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1) Two roads
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
In 1932, twelve-year-old Cal must stop being a hobo with his father and go to a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school, where he begins learning about his history and heritage as a Creek Indian.
2) The spy
Author
Series
Isaac Bell thrillers volume 3
Isaac Bell novels volume 03
Isaac Bell adventure volume 03
Issac Bell novels volume 03
Isaac Bell novels volume 03
Isaac Bell adventure volume 03
Issac Bell novels volume 03
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
In 1908, a brilliant American battleship gun designer dies in a sensational apparent suicide. The man's grief-stricken daughter turns to the legendary Van Dorn Detective Agency to clear her father's name. Van Dorn puts his chief investigator on the case, and Isaac Bell soon realizes that the clues point not to suicide but to murder.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Charlie Marder, a World War II veteran and popular academic, is an unlikely congressman. Thrust into office by his power-broker father's connections, Charlie is determined to use his new position for good. He quickly learns, however, that in 1950's Washington, little is as it seems. Struggling to navigate the treacherous waters alongside real-life figures such as President Dwight Eisenhower, Senator John F. Kennedy, and Roy Cohn, Charlie is confronted...
Author
Series
Audacity Jones volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
In 1910, Audacity Jones is an eleven-year-old orphan living a monotonous life at Miss Maisie's School for Wayward Girls, and wondering why nothing exciting ever happens. But when the mysterious Commodore Crutchfield whisks her away to Washington D.C., she finds herself involved in a sinister and dangerous plot against the president of the United States.
5) Rebound
Author
Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume Prequel
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestseller · ALA Notable Book * "An eminently satisfying story of family, recovery, and growing into manhood."'Kirkus, starred review From the New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander comes Rebound, a dynamic novel in verse and companion to his Newbery Award-winner, The Crossover, illustrated with striking graphic novel panels. Before Josh and Jordan Bell were streaking up and down the court, their father was learning...
Author
Series
Hope and glory volume 2
Language
English
Description
"In 1900, secretary to the first lady of the United States, Caroline Delacroix is at the pinnacle of high society--but is hiding a terrible secret. Agent Nathaniel Trask must battle his growing love for her as the threat to the president rises and they face adventure, heartbreak, and danger." --
Author
Series
Elena Standish volume 3
Language
English
Description
"On her first trip to Washington, D.C., Elena Standish finally gets to visit her American mother's wealthy parents and their magnificent home. Elena's grandparents are marking a milestone anniversary by throwing an elaborate party with the influential friends of her grandfather, a prominent political industrialist. Even President and First Lady Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt are there, and Elena takes pride in capturing the illustrious guests on camera....
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In Washington, D.C., during the Great Depression, Muriel and her family have no money to prepare the seder meal until a mysterious stranger performs a Passover miracle. Includes notes on the Passover holiday, the Great Depression, and the history of the D.C. Jewish community.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Savannah Riddle feels suffocated by her life as the daughter of an upper class African American family in Washington, D.C., until she meets a working-class girl named Nella who introduces her to the suffragette and socialist movements and to her politically active cousin Lloyd.
11) THE CAPITOL GAME
Author
Language
English
Description
After Jack Wiley rallies corporate giant Capitol Group in an attempt to take over a small company that has developed an armor-reinforcing polymer that could change the course of modern warfare, he and the Capitol Group find themselves embroiled in the greatest scandal ever seen.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A young white girl rides the bus with her father to the March on Washington in 1963--at which Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., would give his "I Have a Dream" speech. She comes to see that Dr. King's dream belongs not just to Blacks but to all Americans"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Emily Soper avoids her mother's efforts to make her more ladylike by watching her father and his workers build fine carriages in Washington, D.C., but 1908 is a turbulent time and her father's livelihood threatened by racist neighbors and the growing popularity of automobiles. Includes historical note and recipes.
Author
Series
Maximilian P. Mouse time traveler volume 06
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Maximilian arrives at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, in time to observe Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream speech" and then finally makes it home on the original target date but still must figure out a way to save Farmer Tanner's farm.
Author
Series
Audacity Jones volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
Audacity Jones and her best friend, Bimmy, are on their way to New York City, with Cypher, who is now a detective in the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, and their assignment involves Harry Houdini and the illusion he is planning--and it will take all of Audie's skills, and the help of her clever cat Min, to prevent the performance from being sabotaged.
Author
Series
Sekret volume 2
Pub. Date
c2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
"In the sequel to SEKRET, Yulia and Valentine have escaped Russia to live in Washington DC where they are working with CIA psychics, including Yulia's increasingly erratic father"--
17) Suspect red
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
In 1950s Washington, D.C., teenaged Richard, a bookworm whose father works for the FBI, experiences effects of McCarthyism, beginning with book banning and ending with a threat to his half-Czech friend.
Author
Series
American diaries volume 17
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Formats
Description
On the evening before President Wilson's inauguration, Francesca decides to disobey her parents and take a stand with the other women picketing the White House for their right to vote.
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