stumbles upon a secret cave where 40 bandits have been hiding priceless treasures. He enters the cave and decides to take some treasures for himself. Ali Baba's wife is thrilled at their newfound fortune--but when she borrows a scale to weigh the riches, Ali Baba's secret gets out. Now that the secret is revealed,...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, a classic tale of magic, greed and cunning set in Persia. Ali Baba is a poor but kindly woodcutter who stumbles across a band of thieves and overhears them opening a mysterious cave with the magic words "Open Sesame!". When he repeats the words,...