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241) The long winter
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"The town of De Smet is hit with terrible, howling blizzards and Laura and her family must ration their food and coal. When the supply train doesn't arrive, Almanzo Widler and his brother realize something must be done. They begin an impossible journey in search of provisions, before it's too late."--Back cover.
242) A night divided
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old Gerta finds her family suddenly divided. She, her mother, and her brother Fritz live on the eastern side, controlled by the Soviets. Her father and middle brother, who had gone west in search of work, cannot return home. Gerta knows it is dangerous to watch the wall, to think forbidden thoughts of freedom, yet she can't help herself. She sees the East German soldiers with their guns trained on their...
243) The interrupted tale
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
When Miss Penelope Lumley receives an invitation to speak at her alma mater on the occasion of the Celebrate Alumnae Knowledge Exposition, she expects the trip to be a piece of cake -- or rather, CAKE. But preparing a great oration in the style of Cicero is the least of her problems. The Swanburne board of trustees is now led by none other than Judge Quinzy, and Baroness Hoover is wreaking mayhem on the school's beloved traditions. Meanwhile, Lord...
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English
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Presents a collection of twenty poems written in tribute to well-known poets from around the world.
Newbery Medalist and a Caldecott Honoree offer a glorious, lyrical ode to poets who have sparked a sense of wonder. Out of gratitude for the poet's art form, Newbery Award-winning author and poet Kwame Alexander, along with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth, present original poems that pay homage to twenty famed poets who have made the authors'...
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Series
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
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Description
In the jungle, the animals' toes are twitching, their bodies are wiggling, and their wings are flapping--as they teach children how to do the Animal Boogie.
Muévete con los animales de la selva india mientras ellos se menean, se mecen, se agitan y se deslizan al ritmo del cha-cha-cha de la selva!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"Years before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez, an eight-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage, played an instrumental role in Mendez v. Westminster, the landmark desegregation case of 1946 in California"--
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