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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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In this hilarious homage to Jane Austen, a lady with a penchant for trouble finds a handsome spy much more than merely tolerable.
"It's Jane Austen meets Jane Foster in Anstey's debut novel, which serves up a delightful combination of Regency romance, scientific curiosity, and spy intrigue for a tale that will have readers rooting for love and science." -Entertainment Weekly
Juliana Telford is not your average nineteenth-century young lady. She's...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Four friends had moved to New York City from Atlanta, Georgia hoping to make it big. But things hadn't worked out and they are moving home. As they are leaving the city on a hot July night in 1977, the lights go out suddenly. Can they avoid the crime and violence and get to safety? Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Graphic Planet is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
In the tradition of Longbourn, Mr. Darcy's Diary, and Prom and Prejudice...
Lydia is the youngest of the five Bennet girls. She's stubborn, never listens, and can't seem to keep her mouth shut-not that she would want to anyway. She's bored with her country life and wishes her older sisters would pay her attention ... for once! Luckily, the handsome Wickham arrives at Longbourn to sweep her off her feet. Lydia's not going to let him know THAT, of course,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
This mesmerizing narrative nonfiction draws on contemporary accounts as it traces the roots of an explosion that had been building for decades in race relations, politics, business, and clashes of culture.
Coretta Scott King Award winner * Carter G. Woodson Book Award from the National Council for the Social Studies
On a hot day in July 1919, five black youths went swimming in Lake Michigan, unintentionally floating close to the "white" beach. An...
5) All Is Fair
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Lady Mina Tretheway knows she's destined for greater things than her fancy boarding school, where she's being taught to be a proper English lady. It's 1918, and war is raging across Europe. Unlike her father and brother, who are able to assist in the war effort, Mina is stuck sorting out which fork should be used with which dinner course.
When Mina receives a telegram that's written in code, she finally has her chance to do something big. She returns...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough." –Robert Capa
Robert Capa and Gerda Taro were young Jewish refugees, idealistic and in love. As photographers in the 1930s, they set off to capture their generation's most important struggle-the fight against fascism. Among the first to depict modern warfare, Capa, Taro, and their friend Chim took powerful photographs of the Spanish Civil War that went straight from the action to news...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author James L. Swanson brings to life the fast-paced, suspense-filled story of Abraham Lincoln's and Jefferson Davis's final journeys through our wounded nation following the Civil War. This middle grade nonfiction book is an excellent choice for tween readers in grades 7 to 8, especially during homeschooling. It's a fun way to keep your child entertained and engaged while not in the classroom.
This suspense-filled...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
With her mama recently dead and her pa sight unseen since birth, fourteen-year-old Amelia is suddenly in charge of her younger brother and sister--and of the family gas station. Harley Blevins, local king and emperor of Standard Oil, is in hot pursuit to clinch his fuel monopoly. To keep him at bay and keep her family out of foster care, Melia must come up with a father--and fast. And so when a hobo rolls out of a passing truck, Melia grabs opportunity...
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