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1) Train
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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" --
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1190L
Language
English
Description
The true story of the victims, accused witches, crooked officials, and mass hysteria that turned a mysterious illness affecting two children into a witch hunt that took over a dozen people's lives and ruined hundreds more.
4) Ancient Rome
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Description
"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...
5) Soccer
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Examines all aspects of the game of soccer, including its history, rules, soccer skills, tactics, equipment, famous players, and playing fields.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Description
"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.--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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...
9) Civil War
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
IG 1030L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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."--
10) Presidents
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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"--
12) Ancient Greece
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Here is a spectacular and informative guide to the glories of ancient Greece. Superb color photographs of armor, jewelry, temples and much more offer a unique "eyewitness" view of the history, daily life, beliefs and achievements of the ancient Greek civilization. See the golden mask of Agamemnon, the luxurious palaces of Crete, an armed hoplite ready to do battle, the Parthenon Frieze, what a Greek family wore, and what the inside of a Greek farmhouse...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Escape from the ordinary and break into Alcatraz, America's most famous prison! The island of Alcatraz has always been a place that's fascinated visitors, from the Native American tribes who believed it was home to evil spirits to the Spanish explorers who discovered the island. In modern times, it was a federal prison for only 29 years, but now draws over a million visitors each year. Learn the history of America's most famous prison, from its initial...
14) The Great Fire
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1130L
Language
English
Description
An account of the Great Chicago Fire combines archival photographs and drawings with personal accounts by its survivors and historical documents.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
November 1943: World War II teetered in the balance. The Nazis controlled nearly all of the European continent. Japan dominated the Pacific. Allied successes at Sicily and Guadalcanal had gained modest ground but at an extraordinary cost. On the Eastern Front, the Soviets had already lost millions of lives. That same month in Tehran, with the fate of the world in question, the 'Big Three,' Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
Describes the 1963 March on Washington, helmed by Martin Luther King, Jr., where over two hundred thousand people gathered to demand equal rights for all races, and explains why this event is still important in American history today.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Describes the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War, and includes details on troop movements of both the Union and Confederate armies, the notable figures on the battlefield, and the famous Gettysburg Address.
19) The Titanic
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
Description
"On April 15, 1912 an "unsinkable" ship called the Titanic unexpectedly hit an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic. Right? Wrong! Nobody was really talking about the Titanic being unsinkable until after it sank. The truth is, four different ships wired the Titanic to report icebergs and field ice in the area. But the Titanic never slowed down. In fact, when the Californian warned that it was trapped in ice, the Titanic's wireless...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
Description
The story of the Great Irish Famine, through the eyes and memories of the Irish people. Tells how they lived, why their lives depended on the potato, how they dreaded the workhouse, and how they feared and defied the landlord who collected the rent and evicted them.
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