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Series
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
It's no secret that Beethoven went deaf, that Mozart had constant money problems, and that Gilbert and Sullivan wrote musicals. But what were these people-and other famous musicians-really like? What did they eat? What did they wear? How did they spend their time? And-possibly most interesting of all-what did their neighbors think?
Discover the fascinating and often humorous stories of twenty famous musicians-people of all shapes, sizes, temperaments,...
Author
Publisher
Melanie Kroupa/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Most people cannot remember when their childhood ended. I, on the other hand, have a crystal-clear memory of that moment. It happened at night in the summer of 1966, when my elementary school headmaster hanged himself.
In 1966 Moying, a student at a prestigious language school in Beijing, seems destined for a promising future. Everything changes when student Red Guards begin to orchestrate brutal assaults, violent public humiliations, and forced...
3) ISIS
Author
Series
Publisher
Essential Library
Pub. Date
c2016
Language
English
Description
ISIS covers the history of the terrorist organization and what it stands for, how its leaders recruit more followers, and the importance of understanding the threat this organization poses for the rest of the world. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Before there was Max, there was Mike. A true story much like the touching movie, Navy SEAL Dogs explores the incomparable relationship between trainer and military dog.
From the author of Team Dog, Trident K9 Warriors gave readers an inside look at the Navy SEAL teams' elite K9 warriors-who they are, how they are trained, and the extreme missions they undertake to save lives. From detecting explosives to eliminating the bad guys, these powerful dogs...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Recounts the story from World War I in which two towns were leveled and almost two thousand people killed following the collison of two warships in Halifax Harbour and a blizzard that dumped over a foot of snow in the area.
Author
Publisher
Melanie Kroupa Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
This book looks at the 1862-63 battle for Vicksburg through the eyes of three children: ten-year-old Lucy, the daughter of a Vicksburg merchant; eleven-year-old Willie, the son of a minister; and twelve-year old Frederick, the son of Ulysses S. Grant.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"I find it so easy to forget / that Im just a girl who is expected / to live / without thoughts." Opposing slavery in Cuba in the nineteenth century was dangerous. The most daring abolitionists were poets who veiled their work in metaphor. Of these, the boldest was Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, nicknamed Tula. In passionate, accessible verses of her own, Engle evokes the voice of this book-loving feminist and abolitionist who bravely resisted an...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
For more than a decade starting in 1920, millions of regular Americans ignored the law of the land. Parents became bootleggers, kids smuggled illegal alcohol, and outlaws became celebrities. It wasn't supposed to be that way, of course. When Congress passed the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the sale and manufacture of alcohol in the United States, supporters believed it would create a better, stronger nation. Instead it began an era of lawlessness,...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Avenue
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When Ginger Zee opened her life to readers in Natural Disaster, the response was enormous. She put a very relatable if surprising face on depression and has helped lessen the stigma surrounding mental health issues. In this moving follow-up, Ginger shares her truest self. She spent most of her life shielding her vulnerabilities from the world all while being a professional people pleaser. Her stormy childhood, her ongoing struggles with crippling...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Description
In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. Her relatives were shot and poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more...
13) Breaking through
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Having come from Mexico to California ten years ago, fourteen-year-old Francisco is still working in the fields but fighting to improve his life and complete his education.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Documents the history and origin of the Ku Klux Klan from its beginning in Pulaski, Tennessee, and provides personal accounts, congressional documents, diaries, and more.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Dogs have been part of the US military since World War II, and they are still leading patrols hunting for IEDs today. Frankel offers an exciting mix of on-the-ground reporting, her own hands-on experiences in the military working dog world, and a look at dogs' special abilities.--
Author
Language
English
Description
Most people only know her as Justin Bieber's mom, but Pattie Mallette has had an incredible journey of her own. Many people have heard of her son's rags to riches triumph. A few know she was a teen mom who had to overcome a drug and alcohol addiction. Even fewer know the rest of her story. Now, for the first time in detail, Pattie shares with the world the story of a girl who felt abandoned and unloved. Of a teenager who made poor choices. Of a young...
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