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2) Rosa
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a Montgomery, Alabama city bus and refused to give up her seat to a white man, an act that ignited a movement that changed modern history.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Andrea Davis Pinkney is the popular author of numerous picture books and young adult novels. Sit-In recounts the historic events of 1960 when four black college students attempted to integrate a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
4) Locomotive
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Presents a visual exploration of America's early railroads, examining the sounds, speed, and strength of the fledgling transcontinental locomotives and the experiences of pioneering travelers.
5) J.K. Rowling
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to J.K. Rowling. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Growing up in the segregated town of Clarksville, Tennessee, in the 1960s, Alta's family cannot afford to buy her new sneakers--but she still plans to attend the parade celebrating her hero Wilma Rudolph's three Olympic gold medals.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In the spring of 1987, the town of Islip, New York, with no place for its 3,168 tons of garbage, loads it on a barge that sets out on a 162-day journey along the east coast, around the Gulf of Mexico, down to Belize, and back again, in search of a place willing to accept and dispose of its very smelly cargo.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 29
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Jack and Annie use the magic tree house to travel back in time to 1947 Brooklyn, New York, where they pretend to be batboys at Jackie Robinson's first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves"--
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 35
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When the magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie back in time, they land in the tallest tree in Yosemite, California where they join nature conservationist, John Muir, and US President Teddy Roosevelt on a historic trip through the woods"--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Jack and Annie travel to a monastery in the Swiss Alps where, with the help of St. Bernard dogs and magic, they seek the second of four special objects necessary to break the spell on the wizard Merlin's beloved penguin, Penny.