Barry Denenberg
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In 1932, a twelve-year-old girl who lost her sight in an accident keeps a diary, recorded by her twin sister, in which she describes life at Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
72 p. : ill. ; 33 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents the true story of the building and launching of the Titanic and offers a "you are there" feeling when the steamship struck an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
156 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Ben Uchida keeps a journal of his experiences as a prisoner in a Japanese internment camp in Mirror Lake, California, during World War II.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
156 p. : ill.,map ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
William, a twelve-year-old orphan, writes of his experiences in pre-Revolutionary War Boston where he joins the cause of the patriots who are opposed to the British rule.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
170 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the diary account of her journey from Ireland in 1847 and of her work in a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts, fourteen-year-old Mary reveals a great longing for her family.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
156 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In her diary, twelve-year-old Amber describes moving to Hawaii in 1941 and experiencing the horror of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.