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Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1130L
Language
English
Description
Coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of the Freedom Summer murders, traces the events surrounding the KKK lynching of three young civil rights activists who were trying to register African Americans for the vote.
In June of 1964, three idealistic young men (one black and two white) were lynched by the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi. They were trying to register African Americans to vote as part of the Freedom Summer effort to bring democracy to...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Combining illustrations, photographs, and inspirational quotes, this biography traces the life of John Glenn--war hero, test pilot, American astronaut, and U.S. Senator--from his childhood days in New Concord, Ohio to his adventures in space.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Focus
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
1210L
Language
English
Description
"When Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Virginia Hall was traveling in Europe. Which was dangerous enough, but as fighting erupted across the continent, instead of returning home, she headed to France. In a country divided between freedom and fascism, Virginia was determined to do her part for the Allies. An ordinary woman from Baltimore, Maryland, she dove into the action, first joining a French ambulance unit and later becoming an undercover...
Series
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Several of the world's greatest scientists show a frustrated student how the process of scientific inquiry works, explaining how observation, ideas, questions, investigation, and critical thinking combine in the quest for discovery.
Publisher
Universal City Studios
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Left wheelchair-bound by a sniper's bullet, longtime San Francisco Chief of Detectives Robert T. Ironside becomes the head of his own special police unit. Operating from a specially equipped office at SFPD headquarters, Ironside fights crime using intelligence and action. His crack team includes Sgt. Ed Brown, ex-con-turned assistant Mark Sanger, and beautiful policewoman Eve Whitfield.
