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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In early 1836, trouble broke out in Texas. Texas was part of Mexico, yet many of its settlers wanted to fight for independence. Mexican General Santa Anna and his army came to battle the Texans in San Antonio at the Alamo. Eight-year-old Enrique Esparza witnessed the battle. His father was a soldier with the Texas army. The whole Esparza family had taken shelter at the Alamo, but they knew it might be dangerous. Would they survive? In the back of...
2) Alamo
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Photographs and simple text provide an introduction to the Alamo.
8) The Alamo
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents information on the history of the Alamo, including the famous battle of 1836 that took place there, some of the men involved in that battle, and its significance in the struggle for Texas's independence from Mexico.
10) The Alamo
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Briefly describes the battle at the Alamo in 1836 and the conflicts which led up to it.
12) Inside the Alamo
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 5
Description
An overview of the struggle between the Texan settlers and Mexico's General Santa Anna for control of Texas, with a detailed description of the 1836 siege of the Alamo. Includes biographical sketches and quotations of some of those involved.
19) The Alamo
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Examining the building process from the ground up, this high-interest title covers the history and construction of the Alamo, one of Texas's most well-known landmarks"--
20) The Alamo
Author
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
Describes the historical background, events, and aftermath of the 1836 attack on the Alamo, in which Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett were among the many Texans killed or captured by Santa Ana's troops.