Sally M. Walker
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
NC 1140L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Reports on the work of forensic scientists who are excavating grave sites in James Fort, in Jamestown, Virginia, to understand who lived in the Chesapeake Bay area in the 1600s and 1700s; and uncovers the lives of a teenage boy, a ship's captain, a colonial officer, an African slave girl, and others.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1100L
Language
English
Description
Recounts the story from World War I in which two towns were leveled and almost two thousand people killed following the collison of two warships in Halifax Harbour and a blizzard that dumped over a foot of snow in the area.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Introduces Antarctica, presenting the history of its exploration and the current research efforts underway to investigate its geography, climate, and fossils of the past, and monitor the effects of global warming on its glaciers.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
1190L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Traces the history of the Mason-Dixon Line as reflected by family feuds, exploration, scientific advancement and the cultural conflicts between America's northern and southern states.