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1) Russia
Author
Series
Eyewitness books volume 73
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An overview of the land, people, history, and culture of Russia from its earliest days to the present.
2) Rosa
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Provides the story of the black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Alabama set in motion all the events of the civil rights movement that resulted in the end of the segregated South
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Description
It was the time of the French Revolution - a time of great change and great danger. It was a time when injustice was met by a lust for vengeance, and rarely was a distinction made between the innocent and the guilty. Against this tumultuous historical backdrop, Dickens' great story of unsurpassed adventure and courage unfolds.Unjustly imprisoned for 18 years in the Bastille, Dr. Alexandre Manette is reunited with his daughter, Lucie, and safely transported...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In 1897, whaling in the Arctic waters off Alaska's coast was as dangerous as it was lucrative. And in that particular year, winter blasted early, bringing storms and ice packs that caught eight American whale ships and three hundred sailors off guard. Their ships locked in ice, with no means of escape, the whalers had limited provisions on board, and little hope of surviving until warmer temperatures arrived many months later. Here is the incredible...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Since her mother died when she was born Sara and her father became very close. Sara has to go away to an all girl boarding school in Britian, because her father has to fight in the war. One day a messenger comes and tells her that her father is dead. Since Sara will lose all the money her father has she is forced to be a maid with the other maid who is black named Becky just so she can have a place to live. She finds out that her father is not dead,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Book House
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Go straight to the very heart of ten of the ancient world's most extraordinary buildings. See through an Egyptian pyramid, strip away the walls of the Taj Mahal, lift the dome off St. Peter's, and fly over a medieval castle. Discover the construction techniques, the craftsmen, the building materials, and stories behind these miracles of masonry.
7) Wagon train
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Follows a wagon trail to California in 1848 as hundreds of pioneers endure great hardships while traveling 2,000 miles of wilderness.
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