Russell Freedman
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In his signature eloquent prose, backed up by thorough research, Russell Freedman tells the story of Austrian-born Hans Scholl and his sister Sophie. They belonged to Hitler Youth as young children, but began to doubt the Nazi regime. As older students, the Scholls and a few friends formed the White Rose, a campaign of active resistance to Hitler and the Nazis. Risking imprisonment or even execution, the White Rose members distributed leaflets urging...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1310L
Language
English
Description
Examines the evidence that indicates others may have traveled to the Americas before Columbus in 1492 including Viking ruins, Mayan stonework, and other mysterious objects found in New England that date before Columbus.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1220L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A comprehensive overview of one of the most controversial wars in America's history written by masterful children's historian and Newbery Medalist Russell Freedman.
With prose that is clear, concise, and enthralling, Russell Freedman presents a detailed overview of the Vietnam war. Beginning with the rise of communism in Vietnam and detailing the increase of American involvement, Freedman then explains why, twenty years later,...
With prose that is clear, concise, and enthralling, Russell Freedman presents a detailed overview of the Vietnam war. Beginning with the rise of communism in Vietnam and detailing the increase of American involvement, Freedman then explains why, twenty years later,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
NC 1160L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Newbery Medalist Russell Freedman's thrilling account of a daring young French nobleman who helped bring victory at Yorktown and who became a lifelong friend of President Washington will fascinate young historians. When the Marquis de Lafayette ran off to join the American Revolution against the explicit orders of the king of France, he was a strong-willed nineteen-year-old who had never set foot on a battlefield. Although the U.S. Congress granted...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1160L
Language
English
Formats
Description
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1965 march for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, Newbery Medalist Freedman presents a riveting account of this pivotal event in the history of civil rights.
12) Immigrant kids
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Text and contemporary photographs chronicle the life of immigrant children at home, school, work, and play during the late 1800's and early 1900's.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1210L
Language
English
Description
Provides an account of the six months during which the soldiers in George Washington's command camped at Valley Force, enduring the harsh winter of 1777-78 without adequate food, clothing, or blankets.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Describes the building of the mighty Swedish warship the Vasa, how it sank not even a mile out of the harbor, the subsequent investigation, and how it was brought to the surface and restored more than three hundred years later.
Author
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Description
Describes the events leading up to the Declaration of Independence as well as the personalities and politics behind its framing. Beginning with the Boston Tea Party, this stirring account introduces characters including Patrick Henry & Paul Revere, events such as the battles at Lexington & Concord, & ends with the Continental Congress & the drawing up of the Declaration of Independence. The events leading up to it plus the personalities and politics...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
NC 1130L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tells the story of the Boston Tea Party of 1773 from the arrival of the ships full of controversial taxed tea in Boston Harbor, through the explosive protest meetings at the Old South Church, to the defiant act of dumping 226 chests of fine tea into the harbor on December 16.
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1170L
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life of young Benjamin Franklin describes how, as a rebellious teen in 1732, he ran away from his family and a Boston apprenticeship to Philadelphia, and how throughout subsequent decades he rose to become a distinguished statesman, renowned author and world-famous scientist.
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1170L
Language
English
Description
Life was hard for children during the Great Depression: kids had to do without new clothes, shoes, or toys, and many couldn't attend school because they had to work. Even so, life still had its bright spots. Take a closer look at the lives of young Americans during this era.