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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
"From Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Gloria Steinem and Hillary Clinton, women throughout US history have fought for equality ... Hopkinson chronicles the beginning of the movement in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when women were demanding the right to vote. She explores the 1960s, which pushed equal rights and opportunities for women--both at home and in the workplace--even further, and then moves toward present-day...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
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Description
"As the sun sank over the town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, one warm October night in 1871, a smoky haze hung in the dry air. There had been little rain, and small fires had been rolling through town continuously since the summer. For weeks the people had tried to protect their homes and businesses from fire. But they could not protect themselves from what would culminate in the deadliest fire in American history. As industrialization surged across the...
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Series
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Description
Critically acclaimed author Deborah Hopkinson's HEAR MY SORROW is back with a beautiful new cover!
Fourteen-year-old Angela Denoto and her family have arrived in New York City from their village in Italy to find themselves settled in a small tenement apartment on the Lower East Side. When her father is no longer able to work as a hod carrier, Angela must leave school and find a job in a shirtwaist factory. Despite being disappointed that she had...
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Series
Deadliest volume 02
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
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Description
"As a hurricane gathered in the Caribbean, blue skies covered Galveston, Texas. Scientists knew a storm was coming. But none of them were able to prepare Galveston for the force of the hurricane that hit on September 8, 1900. The water from the storm surge pulled houses off their foundations, and the winds toppled telephone poles and trees like toothpicks. And amid the chaos, Galveston's residents did all they could to rescue one another. From the...
6) Michelle
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and accomplishments of Michelle Obama, from her childhood and early achievements in education to her career in law and community service, as well as her family life and marriage to Barack Obama.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Carter G. Woodson was born ten years after the end of the Civil War, to parents who had both been enslaved. Their stories were not the ones written about in history books, but Carter learned them and kept them in his heart. Carter's father could not read or write, but he believed in being an informed citizen. So Carter read the newspaper to him every day, and from this practice, he learned about the world and how to find out what he didn't know. Many...
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Series
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
John Adams didn't enjoy traveling. He much preferred to stay home with his wife and children. But John Adams also had a dream: He wanted to see the thirteen colonies free from English rule. He wanted to see the creation of a new country -- the United States of America. John Adams did whatever was needed to make his dream come true.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
1090L
Language
English
Description
The story of America's little known war-within-a war-- that of the "silent service" --U.S. submarine warfare during World War II fought in the Pacific Ocean. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the US entered World War II in December 1941 with only 44 Naval submarines-- many of them dating from the 1920s. With the Pacific battleship fleet decimated after Pearl Harbor, it was up to the feisty and heroic sailors aboard the US submarines to stop the...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Sibert Honor author Deborah Hopkinson paints a vivid portrait of the deadly battles that raged in the Pacific during WWII and the remarkable courage of the US submarine sailors who fought them.
Dive! World War II Stories of Sailors & Submarines in the Pacific tells the incredible story of America's little known "war within a war" -- US submarine warfare during World War II. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the US entered World War II in December...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
Sometimes, one moment changes a person's life. And that person goes on to change other lives. That's what happened to Frances Perkins. After she witnessed the 1911 catastrophic fire at the Triangle Waist Company, in which one hundred and forty-six people died, she devoted her life to improving conditions for workers. Frances became the first woman to serve in a president's cabinet. As Secretary of Labor under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, she helped...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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"A thrilling account of the most daring American POW rescue mission of World War II. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, America entered World War II, and a new theater of battle opened up in the Pacific. But US troops, along with thousands of Filipino soldiers who fought alongside them, were overtaken in the Philippines by a fiercely determined Japanese navy, and many Americans and Filipino fighters were killed or captured. These American and...
15) Betty White
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Introduces the life and career of actress Betty White, from her girlhood in California and her service driving a truck during World War II to her live appearances in the early years of television, her roles on games shows and situation comedies, and her interest in animal welfare.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
1060L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The WWII invasion of Allied troops into German-occupied Europe, known as D-Day, was the largest military endeavor in history. By the time it occurred on June 6, 1944, Hitler and the Axis powers had a chokehold grip on the European continent, which the Allies called "Fortress Europe." Behind enemy lines, Nazi Germany was engaged in the mass extermination of the Jewish people and the oppression of civilians across Europe. The goal of D-Day was no less...
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Language
English
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Help your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography all about beloved entertainer Dolly Parton! The perfect introduction to nonfiction for preschoolers! What's not to love about Dolly Parton? The multi-talented entertainer is generous, humble, smart, and funny. This Little Golden Book biography shares how someone from incredibly poor beginnings can blossom and persevere to become an award-winning songwriter and singer, actress, author,...
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