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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"In 1938, Lily Renée Wilheim is a 14-year-old Jewish girl living in Vienna. Her days are filled with art and ballet. Then the Nazis march into Austria, and Lily's life is shattered overnight. Suddenly, he own country is no longer safe for her or her family. To survive, Lily leaves her parents behind and travels alone to England. Escaping the Nazis is only the start of Lily's journey. She must escape many more times - from servitude, hardship, and...
3) Stargazing
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Moon is everything Christine isn't. She's confident, impulsive, artistic ... and though they both grew up in the same Chinese-American suburb, Moon is somehow unlike anyone Christine has ever known. When Moon's family moves in next door to Christine's, Moon goes from unlikely friend to best friend--maybe even the perfect friend. The girls share their favorite music videos, paint their toenails when Christine's strict parents aren't around, and make...
Author
Series
Publisher
Clavis Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
""Cluck, cluck . . . Clock, clock . . ." Chicken's timekeeping skills leave much to be desired and as result, Chicken is late to an important meeting! Now, Brutus is determined to teach him a lesson. But fear not! Sheep has a brilliant idea: teach Chicken how to tell time. However, Goat has a different idea: perhaps Chicken needs to master karate, don a disguise, or relocate to the North Pole. The suspense mounts as readers wonder: which of these...
5) Monster
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.
Author
Series
Publisher
Portable Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
By any measure, Albert Einstein changed the ways we understand--and measure--space and time. At first his ideas were ridiculed, but soon they were idolized. Prior to World War II, Einstein was a celebrated figure in Germany, but when the Nazi Party rose to power in the 1930s, he fled for his life and eventually settled in the United States. [This book] recounts the life of the world's most famous scientist--from his youth in Germany to his final years...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In this book, Townsend introduces grade-schoolers to the lives and responsibilities of the president of the United States, as well as the constitutional separation of powers and the history of the White House.