J. R. R. Tolkien
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Series
Lexile measure
920L
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Description
As the Shadow of Mordor grows, the companions find their way through danger and mystery as they defeat the Dark Lord and celebrate Aragorn's ascent to become King of the West. Includes appendices containing genealogical and historical information that form the background of the story.
Author
Series
Lord of the rings volume 2
Description
Frodo and his companions have been beset by danger during the quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord, Gandalf has been lost in the Mines of Moria, and now they journey down the great River Anduin toward the Cracks of Doom.
Author
Series
Lord of the rings volume 1
Lexile measure
860L
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Description
In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell by chance into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins.
From Sauron's fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, his power spread far and wide....
Author
Pub. Date
2000, c1998
Edition
1st Houghton Mifflin pbk. ed.
Description
The End of the Third Age is comprised of the first section of the hardcover volume published as Sauron Defeated, the ninth volume of The History of Middle-earth. It completes Christopher Tolkien's account of the creation of The Lord of the Rings begun in the earlier volumes, The Return of the Shadow, The Treason of Isengard, and The War of the Ring. The End of the Third Age begins with Sam's rescue of Frodo from the Tower of Kirith Ungol, and giving...
Author
Series
Lord of the rings volume 2
Pub. Date
[released 2008], c2008
Edition
Unabridged.
Description
Frodo is led to Orthanc, the citadel of Saruman, and the fortress of Minas Morgul that guards the secret entrance to Mordor. All the while, the Great Darkness draws in.
Author
Series
Lord of the rings volume 3
Pub. Date
[released 2008], c2008
Edition
Unabridged.
Description
The little hobbit and his trusty companion make a terrible journey to the heart of the land of the Shadow in a final reckoning with the power of Sauron.
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Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Description
Beren was a mortal man, but Lúthien was an immortal elf. Her father, a great elvish lord, in deep opposition to Beren, imposed on him an impossible task that he must perform before he might wed Lúthien. To show something of the process whereby this legend of Middle-earth evolved over the years, [Christopher Tolkien] has told the story in his father's own words by giving, first, its original form, and then passages in prose and verse from later texts...
Author
Series
Lord of the rings volume 1
Pub. Date
[released 2008], c2008
Edition
Unabridged.
Description
Frodo Baggins and his companion Sam Gamgee, set off along the same road down which Bilbo the Hobbit had accompanied Thorin Oakenshield and his dwarves all those years ago. Much danger and many strange encounters await them.
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Special ed., widescreen.
Description
The first in a trilogy of films based on the enduring masterpiece The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey follows the title character Bilbo Baggins, who - along with the Wizard Gandalf and 13 Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield - is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Their Journey will take them into the Wild, through treacherous lands inhabited by Goblins, Orcs,...
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Join Frodo, Gandalf, Aragorn, and the brave members of the Fellowship as they continue their quest to destroy the Ring of Power. As darkness descends on Middle-earth, a strange creature named Gollum leads the heroes to the Black Gates of Mordor. The rest of Middle Earth prepares for a battle that will decide the fate of all.
Description
In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-Earth still it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. On his eleventy-first birthday, Bilbo disappeared, bequeathing to his young...