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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 42
Language
English
Description
Here is the epic story of Vietnam and the sixties told through the events of a few tumultuous days in October 1967. With meticulous and captivating detail, They Marched Into Sunlight brings that catastrophic time back to life while examining questions about the meaning of dissent and the official manipulation of truth -- issues that are as relevant today as they were decades ago.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In 1945, against the backdrop of WWII, a soon-to-be-mama duck builds a nest in a precarious spot in the city of Milwaukee. Soon, news outlets around the world are carrying the hopeful story of the plucky duck"--
"In 1945, the attention of the United States, along with the rest of the world, was focused on World War II. After more than five years of fighting, downcast, war-weary people were looking for signs of hope of a better future. One April...
Author
Series
Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
This beloved story of a pioneer girl and her family begins in 1871 in a log cabin on the edge of the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Laura lives in the little house with her pa, her ma, her sisters Mary and Carrie, and their dog, Jack. Pioneer life is sometimes hard for the family, but it is also exciting as they make their own homemade toys and treats, do the spring planting, bring in the harvest, and visit town. And every night Laura and her family are...
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
If you are a young person, and you work hard enough, you can get a college degree and set yourself on the path to a good life, right? Not necessarily, says Sara Goldrick-Rab, and with Paying the Price, she shows in damning detail exactly why. Drawing on an unprecedented study of 3,000 young adults who entered public colleges and universities in Wisconsin in 2008 with the support of federal aid and Pell Grants, Goldrick-Rab reveals the devastating...
Author
Publisher
Worthy Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017].
Language
English
Description
"America has become increasingly divided and polarized in recent years. With growing racial tension, animosity toward law enforcement professionals, government corruption, and disregard for the constitutional process, there seems to be no easy answer in sight. But Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke knows where we must begin: we must stop blaming others; look at our problems with open eyes; take ownership of our family, community, and country; and...
8) Wisconsin
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Developed by literacy experts for students in grades three through seven, this book introduces young readers to the geography and culture of Wisconsin"--
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
As the partying begins, Red decides he's been too lenient, so he sets up a few new house rules. This not only makes the kids miserable, but makes Kitty feel like she's been a bad mother. And Fez gets a girlfriend only to discover she's psycho!
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Provides the top ten sites to see or things to do in the Badger State, also includes state facts such as the state motto, capital, population, animals, foods, and more.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Set in the 70's Wisconsin suburbs, high school student Eric lives with his parents, Red & Kitty. Next door lives his girlfriend Donna and her parents, Bob and Midge, The rest of Eric's friends include Jackie, and her on again-off again boyfriend, Kelso, Hyde, a conspiracy theorist, and Fez, a foreign exchange student who is soaking up American culture like a sponge. The group likes to spend their time in Eric's basement, pondering their lives, parents,...
Author
Series
Jack Reacher novels volume 22
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Reacher takes a stroll through a small Wisconsin town and sees a class ring in a pawn shop window: West Point 2005. A tough year to graduate: Iraq, then Afghanistan. The ring is tiny; it's for a woman. Reacher wonders what unlucky circumstance made her give up something she earned over four hard years. He decides to find out. And find the woman. And return her ring, which has her initials engraved on the inside. Why not? So begins a harrowing journey...
Publisher
Distributed by Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Life in the '70s continues as the crew deals with the after effects of Eric and Donna's break-up and Eric doesn't want Donna in the basement anymore, Hyde moves back in with the Formans, Kitty decides to redo the basement and Donna decides to relocate to California.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Set in the 70's Wisconsin suburbs, high school student Eric lives with his parents, Red & Kitty. Next door lives his girlfriend Donna and her parents, Bob and Midge, The rest of Eric's friends include Jackie, and her on again-off again boyfriend, Kelso, Hyde, a conspiracy theorist, and Fez, a foreign exchange student who is soaking up American culture like a sponge. The group likes to spend their time in Eric's basement, pondering their lives, parents,...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
This book describes the experiences of German immigrants upon arriving in America. The reader's choices reveal historical details from the perspective of Germans who came to Texas in the 1840s, the Dakota Territory in the 1880s, and Wisconsin before the start of World War I.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Set in the 70's Wisconsin suburbs, high school student Eric lives with his parents, Red & Kitty. Next door lives his girlfriend Donna and her parents, Bob and Midge, The rest of Eric's friends include Jackie, and her on again-off again boyfriend, Kelso, Hyde, a conspiracy theorist, and Fez, a foreign exchange student who is soaking up American culture like a sponge. The group likes to spend their time in Eric's basement, pondering their lives, parents,...