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Author
Publisher
Godwin Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"Twelve million years ago, rhinos, elephants, and giraffes roamed North America. They would gather at nearby watering holes-eating, drinking, and trying not to become someone else's lunch. But one day, in what we now know as Nebraska, everything changed. The explosion of a supervolcano a thousand miles away sent a blanket of ash that buried these animals for millennia. Until 1953, when a seventeen-year-old farm worker made an unbelievable discovery....
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In graphic novel format, this book tells the story of the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and the United States' reaction to the event.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"In 1921, Inupait seamstress Ada Blackjack joined a a group of four white men who wanted to establish a trading post on Wrangel Island in the freezing Arctic Ocean. The explorers were stranded on the island when their return ship was forced to turn back due to ice. Facing harsh conditions and dwindling food supplies, the men died one by one, but Ada remained. Find out how she alone managed to survive the disastrous expedition"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores the lives and daring deeds of spies during World War I using photos, original sources, maps, timelines, and little known facts.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
50p Colored photos
Language
English
Description
Describes the experience of a group of middle school students who spend a week at Kings Landing Historical Settlement, learning what life was like for young people in the nineteeth century.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press, a capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
112 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tells the stories in their own words of several of the thousands of Jewish children rescued from Nazi Germany between 1938 and 1940 and brought to new homes in the United Kingdom. Memoir pieces, poems, photographs, and other primary sources bring their stories to life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : chiefly col. ill., col. maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In graphic novel format, tells the stories of five men and women who fought for their countries during World War II"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In graphic novel format, tells the stories of six men and women who fought for their beliefs during the Revolutionary War."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
Helen wants to contribute to the war effort after the United States goes to war in 1917--so she joins the Women's Land Army of America, an organization that trains women to do farm work, replacing the workers drafted into the army.