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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
"Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag." In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure...
Author
Publisher
Harper Paperbacks
Pub. Date
20210831
Language
English
Description
Eight months after Germany's invasion of Poland, the Nazis roll into the Netherlands, expanding their reign of brutality to the Dutch. But by the winter of 1943, resistance is growing. Among those fighting their brutal Nazi occupiers are two Jewish sisters, Janny and Lein Brilleslijper, from Amsterdam. Risking arrest and death, the sisters help save others, sheltering them in the woods in a clandestine safe house, a house they call the "High Nest"....
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1999.
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
288 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Author "paints a complex and compelling portrait of a generous-hearted but troubled young woman whose dreams of romance had unimaginable consequences."--Jacket.
Imagine that you are twenty-four years old and have been confiding in one of your closest friends about your on-again, off-again relationship with a married man twice your age. Then imagine your name is Monica Lewinsky, the man's name is Bill Clinton, and your friend's name is Linda Tripp--who...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Revised and updated to include the winner of the 2020 presidential election, this photo-filled and fact-packed book is a timely reference. Key features include: Information about the 2021 president-elect and the 2020 election results, a brand-new thematic spread on the impeachment process and its history, revised terminology around the language of slavery and analysis of early presidents who benefitted from and relied on enslaved labor, comprehensive...
Author
Publisher
[Dave Jackson]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
25 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Stephen Curry is a professional basketball player, and many people think he is one of the best basketball players in history. Stephen is definitely one of the best shooters ever, and he has won a lot of awards. Stephen Curry is young, strong, and healthy. That is part of the reason he is so good. But really, he is so good for other reasons. Stephen practiced hard, and never gave up. Even when he was passed over by colleges, Stephen didn’t let...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xiii, 333 pages,16 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In July 1865, Wild Bill Hickok shot and killed Davis Tutt in Springfield, MO--the first quick-draw duel on the frontier. Thus began the reputation that made him a marked man to every gunslinger in the Wild West. James Butler Hickock was known across the frontier as a soldier, Union spy, scout, lawman, gunfighter, gambler, showman, and actor. He crossed paths with General Custer and Buffalo Bill Cody, as well as Ben Thompson and other young toughs...
Author
Publisher
Jenny Phillips
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
16 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Born in 1856, Granville Woods filled his mind with knowledge every chance he could, despite a lack of equal opportunity for African Americans. Though some people choose to just talk about problems in the world, Granville chose to find solutions! Through hard work and dedicated study. Granville Woods harnessed electricity to create inventions that saved lives and changed the world."--Back cover.