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1) Dracula
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
English solicitor Jonathan Harker is on a journey to see a new client-- the mysterious Count Dracula. But when the ill-fated Harker finds himself held prisoner in the Count's secluded castle, he must use all his faculties to escape. With the help of Professor Van Helsing, can he prevent the evil that has been unleashed from destroying his world? 400pp BRODART CO., c2010.
2) Romania
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Readers are given a comprehensive tour of the European nation of Romania in this up-to-date reference resource. As they explore chapters devoted to Romania's history, ethnic and religious groups, environment, leisure activities and more, they are encouraged to think critically about the many factors that impact how cultures develop and change over time. Additional information about life in Romania is included in fact boxes and sidebars-some of which...
3) Now I rise
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
"After failing to secure the Wallachian throne, Lada Dracul is out to punish anyone who dares to cross her blood-strewn path... But brute force isn't getting Lada what she wants. And thinking of Mehmed brings little comfort to her thorny heart. There’s no time to wonder whether he still thinks about her, even loves her. She left him before he could leave her. What Lada needs is her younger brother Radu’s subtlety and skill. But Mehmed has sent...
Author
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
Excitement, danger, and romance await independent, headstrong author Theodora Lestrange when she flees 1858 Scotland and miserable spinsterhood for the wilds of Transylvania, joining a childhood friend who will soon be wed. Ensconced in a crumbling castle steeped in sinister legend, Theodora finds herself drawn equally to its gloomy atmosphere and its rakish master, Count Andrei Dragulescu.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writer, but Romanians aren't free to dream; they are bound by rules and force. Amidst the tyrannical dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu in a country governed by isolation and fear, Cristian is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer. He's left with only two choices: betray everyone and everything he loves--or use...
7) Night
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Night is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. This new translation by Marion Wiesel, Elie's wife and frequent translator, presents this seminal memoir in the language and spirit truest to the author's original intent. And in a substantive new preface, Elie reflects on the enduring importance of Night and his lifelong, passionate dedication...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
In Romania in 1989, when people who say or do the wrong thing disappear, ten-year-old aspiring writer Ileana copes with fear, hunger, and cruelty by writing new endings to stories, including her own.
10) Romania
Author
Series
Publisher
Pogo
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In this book, readers will learn about the unique and defining features of Romania. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about the key details of the country including geography, climate, culture, and resources. Compelling questions encourage further inquiry"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Mrs. Loretta Plansky, a recent widow in her seventies, is settling into retirement in Florida while dealing with her 98-year-old father and fielding requests for money from her beloved children and grandchildren. Thankfully, her new hip hasn't changed her killer tennis game one bit. One night Mrs. Plansky is startled awake by a phone call from a voice claiming to be her grandson Will, who desperately needs ten thousand dollars to get out of a jam....
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
©1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
A Romanian Jew tells of her survival of the Holocaust.
Growing up, Sara (Seren) Tuvel was the smartest, most ambitious girl in her Romanian mountain village. When she won and accepted a scholarship to a Gentiles-only Gymnasium, she was forced to make a decision that would change her path forever. At thirteen, faced with a teacher's anti-Semitism, Seren walked out of her classroom and into a new existence. She became the apprentice to a seamstress,...
13) Bright we burn
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
To build the country she wants, Lada, the brutal ruler of Wallachia, must destroy everything that came before, including her relationships with brother Radu and former love Mehmed, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
Author
Series
Scream Street volume 8
Publisher
Candlewick Pres
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Luke, Resus, and Cleo are eager to begin their new quest. First stop, Count Negatov's castle! As the three make their way through the bleak, murky wilds of Transylvania, it looks like this adventure will be dull, but easy. Until, that is, they are kidnapped by trolls"--
15) Romania
Author
Series
Publisher
Cavendish Square
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
This book discusses what it is like to live in Romania today. It examines, in accessible language and vivid photographs, many aspects of the culture, including its history, geography, people, and government. This is a book that highlights a unique part of the world, sure to engage the eager young reader.
16) Kiss of darkness
Author
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
©2006
Language
English
Description
When several visiting students disappear in the woods of Transylvania, Professor Bryan McAllister, believing that a dark cult is at work, joins forces with psychologist Jessica Fraser to find them, and they come face-to-face with an ancient evil.
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Alina yearns for freedom. She and her husband Liviu are teachers in their twenties, living under the repressive regime of Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in the Socialist Republic of Romania in the 1970s. But after her brother-in-law defects, Alina and Liviu fall under suspicion and surveillance, and their lives are suddenly turned upside down--just like the glasses in her superstitious Aunt Theresa's house that are used to ward off evil spirits....
18) Watcher
Publisher
IFC Midnight
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
As a serial killer stalks the city murdering young women, an actress who just moved to Bucharest with her boyfriend notices a mysterious stranger constantly watching her from across the street. In a foreign country where she does not speak the language and under the scrutiny of this stalker, her life quickly becomes tense and insufferable, but she finds no one to believe her.
20) And I darken
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
In this first book in a trilogy a girl child is born to Vlad Dracula, in Transylvania, in 1435--at first rejected by her father and always ignored by her mother, she will grow up to be Lada Dragwlya, a vicious and brutal princess, destined to rule and destroy her enemies.
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