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Author
Publisher
Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
x, 230 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps, genealogical table ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Explores the stories of six famous missing-person cases.
Author
Publisher
Rosen Pub Group
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
64 p.
Language
English
Description
This book explores the interesting and nontraditional careers of tattoo artists. It elaborates on the history of the tattoo, the evolution of the tools, and today's fascination with the art.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
The Great Fire of 1871 was one of most colossal disasters in American history. Overnight, the flourshing city of Chicago was transformed into a smoldering wasteland. The damage was so profound that few people believed the city could ever rise again.By weaving personal accounts of actual survivors together with the carefully researched history of Chicago and the disaster, Jim Murphy constructs a riveting narrative that recreates the event with drama...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Focus, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ruth David was growing up in a small village in Germany when Adolf Hitler rose to power in the 1930s. Under the Nazi Party, Jewish families like Ruth's experienced rising anti-Semitic restrictions and attacks. Just going to school became dangerous. By November 1938, anti-Semitism erupted into Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, and unleashed a wave of violence and forced arrests. Days later, desperate volunteers sprang into action to organize...
Author
Series
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
144 p. ; col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sally M. Walker works alongside scientists as they excavate colonial-era graves and examine fragile 400-year-old skeletons. See what they can determine about these early Americans-a ship's captain, an indentured servant, and others-from studying their bones.
Author
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
x, 195 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of Lincoln whose success story became the symbol of the American dream--the backwoods boy who by honesty, dignity, and kindness won the highest office in the country.