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1) I, Galileo
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Examines the life of the Italian scientist from a first-person perspective that surveys his achievements while covering his world-changing ideas about a heliocentric solar system and his imprisonment for heresy.
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Elvis Presley, perhaps better known as the King of Rock and Roll, left an amazing legacy on the worldwide music scene. But before Elvis became The King, he was just a shy kid growing up in a poor family in Mississippi. From an early age singing in church, Elvis used music as a form of hope, a means of getting by. He soon created his own style that brought together classes and races and lifted people's spirits. His mark was indelible. He remains the...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Two friends plant seeds in their community garden, then water, weed, wait, and dream as the plants grow until they can be harvested. Includes facts about gardening and harvest festivals.
4) Django
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Born into a travelling gypsy family, young Django Reinhardt taught himself guitar at an early age. He was soon acclaimed as the "Gypsy Genius" and "Prodigy Boy," but one day his world changed completely when a fire claimed the use of his fretting hand. Folks said Django would never play again, but with passion and perserverance he was soon setting the world's concert stages ablaze.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In 9th century China, a little girl sends a small jade pebble to travel with her father along the Silk Road. The pebble passes from his hand all the way to the Republic of Venice, the end of the Silk Road, where a boy cherishes it and sees the value of this gift from a girl at the end of the road"--
8) Rebus riot
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of verses that use pictures in place of some words.
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces the life of Nellie Bly who, as a "stunt reporter" for the New York World newspaper in the late 1800s, championed women's rights and traveled around the world faster than anyone ever had.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ruthie's grandmother, who is in the hospital with pneumonia, says she needs homemade borscht by five o'clock and young Ruthie, with the help of her neighbors, tries to make some even without the secret recipe.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A thirteen-year-old boy sets off with his father from their farm in Tennessee to join the Confederate forces on their way to fight at Gettysburg. Told in the form of diary entries.
Author
Publisher
Vermont Life
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
Take a chilling tour of spooky New England legends . . . Visit Vermont with this comprehensive collection of tales, legends, folklore, ghost stories, and strange-but-true facts-and enjoy supernatural side trips to the surrounding areas of New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Quebec-with this delightful guide to the region's haunted history. From Chittenden's Ghost Shop to the Hubbardton Horror to the Mystery of the Bennington Triangle, Green...