Moore Christina
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Language
English
Description
Constance Kopp doesn't quite fit the mold. She towers over most men, has no interest in marriage or domestic affairs, and has been isolated from the world since a family secret sent her and her sisters into hiding fifteen years ago. One day a belligerent and powerful silk factory owner runs down their buggy, and a dispute over damages turns into a war of bricks, bullets, and threats as he unleashes his gang on their family farm. When the sheriff enlists...
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Series
Kopp sisters novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
"The best-selling author of Girl Waits with Gun returns with another adventure featuring the fascinating, feisty, and unforgettable Kopp sisters. After besting (and arresting) a ruthless silk factory owner and his gang of thugs in Girl Waits with Gun, Constance Kopp became one of the nation's first deputy sheriffs. She's proven that she can't be deterred, evaded, or outrun. But when the wiles of a German-speaking con man threaten her position and...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
Combines retellings of classic Greek tales with detailed illustrations in an introduction to mythology that is complemented by informative sidebars containing character profiles, historical insights, and cultural facts.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
"From powerful Ra, God of Radiance, to the tender and protective Aset, Devoted Wife and Mother, the captivating tales in this stunning volume will excite and delight readers many years to come" --
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"From the harsh northern lands of Scandinavia come these enduring tales and legends of the Norse gods and goddesses - the mighty Thor, the trickster Loki, the enchanting Freyja, and the powerful Allfather, Odin. Dazzling illustrations of gods, goddesses, ice giants, trolls, and monsters bring these stories to life in a studding tableau of color and magic. ... Tells the unforgettable stories of the worlds, the lives, and the loves of the ancient...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1140L
Language
English
Description
"Imagine a time when people believed girls shouldn't play sports. Imagine if the greatest athletes of all time, like Simone Biles and Serena Williams, were told they couldn't compete. Imagine if girls were told that math and science courses were too difficult for them, that college was a waste of time, that they should leave them to the men. Nowadays, this may be hard to imagine. But it was only fifty years ago that all this was true - until...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
1140L
Language
English
Description
"America is the greatest democracy in the world...isn't it? Author Elizabeth Rusch examines some of the more problematic aspects of our government but, more importantly, offers ways for young people to fix them"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nine-year-old Piri describes the bewilderment of being a Jewish child during the 1939-1944 German occupation of her hometown (then in Hungary and now in the Ukraine) and relates the ordeal of trying to survive in the ghetto.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
An outstanding student and much admired leader of her class, Ji-Li Jiang was poised for a shining future in the Communist party until the Cultural Revolution of 1966. Told with simplicity, innocence and grace, this unforgettable memoir gives a child's eye view of a terrifying time in 20th-century history--and of one family's indomitable courage under fire.
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English
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Mac Griswold' s The Manor is the biography of a uniquely American place that has endured through wars great and small, through fortunes won and lost, through histories bright and sinister— and of the family that has lived there since its founding as a New England slave plantation three and a half centuries ago. In 1984, the landscape historian Mac Griswold was rowing along a Long Island creek when she came upon a stately yellow house and a garden...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
In 1704, Mohawk Indians attack the frontier village of Deerfield, Massachusetts, kidnapping and marching over 100 residents, including seven-year-old Eunice Williams, to Canada where she is eventually adopted into a Mohawk family and remains there willingly for the rest of her life. Based on a true story.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
Born into the Northern Paiute tribe of Nevada in 1844, Sarah Winnemucca straddled two cultures: the traditional life of her people, and the modern ways of her grandfather's white friends. Sarah was smart and good at languages, so she was able to link the worlds. As she became older, this made her a great leader. Sarah used condemning letters, fiery speeches, and her autobiography, Life Among the Piutes, to provide detailed accounts of her people's...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"There is a ship, a navy ship. It is called the USS New York. It is big like other navy ships, and it sails like other navy ships, but there is something special about the USS New York. Following the events of September 11, 2001, the governor of New York gave the Navy a steel beam that was once inside one of the World Trade Towers. The beam was driven from New York to a foundry in Louisiana. Metal workers heated the beam to a high, high temperature....
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Series
A history of US volume 1
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
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Description
Presents the history of the Native Americans from earliest times through the arrival of the first Europeans.
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Series
History of US volume 09
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
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Description
Covers the period of American history from 1918 to 1945, including the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, and World War II.
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Series
History of US volume 7
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
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Description
Covering a time of great hope and incredible change, Reconstructing America is a dramatic look at life after the Civil War in the newly re-United States. Railroad tycoons were roaming across the country. New cities sprang up across the plains, and a new and different American West came into being: a land of farmers, ranchers, miners, and city dwellers. Back east, large-scale immigration was also going on, but not all Americans wanted newcomers in...
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A history of US volume 4
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
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Description
Covers American history from Washington's inauguration until the first quarter of the 19th century, including the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark's expedition, and the beginnings of abolitionism.
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A history of US volume 2
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
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Description
Presents the history of the United States from the colonization of the New World through the middle of the eighteenth century.