Sarah Gilman
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Students will be fascinated by the events that transpired in seventeenth-century colonial Massachusetts, when a group of young girls accused several townspeople of witchcraft. Through colorful images and riveting text, this truth is stranger than fiction story will teach young readers much about the religious and cultural state of colonial New England, as well as the dangers of groupthink. --Publisher
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor, they were acting out against restrictive laws imposed by British Parliament. The resulting punishment prompted the formation of a Continental Congress and culminated in the Revolutionary War. Through simple, exciting language and full-color images, readers of this engaging volume will learn the backstory of "No Taxation Without Representation" and see how this act...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes the first permanent English colony in North America, discussing the difficult voyage needed to get there, the illness and starvation that the colony suffered, and conflict with local Native American tribes.
4) Ben Franklin
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Many students know the story of Ben Franklin's famed electricity experiment, but do they understand how influential he was in the formation of the United States? Through simple but engaging narrative, this fully illustrated volume leads readers through Franklin's childhood, his diverse interests and accomplishments, and the role he played in the American Revolution and creation of an independent nation.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The story of the first Thanksgiving is so familiar to us, yet at the same time it's surrounded in mystery. Who were the Pilgrims and Indians that are said to have shared a feast so important that we celebrate it as an annual holiday? Engaging text and full-color images will transport readers to the Plymouth Colony, and they will learn about the hardships experienced by the Pilgrims in attempting to build a successful colony and their changing relationship...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 17
Description
"From the author of Apocalyptic Planet, an unsparing, vivid, revelatory travelogue through prehistory that traces the arrival of the First People in North America twenty thousand years ago and the artifacts that enable us to imagine their lives and fates. Scientists squabble over the locations and dates for human arrival in the New World. The first explorers were few, encampments fleeting. At some point in time, between twenty and forty thousand years...
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Futuristic robots, crazy gadgets and the brightest students of tomorrow are common sights at Ridge Valley High. Home to their newest student, the smart and capable Daphne Blake and her online bestie, the tech-savvy hipster Velma Dinkley. But not everything is as innocent as they seem on campus, as mysterious disappearances begin to plague the top-ranked students. Once cheery and full of life, kids are coming back lifeless and a shell of who they once...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Futuristic robots, crazy gadgets and the brightest students of tomorrow are common sights at Ridge Valley High. Home to their newest student, the smart and capable Daphne Blake and her online bestie, the tech-savvy hipster Velma Dinkley. But not everything is as innocent as they seem on campus, as mysterious disappearances begin to plague the top-ranked students. Once cheery and full of life, kids are coming back lifeless and a shell of who they once...
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Futuristic robots, crazy gadgets and the brightest students of tomorrow are common sights at Ridge Valley High. Home to their newest student, the smart and capable Daphne Blake and her online bestie, the tech-savvy hipster Velma Dinkley. But not everything is as innocent as they seem on campus, as mysterious disappearances begin to plague the top-ranked students. Once cheery and full of life, kids are coming back lifeless and a shell of who they once...