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1) Pirate
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents a photographic introduction to pirates, examining the history of piracy as it was practiced around the world, and looking at weapons, navigation and maps, women pirates, life at sea and on land, and the appearance of pirates in film and literature.
2) Plant
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents information about the complexities of the plant kingdom, covering non-flowering as well as flowering plants and revealing their structures, natural history, and importance in human life.--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seabiscuit was an unlikely champion. He was a rough-hewn, undersized horse with a sad little tail and knees that wouldn't straighten all the way. At a gallop, he jabbed one foreleg sideways, as if he were swatting flies. For two years, he fought his trainers and floundered at the lowest level of racing, misunderstood and mishandled, before his dormant talent was discovered by three men.
One was Red Pollard, a failed prizefighter and failing jockey...
4) Denmark
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Describes the geography, history, plants and animals, economy, language, religions, culture, and people of Denmark.
5) Skyscrapers
Author
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
c 1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
7) Tibet
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Introduces Tibet, including its geography and climate, history, government, economy, people, culture, religion, language, and activities of daily life.
8) Predator
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Presents an illustrated look at the predatory behavior of various animal species, discussing such topics as how animals stalk their prey, the lures and traps they use, and where predators fit in various food chains.
11) The Vietnam War
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents the timeline of the Vietnam War, including the causes of the conflict and the role played by the United States' involvement, and explores the war's impact upon today's political and cultural development.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Cold Oceans is the thrilling story of Jon Turk's expeditions to some of the most inhospitable regions on earth. Even after being shipwrecked off Cape Horn, stopped by ice in the Northwest Passage, and beaten back by Arctic blizzards, Turk has continued to follow an irresistible urge to explore.
Guided by his restless spirit and fueled by tales of Elizabethan explorers, Turk first heads off alone to kayak around Cape Horn. But while he is paddling...
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, An Imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Details the search for Osama bin Laden that began after the September 11 terrorist attacks and ended with a raid on his compound in May 2011
Author
Publisher
Rosen Central Primary Source
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Traces the process and influences behind the writing of Esther Forbes' novel, Johnny Tremain, for which she won a Newbery Award in 1943--just a year after winning the Pulitzer Prize for her first novel.
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