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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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In the spring of 1863, as he faces battle for the first time at Chancellorsville, Virginia, a young Union soldier matures to manhood and finds peace of mind as he comes to grips with his conflicting emotions about war.
2) Little women
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33
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English
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"Written by Louisa May Alcott, Little Women is a coming of age classic novel that follows the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—as they grow from children living in Massachusetts while their father is away serving as a chaplain during the American Civil War, into women. This Dyslexic Friendly Edition uses a special 12pt font typeface called OpenDyslexic, which has been developed to address some of the common issues that dyslexics...
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"'We were eight years in power' was the lament of Reconstruction-era black politicians as the American experiment in multiracial democracy ended with the return of white supremacist rule in the South. In this sweeping collection of new and selected essays, Ta-Nehisi Coates explores the tragic echoes of that history in our own time: the unprecedented election of a black president followed by a vicious backlash that fueled the election of the man Coates...
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"It's 1913, and on the surface, Laura Lyons couldn't ask for more out of life-her husband is the superintendent of the New York Public Library, allowing their family to live in an apartment within the grand building, and they are blessed with two children. But headstrong, passionate Laura wants more, and when she takes a leap of faith and applies to the Columbia Journalism School, her world is cracked wide open. As her studies take her all over the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 27
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English
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During the French Revolution a young English lawyer goes to the guillotine to save a French aristocrat, husband of the woman he loves. "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times ..." With these famous words, Charles Dickens plunges the reader into the French Revolution. From the storming of the Bastille to the relentless drop of the guillotine, Dickens vividly captures the terror and upheaval of that tumultuous period. At the center is the...
6) Cuba straits
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Doc Ford novels volume 22
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English
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Doc Ford's old friend, General Juan Garcia, has gone into the lucrative business of smuggling Cuban baseball players into the U.S. He is also feasting on profits made by buying historical treasures for pennies on the dollar. He prefers what dealers call HPC items--high-profile collectibles--but when he manages to obtain a collection of letters written by Fidel Castro between 1960-62 to a secret girlfriend, it's not a matter of money anymore. Garcia...
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Harper Select
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English
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The star of NCIS along with a former Special Agent share the dueling stories of the cat-and-mouse games played between a real-life Japanese American naval intelligence officer and a Japanese spy in Pearl Harbor posing as a diplomat.
Hawaii, 1941. War clouds with Japan are gathering and the islands of Hawaii have become battlegrounds of spies, intelligence agents, and military officials - with the island's residents caught between them. Toiling in...
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From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans. America's backstory is a whitewashed mythology implanted in our collective memory.
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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing is a collection of significant speeches, made both by those who held the reins of power and those who didn't, at significant times in American history. Read the original words-sometimes abridged and sometimes in their entirety-that have shaped our cultural fabric. Introductions by acclaimed writer Tonya Bolden provide historical context and critical insights to the meaning and impact of every...
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2022.
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English
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Hand-picking the keenest insights and funniest exchanges from eighty-four episodes of the groundbreaking streaming series, this carefully curated book offers excerpts from casual yet intimate conversations with the funniest people alive and behind-the-scenes photos and anecdotes.