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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Tells of the Civil War's first contraband camp that began when three escaped slaves were granted protection at a Union-held fort, prompting runaway slaves to seek freedom there and build the country's first African American community.
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"In this selection of poems Harjo, a three-term US Poet Laureate, celebrates her fifty years as a poet. While musical, intimate, political and wise, they intertwine ancestral memory and tribal histories with resilience and love. From her early discoveries for her own voice to moving reflections of our contemporary movement, she offers poems on birth, death, love, and resistance-- and everything they encompass."--
A magnificent selection of fifty...
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English
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First published in 1858, "The Courtship of Miles Standish" is a narrative poem written by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about the 'Mayflower', an English ship that transported early Pilgrims to the New World in 1620. The ship has since become an important part of American history and culture, as well as the subject of innumerable works of art, plays, films, poems, songs, books, etc. Beautifully illustrated and written by one of America's...
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"Women Holding Things includes the bright, bold images featured in the booklet as well as an additional sixty-seven new paintings highlighted by thoughtful and intimate anecdotes, recollections, and ruminations. Most are portraits of women, both ordinary and famous, including Virginia Woolf, Sally Hemings, Hortense Cezanne, Gertrude Stein, as well as Kalman's family members and other real-life people. These women hold a range of objects, from the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and the grit, passion, and perseverance of some of the world's greatest heroes. The text is also peppered with references to the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, and others, offering deeper insights into the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
790L
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English
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"Presents the full text of "The Star-Spangled Banner" in both its original version and in a translated version using everyday language. Describes the events that led to the creation of America's national anthem and its significance through history"--Provided by publisher.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
650L
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English
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Playful poems and facts celebrate the colors of the rainbow in this beautiful nonfiction picture book. With information about the science of sight and perception, pigment origins in art and textiles, colloquial expressions and word associations, there's so much to see in each vivid spread-a wonderfully sensory read.
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2020.
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English
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"Once the second-largest city in Indiana, and home to the world's largest steel mill, Gary has suffered and shrunk in the postindustrial global economy. A center of Black culture and political power, struggles based in Gary have profoundly shaped social and political life in the United States. This anthology collects the voices of not only the essayist, poet, and journalist but also the graffiti writer, the minister, the activist, the singer, the...
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This collection contains Parker's correspondence and writings, including correspondence E. B. Heiney and publishers about Poets and Poetry of Indiana; correspondence regarding Parker's poetry, his newspaper work, and requests for advice on writing. Also included is correspondence regarding Republican Party politics, James Whitcomb Riley, and family matters. The collections also contains Parker's writings including the subjects of the National Road,...
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Pub. Date
1844
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English
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This collection contains Parker's correspondence and writings, including correspondence E. B. Heiney and publishers about Poets and Poetry of Indiana; correspondence regarding Parker's poetry, his newspaper work, and requests for advice on writing. Also included is correspondence regarding Republican Party politics, James Whitcomb Riley, and family matters. The collections also contains Parker's writings including the subjects of the National Road,...
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