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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 13.5 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
Originally written as a political satire and now read as an adventure story, the travels of Gulliver include adventures in a land where people were only inches tall, in a land of giants, on an island that floated in the air, and in a country ruled by horses.
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Language
English
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Description
"In 1948, Sally Horner was just eleven years old when she was kidnapped by a man claiming to be an FBI agent. Seven years later, Vladimir Nabokov published Lolita, perhaps the most seminal novel of the twentieth century. Sarah Weinman's investigation into how the two are connected is a thrilling, heartbreaking mix of literary scholarship and true-crime writing"--Back cover.
In 1948, Sally Horner was just eleven years old when she was kidnapped by...
Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Language
English
Description
This is a "study of 'placing out,' a program that began in the 1850s and continued until the late 1920s. More than 200,000 urban children and adults were moved under social programs that put children into rural homes whenevertheir parents were deceased or were unable to care for them." (Choice) Index.
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Language
English
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Description
"I should be dead. Buried in an unmarked grave in Romania. Obviously, I am not. Apparently, God had other plans." At just under five feet tall, Virginia Prodan was no match for the towering 6'10" gun-wielding assassin the Romanian government sent to her office to take her life. It was not the first time her life had been threatened -- nor would it be the last. As a young attorney under Nicolae Ceauscescu's vicious communist regime, Virginia had spent...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Growing up can be stressful for any teenager, but it is considerably harder for the many adolescents who develop an anxiety disorder. This book is an essential guide for parents, teachers, or other adults involved with teenagers who may be affected by these disorders. By bringing together two strands of expertise-that of mental health professionals and of parents who have lived through the experience of their own teenager's mental illness--If Your...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
One monster. Three innocent girls. Ten years in captivity. 22 August 2002: 21-year-old Michelle Knight disappears walking home. 21 April 2003: Amanda Berry goes missing the day before her seventeenth birthday. 2 April 2004: 14-year-old Gina DeJesus fails to come home from school. For over a decade these girls remained undetected in a house just three miles from the block where they all went missing, held captive by a terrifying sexual predator.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Based on extensive interviews with Claudette Colvin and many others, Phillip Hoose presents the first in-depth account of an important yet largely unknown civil rights figure, skillfully weaving her dramatic story into the fabric of the historic Montgomery bus boycott and court case that would change the course of American history.
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Publisher
Barnes & Noble
Pub. Date
�1999
Language
English
Description
From the serial murders of Jack the Ripper to the Great Train Robbery, the real-life crimes documented by Scotland Yard rival the thorniest cases of such resourceful fictional detectives as Sherlock Holmes, Jane Marple, and Hercule Poirot. Gathering together a dazzling array of true crime stories, this fascinating history of the world's most famous police department presents detailed portraits of the colorful characters who have left their mark on...
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Kids will play with their favorite foods, discover healthy eating choices, and decorate their favorite treats, developing important social and early education skills. Learn all about food ; Develop strong reading skills ; Build problem-solving skills ; Explore colors, letters, and counting."--Publisher description.
Series
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Kids will develop an understanding of biology, history, robotics, and more as they work through these learning games, puzzles, and challenges focused on science, technology, engineering, art and math ... Explore living species from bugs to elephants; Discover the prehistoric world of dinosaurs; Develop creativity"--Publisher description.
Series
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Interactive science, technology, engineering, art and math based games will help children develop their imagination, creativity, thinking skills, and so much more! This SuperPack contains 2X as many apps as the standard Launchpad; Build clever inventions; Explore modeling and animation; Strengthen problem-solving and critical thinking skills"--Publisher description.
Series
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Kids will learn to sharpen their minds and develop their critical thinking skills as they complete math exercises, word games, music challenges, puzzles, and more. Increase problem solving speed, improve understanding of patterns, sequencing, and physics, and develop math skills!
Author
Publisher
Weldon Owen
Language
English
Description
Get ready-get set-survive! You're lost in the woods without food or water. Confronted by an armed assailant in the dead of night. Forced to outrun a deadly tornado. Don't worry-The Ultimate Survival Manual has you covered. Out in the wild: from navigating with a compass to fending off a mountain lion, learn to prevail in the forests, deserts, and open oceans like an expert outdoorsman. During a disaster: whether it's a towering tsunami or a blazing...
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