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Who are the people called Hoosiers? What are their stories? Two centuries ago, on the Indiana frontier, they were settlers who created a way of life they passed to later generations. They came to value individual freedom and distrusted government, even as they demanded that government remove Indians, sell them land, and bring democracy. Down to the present, Hoosiers have remained wary of government power and have taken care to guard their tax dollars...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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This is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America faced a crisis. The new nation was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North Africa's Barbary coast routinely captured American sailors...
3) Train
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Take a ride through railway history, guided by expert engineers and innovators. From the first pioneering steam locomotives to today's high-speed maglev lines, discover how the train revolutionized travel and industry, and helped shape the course of history" --
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Provides information about the people, battles, and events of America's battle for independence, including what daily life was like for Americans caught up in the conflict, the type of arms used by both armies, and the battle for the South.
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860L
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English
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A History of US is the story of the history of the United States written especially for all ages to enjoy. From the hunting and fishing tribes that first crossed the Bering Strait to the civil rights movement and 20th-century attempts to define America, the 11 books in the series make history an exciting adventure story.
6) Ancient Rome
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1070L
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English
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"Step into the world of ancient Rome and meet its emperors, gods, soldiers, and gladiators. Who were Rome's most famous emperors? What was everyday life like for a soldier in the Roman army? How did the citizens of ancient Rome live? Did gladiators really fight to the death in the mighty Colosseum? Find out the answers to all these questions, and many more, in Eyewitness Ancient Rome. Photographs of real artefacts and detailed illustrations will help...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1000L
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English
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"The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep power, to create dynamics that separate and silence. Racist ideas are woven into the fabric of this country, and the first step to building an antiracist America is acknowledging America's racist past and present. This book takes you on that journey, showing how racist ideas started and were spread, and how they can be discredited"--Dust jacket flap.
"A history of racist and antiracist...
8) Soccer
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Examines all aspects of the game of soccer, including its history, rules, soccer skills, tactics, equipment, famous players, and playing fields.
10) Locomotive
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
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640L
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English
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Details what the first passengers experienced as they traveled West on the transcontinental railroad in the summer of 1869.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.9 - AR Pts: 34
Lexile measure
1260L
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English
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This classic history, first published in 1921 and winner of the first Newbery Medal, was illustrated in pen and ink by the author. This version has incorporated recent events to make it an up-to-date world history.
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"A gripping narrative of a fearless paleontologist, the founding of America's most loved museums, and the race to find the largest dinosaurs on record. In the dust of the Gilded Age Bone Wars, two vastly different men emerge with a mission to fill the empty halls of New York's struggling American Museum of Natural History: Henry Fairfield Osborn, a privileged socialite whose reputation rests on the museum's success, and intrepid Kansas-born fossil...
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"We have a great many historical books today designed for young readers--books about particular aspects of the American past, representing every ethnic and racial group and every religious and social persuasion. But what we have been lacking is a charmingand compelling book that can stand at the center of it all, and acquaint our young people with the larger story of which their story is a part. The great American story. The runaway success of Wilfred...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approaches, the award winning historian and perennial New York Times bestselling author takes a fresh look at the space program, President John F. Kennedy's inspiring challenge, and America's race to the moon. On May 25, 1961, JFK made an astonishing announcement: his goal of putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade. In this engrossing, fast-paced epic, Douglas Brinkley returns to the...
17) The Mayflower
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[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1030L
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English
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"Myths about the Mayflower and the Pilgrim's arrival in modern-day America debunked."--
Challenging popular misconceptions about the actual events behind major historical periods, a fact-first chronicle of the Mayflower voyage and founding of the Plymouth Rock colony reveals how the Pilgrims nearly settled elsewhere, almost had a second ship and only met the Wampanoag months after arriving.--
18) Civil War
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
IG 1030L
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English
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"Take a trip through time and witness the deadliest war in US history. With the help of expert historians, find out how to fight to end slavery sparked the war, see the weapons used by soldiers on the battlefields, and meet the people who risked their lives on the front lines."--
19) Presidents
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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"Follow the early lives and political careers of the US presidents and see how they came into office, with full-color photographs of campaign memorabilia, family portraits, handwritten letters, mementos, and more. Discover how Abraham Lincoln saved the Union, why teddy bears are named after Theodore Roosevelt, and how Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the nation with the Louisiana Purchase"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
780L
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English
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An outstanding student and much admired leader of her class, Ji-Li Jiang was poised for a shining future in the Communist party until the Cultural Revolution of 1966. Told with simplicity, innocence and grace, this unforgettable memoir gives a child's eye view of a terrifying time in 20th-century history--and of one family's indomitable courage under fire.
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