Ellen B Jackson

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1) Turn Of The Century

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English

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Profiles eleven children living in England or America, each from a different century. How did children live during the last 1000 years. The profiled children--living at the beginning of each century (from 1000 to 2000), describe their lifestyle.

2) Cinder Edna

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Jackson, Ellen B

Pub. Date

c1994

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IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1

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English

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Cinderella and Cinder Edna, who live with cruel stepmothers and stepsisters, have different approaches to life; and, although each ends up with the prince of her dreams, one is a great deal happier than the other.

3) The autumn equinox: celebrating the harvest

Author

Jackson, Ellen B

Publisher

Millbrook Press

Pub. Date

c2000

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IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1

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English

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Discusses the significance of some of the harvest festivals around the world and describes how they are celebrated.

4) Looking for life in the universe: the search for extraterrestrial intelligence

Author

Jackson, Ellen B

Series

Scientists in the field (Houghton Mifflin)

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin

Pub. Date

2002

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IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1

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English

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Investigates how scientists, particularly Jill Tarter, Director of the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, use twenty-first century technology to investigate whether life exists on other planets.