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Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Born in 1729, Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbs was never supposed to come to power. But at age sixteen, she married the heir to the Russian throne. By 1762, Sophie, known now as Catherine, overthrew her immature and incompetent husband, Peter III, to lead the nation. Catherine became the sole ruler of Russia"--
Author
Series
Young royals volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
While her tyrannical family is out of favor in Italy, young Catherine de Medici is raised in convents, then in 1533, when she is fourteen, her uncle, Pope Clement VII, arranges for her marriage to prince Henri of France, who is destined to become king.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A magnificent narrative inspired by a true survival story that asks universal questions about a young girl’s coming of age story, her identity, her passions, and her first loves.
At the Sèvres Children’s Home outside Paris, Rachel Cohen has discovered her passion—photography. Although she hasn’t heard from her parents in months, she loves the people at her school, adores capturing what she sees in pictures, and tries not to worry too much...
Author
Publisher
Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As France buckles under the Nazi regime, budding photographer Rachel Cohen must change her name, go into hiding, and bear witness to the atrocities of World War II.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A fictional diary of Princess Sophie, later named Catherine, from 1743 until 1745, when at age fifteen she is married to her second cousin Peter, Grand Duke of Russia, who will one day be Emperor. Includes historical notes on her later life.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
Tells the story of how women throughout the ages have responded to situations confronting them in daily life by inventing such items as correction fluid, space helmets, and disposable diapers.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In 1350, a boy with a large hump on his back becomes the servant of a shadowy pilgrim on his way to Rome, who pulls the boy into a dangerous expedition across Europe to gather the seven precious relics of Saint Peter.--Provided by Publisher.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Using a mysterious wardrobe that allows them to travel through time, two eleven-year-olds, Federico a boy from the Italian Renaissance and Bee a girl from present-day New Jersey, work together to prevent the bickering between two great artists from changing the future.
12) Jinxed
Author
Series
Jinxed (McCulloch) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
After fourteen-year-old Lacey Chu repairs a highly advanced smartphone/robotic pet companion, or baku, called Jinx, the baku gets her into her dream school, Profectus, where she is exposed to dangerous secrets.
Author
Series
Storm keeper's island volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fionn Boyle, terrified of the sea, must spend the summer with this older sister, Tara, and their grandfather on Arranmore, an island that has been known to make people disappear, and seems to be restless again.
14) Kate Middleton
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Looks at the life of the Duchess of Cambridge and highlights her charity work around the world.
15) Evil genius
Author
Series
Evil genius books volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
Child prodigy Cadel Piggot, an antisocial computer hacker, discovers his true identity when he enrolls as a first-year student at an advanced crime academy.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the Sibert medal winning author of TEAM MOON and the bestselling GIRLS THINK OF EVERYTHING comes a riveting, timely account of panda conservation efforts in China, perfect for budding environmentalists and activists.
20) The genius wars
Author
Series
Evil genius books volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifteen-year-old genius Cadel Piggot Greenaus sets aside his new, crime-free life when his best friend Sonja is attacked, and he crosses oceans and continents trying to track down his nemesis Prosper English, breaking whatever rules he must.