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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
The Unvanquished is a novel of the Sartoris family, who embody the ideal of Southern honor and its transformation through was, defeat, and Reconstruction: Colonel John Sartoris, who is murdered by a business rival after the war; his son, Bayard, who learns a new kind of courage by refusing to kill; Cousin Drusilla, a young was widow who rides with Sartoris's cavalry; and Granny Rosa Millard, the matriarch, who must put aside her code of gentility...
Author
Series
Song of ice and fire volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 49
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war....Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory may go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel--and the coldest hearts. For when kings clash, the whole land trembles"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset
Pub. Date
c1955
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1863, a sleepy little Pennsylvania town explodes with action as Confederate and Union troops converge for a decisive Civil War battle. Jonathan Blayne and his sister Mary take part in the three-day conflict with a dramatic series of adventures that feature appearances by Lee, Lincoln, and other historical figures. The We Were There series brings history to life for young readers with engaging, action-packed entertainment. These illustrated...
Author
Series
Lighthouse duet volume 2
Publisher
Roc
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Addicted to an enchantment that turns pain into pleasure and bound by oaths he refuses to abandon,Valen, a rebellious sorcerer, risks body and soul to rescue one child, seek justice for another, and bring a dying land its rightful king.--From publisher description.
Publisher
Sony
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
A remarkable ensemble of screen legends, including Gregory Peck, Stacy Keach, Lloyd Bridges, Geraldine Page and Colleen Dewhurst star in one of the most compelling, thoughtful and comprehensive Civil War films ever produced. Based on the works of Pulitzer Prize winner Bruce Catton, The Blue and the Gray is recognized for its historic accuracy, dramatic intensity and spectacular battle sequences. Filmed entirely on location in Arkansas with over 160...
Author
Series
Savannah quartet (Eugenia Price) volume 4
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
A saga of the Browning, Mackay, and Stiles families plunging them into the Civil War in Savannah.
12) A lion among men
Author
Series
Wicked years volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this third novel of the "New York Times"-bestselling series, civil war looms in Oz, and an ancient oracle named Yackle prepares for death. But before she can die, the Cowardly Lion arrives seeking knowledge about Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West--the woman who had defended him when he was a cub.
Author
Publisher
Wild Rose Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
As the Civil War looms, a young Ohio farm boy comes face to face with the injustice of slavery-an evil that tears at his very soul. When Jonathan Gray leaves home, anger causes him to abandon everything he once loved and push away everyone who ever loved him. He joins the Union Army and furious combat strips away his all-too-abundant pride. Worse, he leads men who would just as soon see him dead. If he is to regain his self-respect, he must embark...
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Series
Publisher
Baen Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
When word comes that President Bishwanath, the local honest leader of Celadon, is dead, every corrupt politician and ruthless megacorp in the universe sets out to seize control of the planet, unaware that Bishwanath is not dead.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
Appears on list
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Description
In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Spain to cover the civil war there for the North American Newspaper Alliance. Three years later he completed the greatest novel to emerge from "the good fight," For Whom the Bell Tolls. The story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to an antifascist guerilla unit in the mountains of Spain, it tells of loyalty and courage, love and defeat, and the tragic death of an ideal. In...
17) Prince of dogs
Author
Series
Crown of stars volume 2
Language
English
Description
Liath, Sanglant, Alain, and Fifth Son, fight their individual battles in the war-torn kingdoms of Wendar and Varre, with Liath struggling to master her magic powers; Sanglant, held prisoner in Gent, striving to maintain his sanity; Alain, the warrior, longing for peace; and Fifth Son, hoping to earn his father's favor in battle.
18) Fall of light
Author
Series
Kharkanas trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Steven Erikson returns to the Malazan world with the second book in a dark and revelatory new epic fantasy trilogy. Fall of Light continues to tell the tragic story of the downfall of an ancient realm, a story begun in the critically acclaimed Forge of Darkness. It is a bitter winter and civil war is ravaging Kurald Galain. Urusander{u2019}s Legion prepares to march on the city of Kharkanas. The rebels{u2019} only opposition lies scattered and weakened...
19) Range of Ghosts
Author
Series
Eternal sky trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Going into exile after barely escaping a war waged by his cousin and brother, Temur, the grandson and heir of the Great Khan, teams up against an enemy cult with former princess Samarkar, who after a series of bitter betrayals has pursued a life of magical study.
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Language
English
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Description
The battle lines in this bitter rivalry are as old as civilization itself: On one side, an unlikely band of ordinary Americans ready to make their last stand in defense of self-rule, freedom, and liberty, and on the other, an elite cabal of self-styled tyrants who believe that unlimited power should be wielded only by the chosen few. That group, led by an aging, trillionaire puppet-master named Aaron Doyle, will stop at nothing to destroy the myth...