Middle school students are expected to advance rapidly from easy reading to long, difficult literature. Adapted Classics stories can mediate that transition. Short, illustrated, slightly modified and modernized, Adapted Classics stories have won awards! Besides good, they are great fun to read. What a smart way to introduce modern youth to great authors of old!
EMERSON, HOLMES, AND LONGFELLOW-- TWAIN ILLUSTRATED
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