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2) Countdown
Author
Series
Sixties trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
377 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Franny Chapman just wants some peace. But that's hard to get when her best friend is feuding with her, her sister has disappeared, and her uncle is fighting an old war in his head. Her saintly younger brother is no help, and the cute boy across the street only complicates things. Worst of all, everyone is walking around just waiting for a bomb to fall. It's 1962, and it seems the whole country is living in fear."--Dust jacket flap.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
156 p.: ill.; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
The diary of a fictional fourteen-year-old girl living in Virginia, in which she describes the hardships endured by her family and friends during one year of the Civil War.
4) Loyalty
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Newbery Medalist Avi explores the American Revolution from a fresh perspective in the story of a young Loyalist turned British spy navigating patriotism and personal responsibility during the lead-up to the War of Independence.
When his father is killed by rebel vigilantes, Noah flees with his family to Boston. Intent on avenging his father, Noah becomes a spy for the British and firsthand witness to the power of partisan rumor to distort facts,...
5) Calico bush
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
1931
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
xi, 201 p. illus. 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1743, thirteen-year-old Marguerite Ledoux travels to Maine as the indentured servant of a family that regards her as little better than the Indians that threaten them, but her strength, quick thinking and courage surprise them all.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
104 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1854 in Eastern Maryland twelve-year-old Ann is a slave, grateful that her family is still all together; but when their master, in need of money, decides to sell Ann and her younger brother, their parents decide to take the dangerous step of running away north to freedom--a journey filled with danger, especially since they are not sure how to find the first station on the Underground Railroad.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
243 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Betita and her parents fled Mexico after her uncle was killed by the cartels, and settled in Los Angeles seeking political asylum and safety in what her father calls Aztlan, the land of the cranes; but now they have been swept up by by the government's Immigration Customs Enforcement, her father deported back to Mexico, and Betita and her mother confined in a family detention camp--Betita finds heart in her imagination and the picture...
Author
Series
Tuttle twins volume 3
Publisher
Libertas Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Join Ethan and Emily Tuttle in their exciting third adventure, as they uncover the curious mystery of how a powerful creature is stealing their grandparents' hard-earned savings, and how the twins are also being controlled by the same creature--without even knowing it! In honor of the classic The creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin, this book introduces children to the history and nature of money, banking, inflation, savings, and bartering...
9) Freedom fire
Author
Series
Dactyl Hill Squad volume 2
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
291 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Magdalys Roca and her friends from the Colored Orphan Asylum are heading southwest on the back of Stella, the giant pteranodon, to find Montez, her brother, wounded during the siege of Vicksburg; now they are heading into the heart of the fighting, depending on Magdalys's ability to communicate telepathically with dinosaurs--but one of the companions is not quite what she seems, and Magdalys's talent could make her a target for both sides.
10) Seabird
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
1948
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
58 pages : illustrations, part color) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
An ivory gull carved by Ezra Brown in 1832 brings luck to four generations of his family as they travel on the seas and in the air.
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
63 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Science-obsessed Audrey is a fifth grader in Houston, Texas, who dreams of one day working at NASA like her dad does. Her dad, however, is nothing but discouraging. Audrey doesn't give up, though. She's created her own model rocket. When it doesn't fly, she figures out a way to fix it that ends up helping the Apollo 11 astronauts after they land on the Moon. Will Audrey's dad come around? And will Audrey have a future in science?"--Title verso page....
12) Rebel Hart
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2000, 2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
xi, 173 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A farm girl from the mountains of what would become West Virginia leaves home to join a group of rebel raiders who strike Federal Army encampments during the Civil War.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
301 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.
16) Calico captive
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
[2001], c1985
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
274 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
During the French and Indian War, young Miriam Willard is captured by Indians and taken to Montreal.
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
372 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A quest story to find the three pieces of a magical engine which can either win the War of 1812...or stop it altogether"--
18) The cookcamp
Author
Series
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
115 p.
Language
English
Description
During World War II, a little boy is sent to live with his grandma, a cook in a camp for workers building a road through the wilderness.
19) Rifles for Watie
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Jefferson Davis Bussey cannot wait to join the Army and defend the Union against the dreaded Colonel Watie, but when he is assigned to infiltrate the enemy camp as a spy, he discovers the rebels are boys and men just like him, and he must then decide whether to betray his enemies or join them.
Author
Series
American girl volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Molly conquers her fear of swimming underwater when she and the other campers at Camp Gowonagin divide into two teams to play Color War.