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1) Me ... Jane
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Holding her stuffed toy chimpanzee, young Jane Goodall observes nature, reads Tarzan books, and dreams of living in Africa and helping animals. Includes biographical information on the prominent zoologist.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Description
From the assassination that triggers World War I in 1914 to Armistice Day in 1918, the story follows the fates of five young people on both sides of the conflict--each facing their portion of the war with courage, until the end of the war brings them together. Includes information on the history of the war.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Beginning in 1627, Princess Jahanara, first daughter of Shah Jahan of India's Mogul Dynasty, writes in her diary about political intrigues, weddings, battles, and other experiences of her life. Includes historical notes on Jahanara's later life and on the Mogul Empire.
Author
Series
Young royals volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Mary Tudor, who would reign briefly as Queen of England during the mid sixteenth century, tells the story of her troubled childhood as daughter of King Henry VIII.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2007
Formats
Description
These true-life tales of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart, based on the remembrances of her sister Pidge, will inspire and thrill young readers. Kids will cheer as Amelia rescues two neighbor boys from an angry dog and when she builds her own “rolly coaster" off the roof of her grandparents' shed. Amelia's fascination at seeing her first airplane, as well as her curiosity, courage, and determination to learn, will make this portrayal of an
...Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Description
"Abandoned by her white father, thirteen-year-old Red Dove faces another lean winter with her Lakota family on the Great Plains. Willful and proud, she is presented with a difficult choice: leave her people to live in the white world, or stay and watch them starve. Red Dove begins a journey to find her true place in the world and discovers that her greatest power comes from within herself."--
Author
Series
Wollstonecraft Detective Agency volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 5
Description
"Imagines an alternate 1826 London, where Ada Lovelace (the world's first computer programmer) and Mary Shelley (author of Frankenstein) meet as girls and form a secret detective agency. Their first case involves a stolen heirloom, a false confession, and an array of fishy suspects"--
12) The hero two doors down: based on the true story of friendship between a boy and a baseball legend
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Formats
Description
Eight-year-old Steve Satlow is thrilled when Jackie Robinson moves into his Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1948, although many of his neighbors are not, and when Steve actually meets his hero he is even more excited--and worried that a misunderstanding over a Christmas tree could damage his new friendship.
Author
Series
Nest for Celeste volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Celeste, a mouse longing for a real home, becomes a source of inspiration to teenaged Joseph, assistant to the artist and naturalist John James Audubon, at a New Orleans, Louisiana, plantation in 1821.
Author
Series
Young royals volume 2
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 8
Description
After the death of her father, King Henry VIII, in 1547, thirteen-year-old Elizabeth must endure the political intrigues and dangers of the reigns of her half-brother Edward and her half-sister Mary before finally becoming Queen of England eleven years later.
15) Wild card
Author
Series
Barber twins volume 3
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Through the course of a difficult season, Ronde learns that his coach is right about football being a mental game, as he tries to fill in as kicker while he and his identical twin, Tiki, help Adam improve his grades.
16) Jean and Johnny
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Fifteen-year-old Jean tries very hard to make a good impression on Johnny, who seems to be everything she wants in a boyfriend.
17) Family huddle
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
During a trip to visit both sets of grandparents in Mississippi, brothers Eli, Cooper, and Peyton, and their father, former NFL star Archie Manning, take advantage of every opportunity to play football, practice plays, or play sports trivia games.
18) The contract
Author
Series
The contract (Derek Jeter) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Formats
Description
In Kalamazoo, Michigan, eight-year-old Derek Jeter, who dreams of playing for the New York Yankees, learns what it takes to be a champion on and off the field.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 7
Description
In 1769, thirteen-year-old Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna, daughter of Empress Maria Theresa, begins a journal chronicling her life at the Austrian court and her preparations for her future role as queen of France. Includes information about the history of the period, a family tree, and contemporary portraits.
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