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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1100L
Language
English
Description
"Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"In 1967, Bashir Khairi, a twenty-five-year-old Palestinian, journeyed to Israel with the goal of seeing the beloved stone house with the lemon tree behind it that he and his family had fled nineteen years earlier. To his surprise, when he found the househe was greeted by Dalia Eshkenazi Landau, a nineteen-year-old Israeli college student, whose family left fled Europe for Israel following the Holocaust. On the stoop of their shared home, Dalia and...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Most eight-year-olds are about five times as tall as this book . . . but only half as tall as an ostrich, which is half as tall as a giraffe . . . twenty times smaller than a California Redwood! How do they compare to the tallest buildings? To Mt. Everest? To stars, galaxy clusters, and . . . the universe? -- Amazon
8) Indonesia
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines the geography, history, economy, society, people, and culture of Indonesia.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
An outstanding student and much admired leader of her class, Ji-Li Jiang was poised for a shining future in the Communist party until the Cultural Revolution of 1966. Told with simplicity, innocence and grace, this unforgettable memoir gives a child's eye view of a terrifying time in 20th-century history--and of one family's indomitable courage under fire
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.
11) California
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Surveys the history, geography, government, and economy of California as well as the diverse ways of life of its people.
Author
Series
Publisher
Familius
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Cruising down the 5, rocking our Levis, and sipping a Cactus Cooler, we're Californians, fosho. But, like, how do we pass these big California vibes on to baby?
Eureka! Introducing 100 First Words for Little Californians, a state primer for kids learning their first words! Forget apple and dog. Little Californians are ready to move from ABC to PCH and other California-specific words like the Industry, traffic,...
Eureka! Introducing 100 First Words for Little Californians, a state primer for kids learning their first words! Forget apple and dog. Little Californians are ready to move from ABC to PCH and other California-specific words like the Industry, traffic,...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"On June 26, 2018, twenty-eight-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a bartender from New York City, became the youngest woman ever elected to serve on Congress. Her win shocked the political world and she became a celebrity overnight. Soon, everyone knew her by her initials: AOC. As soon as she was sworn into office, AOC became a vocal champion for healthcare for all and the fight against climate change. This exciting story details the defining moments...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"What was the universe like when it was a few seconds old? How had it changed by its millionth birthday? And when did time even start, for that matter? The story of the last 13.8 billion years in one handy volume, you can read about the start of stars, the growth of galaxies, and the production of planets"--Publisher marketing.
15) The Leather Apron Club: Benjamin Franklin, his son Billy, and America's first circulating library
Author
Language
English
Description
"Billy Franklin discovers a love of learning and books through the Leather Apron Club library, run by his father, the famous Benjamin Franklin."--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In this tender, beautiful letter to his daughters, President Barack Obama has written a moving tribute to thirteen groundbreaking Americans and the ideals that have shaped our nation. From the artistry of Georgia O'Keeffe, to the courage of Jackie Robinson, to the patriotism of George Washington, President Obama sees the traits of these heroes within his own children, and within all of America's children"--Book jacket.
18) United Kingdom
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the landscape, culture, and people of the United Kingdom, with photographs, maps, a description and image of the country's flag, and a fast fact file.
20) The Earth book
Author
Language
English
Description
Simple text and illustrations show how children can help protect the Earth.
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