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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1140L
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English
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"In the early 1980s, doctors sounded the alarm. A mysterious new disease--acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS - was spreading around the world. While many of the first AIDS patients were gay men, no one seemed to be immune from the deadly blood-borne disease. Researchers set to work to discover what was causing AIDS. They suspected a virus. Two teams of scientists - one in the United States and one in France - worked tirelessly to identify...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
980L
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English
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In the South Pacific during World War II, a group of Navajo Marines sent secret messages for the Allies using a code based on the Navajo language. Learn more about these heroes, whose unbreakable code helped win the war.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1090L
Language
English
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October 9, 1967. World-renowned revolutionary Che Guevara is dead at 39. The charismatic Argentinian had been leading guerrilla fighters in Bolivia and was captured by the Bolivian army. A sergeant volunteered to execute the prisoner. Around the globe, reactions to the assassination were mixed. In Cuba, where Guevara had helped overthrow a brutally repressive dictatorship in 1959, more than a million people mourned openly. But elsewhere, many business...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1150L
Language
English
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Examines events that led to the Delano Grape Strike from 1965 through 1970, discussing low wages, dangerous working conditions, the leadership of Cesar Chavez, the United States Farmworkers Union, and other related topics.
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Lexile measure
920L
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English
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Long before Europeans explored the lands and waters above the Arctic Circle, several Inuit groups lived in this harsh, snowy landscape. They spoke different languages and developed unique ways to thrive in the ice and snow. These include making homes from whalebones and animals skins and hunting seals with spears through holes in the ice. Many Inuit still live in the Arctic. While many aspects of Arctic life have changed, the Inuit are working to...
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Lexile measure
880L
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English
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As early as the 1500s, fur traders from Europe began to arrive in the Subarctic region of North America. These traders were greeted by the many groups of native peoples already living in the region. These native peoples had their own languages, cultures, and methods for hunting and surviving in this land where it snowed 200 days a year. Many native peoples still live throughout the Subarctic. They are working to revive their traditions and languages...
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Lexile measure
960L
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English
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In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed west from Europe and landed on a Caribbean island in what he thought was India. Over the next twelve years, Columbus made several voyages to the New World, seeking gold and power and bringing other Europeans to start colonies. How can we know what the journey was like for Columbus, his shipmates, and the Taino people he met in the Caribbean? We can study maps and tools Columbus used, excerpts from his journal, and...
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Lexile measure
1000L
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English
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In 1540 Francisco Vzquez de Coronado marched from northern Mexico in search of the Seven Cities of Cibola, reputed to hold great treasures. He found Cibola, but discovered that this Zuni village didn't have the treasures he sought. Coronado kept searching for gold-filled cities but came up empty-handed though his men became the first Europeans to see the Grand Canyon. By studying maps, quotations, and works of art created in his lifetime, we can learn...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Covers the music, the musicians, the instruments, and music's place in cultural history. Presents a history of each musical style, from its roots to its expression along with glimpses of the lives of leading composers and musicians. This volume focuses on the music style of rock and roll."
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 5
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English
Description
Covers the music, the musicians, the instruments, and music's place in cultural history. Presents a history of each musical style, from its roots to its expression along with glimpses of the lives of leading composers and musicians. This volume focuses on the music style of jazz.
17) Witches
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Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Discusses witches, including ancient witches; the years between 1450 and 1700 during which time people accused of being witches were violently persecuted; witchcraft today; and magic and spells.
18) The 1980s
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Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1190L
Language
English
Description
Discusses the political, historical, and cultural life of the United States in the 1980s, including the end of communism, the Iran-Contra affair, and pop culture of the time.
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