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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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In "American Gun", the deadliest sniper in U.S. history tracks down and shoots the most important American firearms, from a flintlock rifle to a Colt revolver to the latest high-tech weapon he used as a SEAL. Chris Kyle uses these guns as a window on United States history, making the sweeping argument that the American story has been tied to and shaped by the gun.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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A latest entry in the best-selling series dramatically portrays the events of World War II in 1944, when escalating Pacific battles between the forces of General Douglas MacArthur and the Japanese army lead to the development of humanity's deadliest weapon and newly appointed President Truman's impossible choice.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
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In Nov. 1942 a U.S. cargo plane crashed into the Greenland ice cap, the B-17 sent on the search-and-rescue mission got caught in a storm and also crashed, miraculously all nine men aboard survived. A second rescue operation was launched, but the plane, the Grumman Duck, flew into a storm and vanished. The survivors of the B-17 spent 148 days fighting to stay alive while waiting for rescue by famed explorer Bernt Balchen. Then in 2012 the U.S. Coast...
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[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
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Provides an account of the World War II mission undertaken by 121 select troops from the U.S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion in January 1945 to rescue 513 American and British prisoners, including survivors of the Bataan Death March, being held in a camp in the Philippines.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, another exciting adventure in the world-renowned Sharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty's Army at the siege of Seringapatam.
Five years after the Battle of Waterloo, Sharpe's peaceful retirement in Normandy is shattered. An old friend, Don Blas Vivar, is missing in Chile, reported dead at rebel hands — a report his wife refuses to believe. She appeals...
8) The day the world went nuclear: dropping the atom bomb and the end of World War II in the Pacific
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1130L
Language
English
Description
Portrays the events of World War II in 1944, when escalating Pacific battles between the forces of General MacArthur and the Japanese army lead to the development of humanity's deadliest weapon and President Truman's impossible choice.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
In Flyboys,Bradley returns to the Pacific and World War II. Over the island of Chichi Jima nine American flyboys-Navy and MArine airmen sent to bomb the Japenses were shot down.One would be miraculously rescued, but the others would end up imprisoned and subjected to a fate so terrible that it has been kept top secret until now.
10) Sharpe's battle
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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In the spring of 1811, as one of the most bitter battles of the Peninsular War is about to commence, the hopes of all of Britain are turned toward Spain, where victory will be won or lost. A skilled leader and proven hero, Colonel Richard Sharpe has taken charge of a ragtag Irish battalion from the king of Spain's household guard. Poorly equipped and untrained, they are easily ambushed by an elite French unit commanded by Sharpe's deadly enemy,
...11) Battle ready
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 32
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the forty-year career of retired Marine general Tony Zinni, discussing his service in Vietnam and as Commander in Chief of CENTCOM, his peacekeeping missions, and his feelings about the 2003 Iraq war that led him to resign.
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Richard Sharpe novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
Richard Sharpe. Soldier, hero, rogue-the man you always want on your side. Born in poverty, he joined the army to escape jail and climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage. He knows no other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles, whose green jacket he proudly wears.
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Richard Sharpe novels volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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A novel of the Napoleonic wars follows the adventures of British captain Richard Sharpe as he faces a powerful and dangerous enemy--Napoleon's armies and General Guy Loup.
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Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Description
Examines the childhood, training, and career of the man known for his military leadership during World War II, the administration of occupied Japan after the war, and the Korean War.
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