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61) Libya
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"An oil-rich nation in North Africa, Libya has seen a great deal of turmoil in recent years, with civil war continuing to affect the country today. Readers will explore Libya's history and find out what events have led its current situation. They will also find out what it is like to live in Libya today, from which kinds of jobs are common to what people eat and where they live. Additionally, the book offers a close look at Libya's rugged landscapes,...
62) Idaho
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Takes readers on a tour of Idaho, describing the state's history, culture, land, economy, government, and sights, and including unique facts, color maps and photos, the state song, suggested activities, lists of famous people, cultural institutions, and annual events, and other resources.
64) Tennessee
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, as well as religions, culture, sports, arts, and people of Tennessee.
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Reference, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
112 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
This field guide highlights 100 flowers and plants found throughout the world. Readers will gain a greater understanding about these living things and will be able to identify them in the wild. Features include a helpful introduction to the topic, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 Wonderbook (199 pages) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Every great author started out as a kid. Before the bestsellers, fan clubs, and beloved stories we know today, the world's most celebrated writers had regular-kid problems just like you. Sam Clemens (aka Mark Twain) loved to skip school and make mischief, with his best friend Tom of course! A young J. R. R. Tolkien was bitten by a huge tarantula -- or as he called it, "a spider as big as a dragon." Toddler Zora Neale Hurston took her first steps when...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Soon to be an HBO series, book one in the New York Times bestselling Neapolitan quartet about two friends growing up in post-war Italy is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted family epic by Italy's most beloved and acclaimed writer, Elena Ferrante, "one of the great novelists of our time." (Roxana Robinson, The New York Times)
Beginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples, Ferrante's four-volume...
Beginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples, Ferrante's four-volume...
69) Greece
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Enchantment of the world. Second series. Includes bibliographical references and index.
70) Hawaii
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
144 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the master of legal thrillers, a page-turning classic of “suit-and-dagger suspense” (The New York Times): At the top of his class at Harvard Law, Mitch McDeere had his choice of the best firms in America. He made a deadly mistake.
Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!
For a young lawyer...
Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!
For a young lawyer...
73) Fall of giants
Author
Series
Century trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 52
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows the fates of five interrelated families--American, German, Russian, English and Welsh--as they move through the world-shaking dramas of World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women's suffrage.
Author
Series
A song of ice and fire volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 45
Language
English
Formats
Description
The kingdom of the royal Stark family faces its ultimate challenge in the onset of a generation-long winter, the poisonous plots of the rival Lannisters, the emergence of the Neverborn demons, and the arrival of barbarian hordes.
76) A time for mercy
Author
Series
Brigance volume Bk. 3
Language
English
Description
"Jake is the court-appointed lawyer for Drew Gamble, a young man accused of murdering a local deputy. Many in Clanton want a swift trial and the death penalty, but Brigance sees it another way. Once he learns the details of the case, he realizes he has to do everything he can to save Drew—who is sixteen. Jake’s commitment to the truth puts his career and the safety of his family at risk."
77) The Great Gatsby
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Nick Carraway meets Jay Gatsby, a young millionaire with shady business connections and who is love with Daisy Buchanan, Nick's cousin.
78) Portugal
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Describes the geography, wildlife, history, government, economy, religion, and culture of Portugal.
79) Iran
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
144 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
80) Nigeria
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English