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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 42
Lexile measure
1190L
Language
English
Description
"In this sweeping adventure story, Stephen E. Ambrose, the bestselling author of D-Day, presents the definitive account of one of the most momentous journeys in American history. Ambrose follows the Lewis and Clark Expedition from Thomas Jefferson's hope of finding a waterway to the Pacific, through the heart-stopping moments of the actual trip, to Lewis's lonely demise on the Natchez Trace. Along the way, Ambrose shows us the American West as Lewis...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
Wilderness explorer Jubal Sackett was the son of Barnabas Sackett, the first of that line to come to the New World. Jubal feared no man, nor did he back away from any challenge. His determination to blaze new trails took him across the vast savage North American continent where no white man had been before. Living and fighting among the Indian tribes, Jubal forged a legend as a powerful medicine man whom they called "Ni'kwana, master of mysteries."...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 65
Language
English
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In one generation, the Clark family of Virginia fought for our nation's independence, and explored, conquered, and settled the continent from sea to shining sea. This powerfully written book recreates the warm life of the family, the dangers of the battlefield, the grueling journeys across an untamed wilderness, and the soul-stirring Lewis and Clark Expedition. This mighty epic is a fitting tribute to the wisdom and courage of Ann Rogers Clark, her...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
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With the utterance of a single line-“Doctor Livingstone, I presume?”-a remote meeting in the heart of Africa was transformed into one of the most famous encounters in exploration history. But the true story behind Dr. David Livingstone and journalist Henry Morton Stanley is one that has escaped telling. Into Africa is an extraordinarily researched account of a thrilling adventure-defined by alarming foolishness, intense courage, and raw human...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Author and illustrator Simon Schwartz weaves biography and fiction together to explore the life of Arctic adventurer Matthew Henson. Moving between different time periods and incorporating Inuit mythology, Schwartz offers fresh perspectives on the many challenges Henson confronted during his life. As a member of early missions to reach the North Pole, Henson braved subzero temperatures and shifting sea ice. As an African American at the turn of the...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.5 - AR Pts: 52
Language
English
Description
On July 20, 1969, the world stood still to watch 38-year-old American astronaut Neil A. Armstrong become the first person ever to step on the surface of another heavenly body. Upon his return to Earth, Armstrong was celebrated for his monumental achievement. He was also--as NASA historian Hansen reveals in this authorized biography--misunderstood. Armstrong's accomplishments as an engineer, a test pilot, and an astronaut have long been a matter of...
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Pub. Date
1994.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 42
Language
English
Description
In the 12th Century, a Welsh prince and his band of men sail to America where they intermarry with Indian women to form a colony. The novel chronicles the colony's rise and fall, including the fate of its descendants, an Indian tribe near the Ohio River whose members have flaxen hair and grey-blue eyes. A story based on a Welsh legend.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
Exhibiting wit and extraordinary insight, Caroline Alexander sheds fresh light on Sir Ernest Shackleton's well-documented 1914 expedition to Antarctica, in which no human life was lost. From actual journals kept by the explorers, she creates a marvelous diary of the expedition, written from the viewpoint of a world-weary cat.
As the Endurance prepares to sail, the shipwright's curious tomcat hides deep within the hold. When crew members discover...
12) Eclipse
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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"Provides a solution, dark in its ramifications to one of the greatest mysteries in American history; the terrible and unexplained death of Meriwether Lewis, age thirty-five, in the wilderness of the Natchez Trace of Tennessee in October 1809"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
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Description
Pam Flowers tells the story of how, at the age of thirty-five, she decided to pursue a dream and moved from Texas to Alaska where she learned to become a dog musher and eventually became the first female and first American to travel solo across the entire length of the North American Arctic coast by dog team.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
1320L
Language
English
Description
Born a slave in Virginia in 1856, Booker T. Washington rose in prominence to become black America's foremost spokesman. This is the dramatic autobiographical account of Washington's struggle to succeed and prosper in a country that refused to acknowledge his existence. From his fight for an education to his founding of the world-renowned Tuskegee Institute, Up From Slavery is one of the most significant and defining works in American literature.
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Pub. Date
1990.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Description
A handsome addition to the literature about Columbus that also deals with the culture & attitudes of the Spanish at the time. What was it like in Europe at the time of Columbus? How did the expectations & beliefs of Europeans influence the treatment of the people whose lands were "discovered"? This book looks at Columbus's life within the context of the culture, information, & thinking of his era. In his time, the resources of the New World were...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 24
Lexile measure
1090L
Language
English
Description
"Life on the Mississippi is a powerful narrative concerning the past, present, and future of the Mississippi River, including its towns, peoples, and ways of life. Before addressing the river and his personal relationship to it, Twain provides a brief history of the Mississippi River. He comments in the first few chapters on the river's historic standing as a wonder that surpasses many rivers around the world. Twain also provides a history of explorers...
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