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Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"We Are Power brings to light the incredible individuals who have used nonviolent activism to change the world. The book explores questions such as what is nonviolent resistance and how does it work? In an age when armies are stronger than ever before, when guns seem to be everywhere, how can people confront their adversaries without resorting to violence themselves? Through key international movements-from the freedom of India from British rule to...
Author
Publisher
Abrams, Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Award-winning author Don Brown explores a very timely subject: the history of vaccines A Shot in the Arm! , book 3 in the Big Ideas that Changed the World series, is the history of vaccinations and the struggle to protect people from infectious disease. Beginning with smallpox—perhaps humankind's greatest affliction to date—and concluding with an overview of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brown traces the evolution of vaccines and examines deadly...
Author
Publisher
Swoon Reads
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
In the early 1800s, when her father sends her to London for a season, eighteen-year-old Juliana Telford, who prefers researching ladybugs to marriage, meets handsome Spencer Northam, a spy posing as a young gentleman of leisure.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publisher
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"The inspirational true story of how 22-year-old Henny Sinding courageously helped smuggle hundreds of Jewish families in occupied Denmark to safety in Sweden during the Holocaust"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
The first English translation of the classic Japanese novel that has sold over 2 million copies-a childhood favorite of anime master Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Howl's Moving Castle), with an introduction by Neil Gaiman.
First published in 1937, Genzaburō Yoshino's How Do You Live? has long been acknowledged in Japan as a crossover classic for young readers. Academy Award–winning animator Hayao Miyazaki has called...
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Today, Indigenous Americans serve in the armed forces at a greater percentage than any other ethnicity. The contributions and heroism of Indigenous military personnel have aided the United States in every major conflict for the last 200 years. Readers are invited to celebrate the excellence and achievements of Indigenous American service members throughout history and today. The Racial Justice in America: Indigenous Peoples series explores the issues...
7) Wave
Author
Publisher
Cameron Kids
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When her best friend's cancer returns in the summer of 1987, none of her usual pursuits--surfing, singing, or reading poetry--can keep thirteen-year-old Ava afloat.
Author
Series
My super sweet sixteenth century volume 1
Publisher
Entangled Pub
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
While on a trip to Florence, Italy, Cat Crawford travels back in time to the sixteenth century where she meets her ancestors, falls for an aspiring artist, and becomes the target of an unwanted suitor.