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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1110L
Language
English
Formats
Description
How the toilet changed history examines the invention of the toilet and explores how improving sanitation has changed cities and human health. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and maps, charts, and diagrams.
2) Mechanica
Author
Series
Mechanica volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A retelling of Cinderella about an indomitable inventor-mechanic who finds her prince but realizes she doesn't want a fairy tale happy ending after all"--
3) Slob
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
Picked on, overweight genius Owen tries to invent a television that can see the past to find out what happened the day his parents were killed.
4) Skybreaker
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Matt Cruse, a student at the Airship Academy, and Kate de Vries, a young heiress, team up with a gypsy and a daring captain, to find a long-lost airship, rumored to carry a treasure beyond imagination.
5) Scan
Author
Series
Scan volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Formats
Description
With only his estranged mother and girlfriend to help, Tate Archer is left to fight an interspecies conflict between humans and aliens over Archer's dead fathers' mysterious invention.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Traces three thousand years of Western history to profile influential ideas and setbacks that have shaped the modern world, from the spread of monotheism and the invention of the printing press to the U.S. metric campaign and the smart drink trend.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1852, when seventeen-year-old Katharine is sent to her family's estate to prove that her uncle is insane, she finds he is an inventor whose work creating ingenious clockwork figures supports hundreds of families. But strange occurences soon have her doubting her own sanity.
8) Titans
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Astrid Sullivan belongs to a family of compulsive gamblers, and now that her father has been laid off from his job in Detroit and lost all their money betting on the Titans, which are half-horse, half car, and race around impossible tracks, her family is falling apart. But when Astrid's new friends give her the chance to participate in this year's Titan races, she thinks she sees a way to win some money and keep her family together....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1120L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Discusses the advances scientists and engineers have made in microscopic technology, including applications in medicine, safety gear, self-cleaning surfaces, and tiny computers."--Publisher.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Discover 25 women who were trailblazers in science, technology, architecture, engineering, and more. Learn about some of the women who defied expectations and introduced the world to new ideas and creations big and small." --
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This title introduces fans to innovations in the world of soccer. The title features informative sidebars, exciting photos, a timeline, a glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Formats
Description
See how the world of basketball has changed over the years. Technology has evolved, strategies have changed, and the players have become bigger, better, and faster. The sport of basketball looks different than it did in its early years.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Formats
Description
This title introduces fans to innovations in the world of football. The title features informative sidebars, exciting photos, a timeline, a glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Formats
Description
This title introduces fans to innovations in the world of hockey. The title features informative sidebars, exciting photos, a timeline, a glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Formats
Description
This title introduces fans to innovations in the world of auto racing. The title features informative sidebars, exciting photos, a timeline, a glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
17) Wild ride
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventh-grader Charley Decker's mother is on vacation with her boyfriend, and Charley plans to spend the weekend watching movies with her best friends Wade and Oona and her older brother, Greg; but Greg has a date and takes their mother's boyfriend's expensive, rare automobile, than manages to get it towed; Charley and her friends hatch a plan to get the car back--but things go seriously wrong when they discover somebody called Mitch hiding from a...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Racial Justice in America : AAPI Excellence and Achievement series celebrates Asian achievement and culture, while exploring racism in a comprehensive, honest, and age-appropriate way. In the AAPI in STEM book, students learn about some of the inventions and discoveries Asian men and women have made in the world of science, technology, engineering, and math. Series is written by Virginia Loh-Hagan, a prolific author, advocate, and director of...
20) Burn
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Tate learns quickly that the H2 are the least of his problems when a new alien race begins to threaten the planet"--
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