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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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When young Jim Hawkins finds a mysterious map in a dead sailor's sea trunk, it marks the start of a thrilling treasure hunt and a very dangerous adventure. Accompanied by the local doctor and squire, he sets off on the high seas as a cabin-boy, determined to find the buried hoard. But they are not alone in their quest, a band of pirates -- led by the enigmatic, one-legged Long John Silver -- will stop at nothing to take back what they believe is theirs....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 10.8 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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Charmingly imperfect Catherine Morland is invited to Northanger Abbey, the home of new friends. Hearing exaggerated reports of her wealth, the head of household General Tilney encourages a marriage between his son Henry and Catherine. Before matters can be settled, Catherine must learn to distinguish between books and real life, false friends and true.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Justin Morgan does not want the little colt that follows him and Joel home. But Joel raises and trains it, and the two soon realize that the little horse is something very special, not to mention very fast. Years later it becomes the first of a new breed: the Justin Morgan horse.
4) The Rogues
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Stuart quartet volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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After his family is evicted from their Scottish farm, fifteen-year-old Roddy forms an unlikely friendship with a notorious rogue who helps him outwit a tyrant landlord in order to find a family treasure and make his way to America.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills. Until the day his father returns to their cabinnbsp in the Maine wilderness, twelve-year-old Matt must try to survive on his own. Although Matt is brave he's not prepared for an attack by swarming bees and he's astonished when he's rescued by an Indiann chief and his grandson, Attean. As the oys...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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On a cold day in eighteenth-century England, a poor young boy agrees to watch a stranger's fine horse for a golden guinea but soon finds himself in a difficult situation when the king's guard appears and wants to use him as bait in their pursuit of a notorious highwayman.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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In 1783 France, ten-year-old Emilie works as Benjamin Franklin's caretaker, but after he finds himself in the middle of a sinister plot, he helps France's undercover guardians, a sheep, a roster and a duck save the world.
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Blackhope enigma trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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A shard of crimson stone, a magical elixir, and a painted doorway that opens to the past . . .
During what seems like an ordinary museum visit, a tour guide lures Sunni and Blaise through a painted doorway, where they discover they've stepped into eighteenth-century London.
When they realize their "tour guide" will do anything to learn what Sunni and Blaise know about magical paintings, they attempt to flee and encounter body snatchers, art thieves,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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In 1792, Jean Pierre Petit Le Rouge, a squirrel, eager for adventure, stows away in the canoe of a group of voyageurs, unaware of what they are traveling so far to trade. Includes pronunciation guide, historical notes, and a recipe.
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Ghostly graphic adventures volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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While on vacation in Maine, Joey, Tank, and Gill explore an eighteenth century shipwreck that is uncovered by a storm and soon find themselves part of its ghostly crew.
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Printer's devil trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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After printing the "Wanted" posters for some of London's most notorious inhabitants, a printer's boy is entangled, by a genuine convict, in a series of mistaken identities and events leading back to the boy's own mysterious past.
14) Lilliput
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Three-inch-tall Lily has been trapped in a bird cage for half of her life while her giant captor, Gulliver, writes a book about his travels but she finally escapes and, aided by a clockmaker's apprentice and his friends, makes plans to leave London and return home to Lilliput. Inspired by Jonathan Swift's novel, Gulliver's Travels.
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Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"We the people at Who HQ bring readers the full story--arguments and all--of how the US Constitution came into being. Signed on September 17, 1787--four years after the American War for Independence--the Constitution laid out the supreme law of the United States of America. Today it's easy for us to take this blueprint of our government for granted. But the Framers--fifty-five men from almost all of the original 13 states--argued fiercely for many...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Filled with historic photographs, maps, and short, powerful chapters, "Great Battles for Boys" captures the attention of even reluctant readers. History leaps off the page through the blood, sweat, and sacrifice of men at war.
In this episode of the best-selling series learn about some of America's greatest battles:.
Bunker Hill: When ragtag colonists fought the mighty British Red Coats--and won.
Saratoga: Untrained American militias taught British...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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From moldy food and dirt covered clothes to poisonous pests and extreme weather, American colonists had a dreadful time in the New World. Get ready to explore the nasty side of life in the 13 American Colonies.
20) Colonial home
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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This book describes the homes, customs, and habits of seventeenth and eighteenth century North American settlers.
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