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Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"For awkward questions white and non-black parents don't know how to answer, this is an essential guide to help support communication on how to dismantle racism amongst the youngest generation"--OCLC.
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Do you believe in unicorns? Phoebe does. She has no choice. One day she skipped a rock across a pond, and hit a unicorn in the face. Improbably, this resulted in a lasting friendship between Phoebe and the unicorn, one Marigold Heavenly Nostrils. Come along for the unicorn ride with Phoebe, as she deals with the usual burdens of childhood (cruel classmates, gym class, piano lessons) and also some unusual ones (magic hair, candy-breathing dragons,...
Author
Series
The Carver chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
pages cm.
Language
English
Description
When Bernardo comes to live with Carlos temporarily, taking over his top bunk, his spot on the school soccer team, and even his Papi's attention, Carlos knows he is not happy, but worse, Bernardo starts messing with Carlos's pet geckos, so Carlos tries to see past his cousin's annoying ways and keep the peace for his family's sake.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
173 p. : ill.,map ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
James Edmond, a sixteen-year-old orphan, keeps a journal of his experiences and those of "G" Company which he joined as a volunteer in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[c1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
156p illus maps
Language
English
Description
The diary of a fictional fourteen-year-old girl living in Virginia, in which she describes the hardships endured by her family and friends during one year of the Civil War
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[c1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
173p illus maps
Language
English
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Description
Eleven-year-old Abigail presents a diary account of life in Valley Forge from December 1777 to July 1778 as General Washington prepares his troops to fight the British
Author
Publisher
Delacorte
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Being the story of the enlistment and due service of the boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers." Eager to enlist, fifteen-year-old Charley has a change of heart after experiencing both the physical horrors and mental anguish of Civil War combat.
8) Hitch
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
272 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
To help his family during the Depression and avoid becoming a drunk like his father, Moss Trawnley joins the Civilian Conservation Corps, helps build a new camp near Monroe, Montana, and leads the other men in making the camp a success.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In 1968 Massachusetts, after her brother Patrick goes to fight in Vietnam, fifteen-year-old Molly records in her diary how she misses her brother, volunteers at a Veterans' Administration Hospital, and tries to make sense of the war in Vietnam and the tumultuous events in the United States. Includes historical notes.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
76 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Boba Fett discovers the whereabouts of the wreck of the Reverie, a four-hundred-year-old luxury liner abandoned on the edge of the Galaxy, he finds he is not alone in his quest to attain the legendary treasure concealed within.
14) Lily's crossing
Author
Publisher
Delacorte
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
During a summer spent at Rockaway Beach in 1944, Lily's friendship with a young Hungarian refugee causes her to see the war and her own world differently.
Author
Series
Magic Tree House volume 21
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Magic tree house series, #21. Jack and Annie are transported by their magic tree house to the time of the Civil War, where they meet Clara Barton.
16) Little women
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33
Language
English
Description
An unabridged edition of nineteenth-century American author Louisa May Alcott's novel about four New England sisters who come of age during the Civil War, which also includes discussion questions and activity ideas for reading groups.
17) Jo's Boys
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Recounts the further adventures, successes, and failures of the numerous young men of Plumfiled school. Sequel to "Little Men."
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
From 1774 to 1776, Emma describes in her journal her stay in Boston, where she witnesses the British blockade and spies for the American militia. Features hand-printed text, drawings, and marginal notes.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
132 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1862, sixteen-year-old Rufus Rowe runs away from home and settles in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he documents in his journal the battle he watches unfold there.
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
171 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Shortly after her mother leaves on a trip, a package that contains family heirlooms arrives, but when strange things start to happen around the house, Felicity is convinced that the heirlooms are haunted.