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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year old Rebecca Carter's father brings a Native American accused of murder into their 1812 Ohio settlement town, Rebecca, witnessing the town's reaction to the Indian, struggles with the idea that an innocent man may be convicted and sentenced to death.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Description
Documents the efforts of an Ohio community to secure the freedom of escaped slave John Price, examining various aspects of Price's escape from Kentucky, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, and the heroic showdown.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-olds Ambrose, Tom, and Frankie are transported to the boys' hometown of Freedom Falls, Ohio, in 1852 when Frankie blows her Romani family's magical trombone, and to return home they'll have to use both Morse code and the ancient form of divination known as the I-ching.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The March and April storm of 1913 was the largest the United States had ever seen. This book presents the stories of key people in Dayton, Ohio, the city that became the symbol of this disaster"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1970s Ohio, Lenny and her younger brother, Davey, who suffers from a rare form of gigantism, cope with his declining health by poring over each installment of Burrell's Build-It-at-Home Encyclopedia Set.
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1935, twelve-year-old Kit Kittredge's dog Grace mysteriously vanishes and Kit tries to figure out who took her and why. Includes information about pets and dog shows during the Great Depression.
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
In 1935, while preparing to write a newspaper story about a theater production of Macbeth in her hometown of Cincinnati, twelve-year-old Kit discovers that a thief is stealing from the box office.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Cincinnatian Grace Morgan is fed up with the unkempt boy who harrasses her quiet cousin, but she sees things differently when their town is hit by a serious drought and she and her family get a taste of poverty.
13) Pony
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Silas is awoken in the dead of night by three horsemen who arrive unannounced to take his father away. Silas is left shaken, scared, and alone, except for the presence of his companion, Mittenwool...who happens to be a ghost. But when a pony shows up at his door, Silas knows what he has to do. He will set out on a perilous journey across a vast American landscape to find his father--a journey that will ultimately connect him with...
Author
Series
Sluggers volume 1
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
In the late 1800s, a baseball with strange powers belonging to their late father works wonders for three children and a traveling baseball team which must raise $10,000.
17) Horsin' around
Author
Series
Sluggers volume 2
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
The year is 1899, and the Travelin' Nine are crisscrossing the USA, raising money to pay off the Payne family's big-league debt. As the team heads into River City, Griffith is beginning to realize that there's more at risk than meets the eye, something beyond the need to raise money -- something involving the ball that could put his entire family in danger.
18) Ohio
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
Description
Photographs and simple text introduce young readers to the history, geography, economy, and people of Ohio.
Author
Series
Barnstormers volume 1
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
In the late 1800s, a baseball with strange powers belonging to their late father works wonders for three children and a travelling baseball team which must raise $10,000.
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