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4) Daniel Boone
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
An illustrated biography of the famous pioneer and explorer.
5) Mae Jemison
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book presents a brief biography of the first African-American woman to travel into space.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Description
In Rosalind Franklin, learn how the British biophysicist and X-ray expert chose to pursue a career in science and helped discover the structure of DNA. Features include a timeline, a glossary, essential facts, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1060L
Language
English
Description
Discusses Vlad the Impaler, the historical person behind Count Dracula, describes how Bram Stoker came to write his famous novel about him, and examines how the character has been portrayed on stage and screen.
11) Hernan Cortes
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book provides an introduction to the life of the sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Hernando Cortes, who conquered the Aztec Empire of Mexico.
12) John Brown
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Description
A brief biography of the man who fought against slavery in the Kansas Territory and who led a revolt at Harper's Ferry in 1859.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1992]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Surveys the history of the Soviet Union through the exploits and achievements of the seven men who were its leaders from 1917 to 1991; Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov, Konstantin Chernenko, and Mikhail Gorbachev.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Traces the history of the labor movement in the United States through brief biographies of labor leaders: Samuel Gompers, Eugene Debs, William Haywood, "Mother" Jones, John Lewis, A. Philip Randolph, Jimmy Hoffa, and Cesar Chavez.
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