Moore Christina
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
In 1942, fourteen-year-old Jill goes to stay with her grandmother on the coast of Maine, where she is introduced to the often gossipy nature of small-town life, and discovers that the war is closer than she thought. The U.S. is at war with Germany. Fourteen-year-old Jill Winter's mother is traveling to Newfoundland and must pass through the treacherous North Atlantic, where German submarines -- U-boats -- stalk like wolves. Jill's father, a famous...
2) Bull Run
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
Northerners, Southerners, generals, couriers, dreaming boys, and worried sisters describe the glory, the horror, the thrill, and the disillusionment of the first battle of the Civil War.