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1) Pollyanna
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When orphaned eleven-year-old Pollyanna comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, her philosophy of gladness brings happiness to her aunt and other unhappy members of the community.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
358 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Full-color illustrations tell the story of America through one hundred true tales of triumph and tragedy, from the Mayflower and Wright brothers' flight to the Watergate break-in and Salem witch trials.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The adventures of a spirited boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century, as he tries a new method for curing warts, witnesses a murder, runs away to an island and pretends to be a pirate, watches his own funeral, and falls for the new girl in the neighborhood.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores the importance of the Erie Canal, describing what transportation and shipment of goods was like before and after it was built and explaining how it was engineered and constructed.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
xii, 228 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents a history of America's pastime that discusses many of its most notable players, teams, rivalries, and moments, from Jackie Robinson's breaking of the color barrier to the home run race between Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire.
7) The rifle
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
1995
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
105 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A priceless, handcrafted rifle, fired throughout the American Revolution, is passed down through the years until it fires on a fateful Christmas Eve of 1994.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1943
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
256 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After injuring his hand, a silversmith's apprentice in Boston becomes a messenger for the Sons of Liberty in the days before the American Revolution.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A narrative chronicle of fashion through the ages describes the outrageous, politically perilous, and life-threatening creations people have worn in different historical eras, from spats and togas to hoop skirts and hair shirts.
Author
Series
Publisher
Norwood House Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Talks about the history and sexism of the sport cycling. It goes from the invention of bikes, to present day mentioning trailblazing women athletes in cycling in the text"--
13) The War of 1812
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press/Primary Source
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p. : ill. (mostly col.), col. map ; 21 x 25 cm.
Language
English
14) Anne of Avonlea
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
As a young woman, Anne Shirley is embracing adulthood by becoming a productive member of society making the transition from imaginative student to respected schoolteacher. In this classic coming of age story, Anne navigates various challenges that tempt old habits and test her new maturity.
A now 16-year-old Anne continues to live with Marilla in the quaint farming town of Avonlea. While poised to start a new teaching position, Anne struggles to...
15) The word snoop
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
246 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
A tour of the English language from the beginning of the alphabet in 4000 BC to modern text messaging and emoticons.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Siblings Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert were planning to adopt an orphaned boy to help out around their farm, Green Gables - instead,they got Anne Shirley. A plucky redheaded girl with a vibrant imagination, Anneturns first Green Gables and then the rest of Prince Edward Island on its ear.Manga Classics® is proud to be the only authorized manga adaption of Anne of Green Gables by the Heirs of L.M. Montgomery. This trade paperback volume presents a...
Author
Publisher
Liberty Street, an imprint of Time Inc. Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A look at the history of baseball shows the evolution of the sport from the sandlot to multi-million dollar stadiums, and examines such aspects of baseball as pitching, uniforms, gloves, umpires, and ballpark food.
18) Echo Mountain
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
When twelve-year-old Ellie and her family lose livelihood and move to a mountain cabin in 1934, she quickly learns to be an outdoors woman and, when needed, a healer.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Jane Austen's witty comedy of manners features splendidly civilized sparring between the proud Mr. Darcy and the prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet as they play out their spirited courtship in a series of 18th-century drawing-room intrigues.