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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.
Author
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Maddie and Chloe have always been best friends--until last year, when Chloe's popularity and budding fame as an actor left Maddie in the dust one too many times. Their friendship is over, and they're both ready to move on. But when the girls arrive at theater camp, they discover that the universe isn't ready to let go of this friendship just yet: they're cabinmates, and each of them has to spend the summer with her ex-best friend. Is it time to try...
3) Moby Dick
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Over a century and a half after its publication, Moby-Dick still stands as an indisputable literary classic. It is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopedia of whaling lore and legend, Moby-Dick is a haunting, mesmerizing, and important social commentary populated with several of the most...
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This new version of the Caldecott-winning classic by illustrator David Small and author Judith St. George is updated with current facts and new illustrations to include our forty-fourth president, Barack H. Obama. Hilariously illustrated by Small, this celebration by St. George shows us the foibles, quirks and humanity of forty-four men who have risen to one of the most powerful positions in the world.
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
1983
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
96 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the famous American Indian princess, emphasizing her life-long adulation of John Smith and the roles she played in two very different cultures.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Gettysburg Address, delivered by Lincoln on November 19, 1863 in the aftermath of a narrow, bloody Union victory at the Battle of Gettysburg, is considered one of the greatest speeches in American history.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
An alphabet book that introduces Pennsylvania's history, culture, and landscape, from the Amish of Lancaster to the Philadelphia Zoo.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Drama, family secrets, and a KGB spy in his own kitchen! How will Yevgeny ever fulfill his parents' dream that he become a national hero when he doesn't even have his own room? He's not a star athlete or a legendary ballet dancer. In the tiny apartment he shares with his Baryshnikov-obsessed mother, poetry-loving father, continually outraged grandmother, and safely talented brother, all Yevgeny has is his little pencil, the underside of a massive...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"Dive into the facts behind the most well-known footage of the cryptid and learn about actual scientific studies conducted to learn whether or not Bigfoot actually exists. Filled with accounts of over a century of potential sightings, this book will have every reader looking for footprints on their next hike. Bigfoot has been the star subject of movies, TV shows, books, and more . . . but is he really out there?"--
10) Crystal & gem
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Become an eyewitness to the many different varieties of crystals and gems in this picture-led reference guide that will take you on a visual tour of the world of precious stones"--
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2002], c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
86 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
A collection of well-known tales from medieval Europe, including "Beowulf," "The Sword in the Stone," "The Song of Roland," and "The Island of the Lost Children."
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Reveals the history of African American children--from the first recorded birth of a black child in Jamestown, Virginia, to the present day--through historical documents, journal entries, news articles, and interviews.
14) Trains
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ted Geisel loved to doodle from the time he was a kid, and he had an offbeat, fun-loving personality. He donned quirky hats when thinking up ideas for books like his classic The Cat in the Hat. This biography, with black-and-white illustrations throughout, brings an amazingly gifted author/illustrator to life.
17) Dust
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
What will I do with all these breaths I may not have had?
After Avalyn nearly died from an asthma attack, her parents moved her to the fresh, dry air of Clear Canyon City, Arizona. And for the last ten years, she's been able to breathe. That is, until Adam shows up.
Quiet and disheveled, Adam is an instant target for the bullies who have plagued Avalyn and her friends. As Avalyn gets to know him, she begins to suspect that the sudden, strange increase...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
It started as an assignment. Everyone in Caitlin's class wrote to an unknown student somewhere in a distant place. All the other kids picked countries like France or Germany, but when Caitlin saw Zimbabwe written on the board, it sounded like the most exotic place she had ever heard of -- so she chose it. Martin was lucky to even receive a pen pal letter. There were only ten letters, and forty kids in his class. But he was the top student, so he got...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
86 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Profiles thirty-five prominent men in African American history, including James Armistead Lafayette, Thurgood Marshall, Alvin Ailey, and Leland Melvin.