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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A collection of short one-person plays featuring characters, between ten and fifteen years old, who live in or near a thirteenth-century English manor.
Maidens, monks, and millers' sons -- in these pages, readers will meet them all. There's Hugo, the lord's nephew, forced to prove his manhood by hunting a wild boar; sharp-tongued Nelly, who supports her family by selling live eels; and the peasant's daughter, Mogg, who gets a clever lesson in how...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
"African American George Fletcher loved horses from an early age. When he unfairly lost the 1911 Pendleton Round-Up to a white man, the outraged audience declared him "people's champion"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
In interweaving stories of sixteen-year-olds, modern-day Jesse tries to cope with the ramifications of her brother's death on 9/11, while in 2001, Alia, a Muslim, gets trapped in one of the Twin Towers and meets a boy who changes everything for her as flames rage around them.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dig into Dinosaurs from Head to Tail for colorful close-ups of weird and wondrous prehistoric parts. Take a guess which dino they belong to and then turn the page for fun facts about each creature. Which one had a crested head? Who sported claws as long as baseball bats? Stomping through the pages are familiar favorites like the Tyrannosaurus and lesser-known beasts like the Parasaurolophus. Dinosaur fans will be roaring for more!
5) Indian shoes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
Together with Grampa, Ray Halfmoon, a Seminole-Cherokee boy, finds creative and amusing solutions to life's challenges.
Author
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Mexican-American War tells one of the fascinating stories in the history of the United States. The title takes an in-depth look at some of the leaders, battles, events, and ideals that contributed to the country's growth and development in the first half of the 1800s" --
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"An inspirational nonfiction novel-in-verse about Zhanna Arshanskaya, a young Ukrainian Jewish girl using the alias Anna, whose phenomenal piano-playing skills saved her life and the life of her sister, Frina, during the Holocaust-from award-winning author Susan Hood, with Zhanna's son, Greg Dawson."--
10) The story girl
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
Description
Two young boys visiting their relatives on Prince Edward Island become entranced by Sara Stanley and the stories she tells about the island and its long-ago inhabitants.
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Nine-year-old Ethan Cooper has managed to keep his family together for a year in a Pennsylvania orphanage. Now he and his siblings are boarding a train headed west. He can't help but worry: Mr. and Mrs. Rush in Nebraska have agreed to adopt all four Cooper children, but what if they change their minds? In the meantime, Ethan and his siblings encounter their first dust storm, explore train cars, and watch friend after friend leave with new parents....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 740L
Language
English
Description
Hiawatha, a Mohawk, is plotting revenge for the murder of his wife and daughters by the evil Onondaga Chief, Tadodaho, when he meets the Great Peacemaker, who enlists his help in bringing the nations together to share his vision of a new way of life marked by peace, love, and unity rather than war, hate, and fear. Includes historical notes.
Author
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Texas Revolution tells one of the fascinating stories in the history of the United States. The title takes an in-depth look at some of the leaders, battles, events, and ideals that contributed to the country's growth and development in the first half of the 1800s" --
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
In 1890 Washington the only family Joseph Johnson has left is his half-wild Indian pony, Sarah, so when she is sold by a man who has no right to do so, he sets out to get her back--and he plans to let nothing stop him in his quest.
16) The Vikings
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
From battle-axe-wielding tribes plundering the greatest cities of Europe to powerful kings and queens ruling their dominions with iron fists, the Vikings were some of the most feared and fearless figures in European history. Find the bravest heroes, the most menacing villains, and unbelievably awesome facts and myths inside this action-packed overview.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
!aWhen twelve-year-old aspiring detective Myrtle Hardcastle learns her neighor in quiet Swinburne, England, a breeder of rare flowers, has died she is certain it was murder and that she must find the killer.-- !cProvided by Publisher.
18) A dog like Daisy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Daisy has only ten weeks to prove her usefulness or else be sent back to the pound. Yet if she goes back, who will protect Colonel Victor from his PTSD attacks? Or save the littler human, Micah, from those infernal ear muzzles he calls earphones? What if no one ever adopts her again? Determined to become the elite protector the colonel needs, Daisy vows to ace the service dog test. She'll accept the ridiculous leash and learn to sit, heel, shake,...
20) Towers falling
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
410L
Language
English
Description
"While learning about September 11th, fifth grader D©·ja (born after the attacks) realizes how much the events still color her world"--
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