Great escapes (HarperCollins)
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Great escapes (HarperCollins) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
"In this retelling of an episode from Uncle Tom's Cabin, the slave Eliza Harris resolves to escape with her two-year-old son across the frozen Ohio River to prevent her master from selling the boy. Includes historical notes on Harriet Beecher Stowe, slavery in America, the Fugitive slave laws, and the Underground Railroad"--Title verso page.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Captured by the Confederate Army in 1863 during the American Civil War, Union soldiers Colonel Thomas Rose and Major A.G. Hamilton are sent to infamous Libby Prison, where they resolve to escape tortuous conditions.
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Series
Great escapes (HarperCollins) volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In December 1920, three US Navy officials boarded a hot air balloon for a routine training flight, but end up stranded in the Canadian wilderness. Includes sidebars about such topics as ballooning and the Cree people.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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"London, 1716. Lord William Nithsdale has been found guilty of treason after fighting alongside the other rebels against the British crown. For his crime, he is sent to the infamous Tower of London, where he awaits his punishment: the executioner's blade. Upon learning of the Lord's death sentence, his wife, Lady Winifred Maxwell, sets out to free him from the "Bloody Tower." She plots and plans to pull off a daring and dangerous breakout. If her...
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Series
Great escapes (HarperCollins) volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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"June 1942, Libya. In the hot desert military camp at Bir Hakeim, Free French Officer Susan Travers was trapped. The Germans had her troops surrounded. With their forces outnumbered and ammo running low, French general Marie-Pierre Koenig gave a shocking order. They were going to break out in the middle of the night--crossing through dangerous minefields and enemy territory--to reach their British allies. And Susan, one of few women at the battlefront...
