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Author
Publisher
Enslow Elementary
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explores the beginning of the Revolutionary War, discussing the causes and leaders of the rebellion, and how the first shots fired at Lexington and Concord began America's long road to independence.
4) Alcohol
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the health issues associated with alcohol, the history of alcohol use in the United States, and treatment options for those with an addiction to alcohol.
9) Ellis Island
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
11) Bill Clinton
Author
Publisher
F. Watts
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
Details the life of Bill Clinton, from his formative years to his tenure as governor of Arkansas, and focuses on his 1992 presidential campaign.
Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A basic discussion about the history of the Louisiana Purchase, and how the United States expanded their lands by buying the Louisiana Territory from France"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Enslow
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces the life of Phoebe Ann Moses, later known as Annie Oakley, who began shooting game after her father's death to feed her family and became the star sharpshooter of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Biography of the indomitable Margaret Brown (the Unsinkable Molly Brown), best known for her bravery and compassion during the sinking of the Titanic. She was an outspoken suffragist, champion of miners' rights, supporter of charitable causes, and one of the first women to run for the U.S. Congress. Grades 5-8.
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Relates the history of race relations in the United States, focusing on the civil rights movement that began in 1954 with the Supreme Court ruling against segregation in public schools.
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
It is the early 1860s. Slavery is legal in the United States. Brave slaves try to escape to freedom along the secret "Underground Railroad," but they dont always make it. What would you do? Would you help and protect the slaves from the slave catchers or Would you follow the law?
Author
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
A biography of the son of the thirty-fifth president of the United States, discussing his toddler days in the White House, "America's Most Eligible Batchelor," the launching of his political magazine "George," and his death in an airplane crash at the age of thirty-eight.
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Elementary, an imprint of Enslow Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
YOU are a New Englander with a bad case of gold fever. Gold has been discovered in California, and you want to go claim some for yourself. Will you strike it rich? On January 24, 1848, a man working near Sutter's Mill in California spotted a few small gold nuggets in the American River. This discovery led thousands of people to move to the west. However, looking for gold proved to be dangerous work. Author Elaine Landau poses many other exciting questions...