What was...?
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Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2013
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IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A terrifying attack!
On December 7, 1941, Japanese war planes appeared out of nowhere to bomb the American base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. It was a highly secretive and devastating attack: four battleships sunk, more than two thousand servicemen died, and the United States was propelled into World War II. In a compelling, easy-to-read narrative, children will learn all about a pivotal moment in American history.
On December 7, 1941, Japanese war planes appeared out of nowhere to bomb the American base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. It was a highly secretive and devastating attack: four battleships sunk, more than two thousand servicemen died, and the United States was propelled into World War II. In a compelling, easy-to-read narrative, children will learn all about a pivotal moment in American history.
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Grosset & Dunlap, an Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
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IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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""Remember the Alamo!" is still a rallying cry more than 175 years after the siege in Texas, where a small band of men held off about two thousand soldiers of the Mexican Army for twelve days. The Alamo was a crucial turning point in the Texas Revolution, and led to the creation of the Republic of Texas. With 80 black-and-white illustrations throughout and a sixteen-page black-and-white photo insert, young readers will relive this famous moment in...
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Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Describes the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War, and includes details on troop movements of both the Union and Confederate armies, the notable figures on the battlefield, and the famous Gettysburg Address.
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Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of the Penguin Group
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Describes how the Pilgrims at Plymouth shared a three-day feast with their Native American neighbors after their first harvest in 1621, establishing a tradition that would become a national holiday.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Describes the nineteenth century American gold rush, and includes information on gold rush "boomtowns," relations between Native Americans and gold rush pioneers, and the importance of the gold rush on American history.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Describes the 1963 March on Washington, helmed by Martin Luther King, Jr., where over two hundred thousand people gathered to demand equal rights for all races, and explains why this event is still important in American history today.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from--there were no trains or tracks, only "conductors" who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad," this book chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and what they sacrificed for freedom. With black-and-white illustrations throughout and a sixteen-page black-and-white photo insert, the Underground...
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Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2014.
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IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey around South America and north along the Pacific Coast. But then, in a dangerous and amazing feat of engineering, a 48-mile-long channel was dug through Panama, creating the worlds most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal!"--
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Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Describes the history of Ellis Island, a gateway for many immigrants coming to the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and details the restoration of the landmark and its reopening as a museum.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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The morning of August 24, AD 79, seemed like any other in the Roman city of Pompeii. So no one was prepared when the nearby volcano Mount Vesuvius suddenly erupted, spouting ash that buried the city and its inhabitants. The disaster left thousands dead, and Pompeii was no more than a memory for almost 1,700 years. In 1748, explorers rediscovered the port city with intact buildings and beautiful mosaics. This easy-to-read account is gripping and includes...
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Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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At 800-feet long, the Hindenburg was the largest airship ever built--just slightly smaller than the Titanic! Also of a disastrous end, the zeppelin burst into flame as spectators watched it attempt to land in Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937. In under a minute, the Hindenburg was gone, people jumping from windows to escape. However, only 62 of the 97 crew members and passengers onboard survived. The exact cause of the disaster is still unknown...
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What was the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
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Author
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Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Introduces facts about the Super Bowl, including the history of the game, famous players throughout its history, and the spectacle of the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
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Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2015].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Every October, millions of baseball fans around the country anxiously wait to see which team wins baseball's biggest championship. But the original games of the 1900s hardly look like they do today. Take a look back over one hundred years and discover the history of baseball's greatest series. With triumphs, heartbreak, and superstitious curses, this action-packed book brings America's Pastime to life.
17) What Was D-Day?
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Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, an armada of 7,000 ships carrying 160,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Nazi-occupied France. Up until then the Allied forces had suffered serious defeats, yet D -Day, as the invasion was called, spelled the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany and the Third Reich. Readers will dive into the heart of the action and discover how it was planned and carried out and how it overwhelmed the Germans who...
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Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, An Imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"On August 25th, 2005, one of the deadliest and most destructive hurricanes in history hit the Gulf of Mexico. High winds and rain pummeled coastal communities, including the City of New Orleans, which was left under 15 feet of water in some areas after the levees burst. Track this powerful storm from start to finish, from rescue efforts large and small to storm survivors' tales of triumph"--
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Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, An Imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"On October 29, 1929, life in the United States took a turn for the worst. The stock market the system that controls money in America plunged to a record low. But this event was only the beginning of many bad years to come. By the early 1930s, one out of three people was not working. People lost their jobs, their houses, or both and ended up in shantytowns called Hoovervilles named for the president at the time of the crash. By 1933, many banks had...
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Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Describes the events of the seventeenth-century Salem witchcraft trials, recounting the most notable cases and discussing the way the trials were conducted.
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Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Step back in time to the birth of America and meet the real-life rebels who made this country free! On a hot summer day near Philadelphia in 1776, Thomas Jefferson sat at his desk and wrote furiously until early the next morning. He was drafting the Declaration of Independence, a document that would sever this country's ties with Britain and announce a new nation--The United States of America. Colonists were willing to risk their lives for freedom,...
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Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Did the Great Chicago Fire really start after a cow kicked over a lantern in a barn? Find out the truth in this addition to the What Was? series. On Sunday, October 8, 1871, a fire started on the south side of Chicago. A long drought made the neighborhood go up in flames. And practically everything that could go wrong did. Firemen first went to the wrong location. Fierce winds helped the blaze jump the Chicago River twice. The Chicago Waterworks...
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Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"In this addition to the What Was? series, kids will experience what it was like to be in San Francisco in 1906 when the ground buckled in a major, catastrophic earthquake. One early April morning in 1906, the people of San Francisco were jolted awake by a mammoth earthquake--one that registered 7.8 on the Richter Scale. Not only was there major damage from the quake itself but broken gas lines sparked a fire that ravaged the city for days. More than...
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What was Woodstock?
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IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Discover the true story of the Twin Towers--how they came to be the tallest buildings in the world and why they were destroyed. When the Twin Towers were built in 1973, they were billed as an architectural wonder. At 1,368 feet, they clocked in as the tallest buildings in the world and changed the New York City skyline dramatically. Offices and corporations moved into the towers--also known as the World Trade Center--and the buildings were seen as...
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Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Here is the story behind the ten laws that have been the guiding light of Judeo-Christian belief. Not just about Moses, whose origin story leaves open questions, this book looks back at the time when the commandments were written, how the belief in one all-powerful God set the Israelites apart from other ancient peoples, and the roles the Ten Commandments have played in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It also looks at what each individual commandment...
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Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Presents facts about the prehistoric world in which dinosaurs lived, the types of dinosaurs that lived in different time periods, and how dinosaur bones are discovered and studied.
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Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"A mesmerizing overview of the world as it was when glaciers covered the earth and long-extinct creatures like the woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats battled to survive. Go back 20,000 years ago to a time of much colder global temperatures when glaciers and extensive sheets of ice covered much of our planet. As these sheets traveled, they caused enormous changes in the Earth's landscape and climate, leading to the evolution of creatures such as...
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Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Learn more about what climate change means and how it's affecting our planet. The earth is definitely getting warmer. There's no argument about that, but who or what is the cause? And why has climate change become a political issue? Are humans at fault? Is this just a natural development? While the vast majority of scientists who study the environment agree that humans play a large part in climate change, there is a counterargument. Author Gail Herman...
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Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"We the people at Who HQ bring readers the full story--arguments and all--of how the US Constitution came into being. Signed on September 17, 1787--four years after the American War for Independence--the Constitution laid out the supreme law of the United States of America. Today it's easy for us to take this blueprint of our government for granted. But the Framers--fifty-five men from almost all of the original 13 states--argued fiercely for many...
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Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
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IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Chronicles the women's rights movement in the United States, from the beginning of the movement in the nineteenth century and the fight for equal rights in the 1960s to such present-day events as the Women's March in 2017.
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Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Describes the history of the soccer World Cup, covering clothing and equipment, host stadiums, the rules, qualifying to participate, and the most successful teams.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"For more than 100 years, people have been captivated by the disastrous sinking of the Titanic that claimed over 1,500 lives. Now young readers can find out why the great ship went down and how it was discovered seventy-five years later. At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic, the largest passenger steamship of this time, met its catastrophic end after crashing into an iceberg. Of the 2,240 passengers and crew onboard, only...
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What were the roaring twenties?
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37) What is NASA?
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Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, began in 1958. With its creation, the United States hoped to ensure it won the space race against the Soviet Union. Author Sarah Fabiny describes the origins of NASA, the launching of the Apollo program that landed the first human on the moon, and the many missions and discoveries that have taken place since then. NASA has a rich history and still plays an important role in...
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What is the Stanley Cup?
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Author
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IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"In the early-morning hours of June 28, 1969, police arrived at the Stonewall Inn's doors and yelled, "Police! We're taking the place!" But the people in this New York City neighborhood bar, members of the LGBTQ community, were tired of being harassed. They rebelled in the streets, turning one moment into a civil rights movement and launching the fight for equality among LGBTQ people in the United States." -- Amazon.com.
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IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"A thoughtful and age-appropriate introduction to an unimaginable event--the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a genocide on a scale never before seen, with as many as twelve million people killed in Nazi death camps--six million of them Jews. Gail Herman traces the rise of Hitler and the Nazis, whose rabid anti-Semitism led first to humiliating anti-Jewish laws, then to ghettos all over Eastern Europe, and ultimately to the Final Solution. She presents...
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Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Learn how the United States ended up fighting for twenty years in a remote country on the other side of the world. The Vietnam War was as much a part of the tumultuous Sixties as Flower Power and the Civil Rights Movement. Five US presidents were convinced that American troops could end a war in the small, divided country of Vietnam and stop Communism from spreading in Southeast Asia. But they were wrong, and the result was the death of 58,000 American...
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Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
©2020
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IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"As the Opening Ceremony for the 1948 Summer Olympic Games commenced in London, a similar sporting competition was taking place a few miles away. But the men at Stoke Mandeville weren't your typical athletes. They were paralyzed World War II veterans. The games at Stoke Mandeville were so successful that they would eventually lead evolve into the Paralympics. Participants from all around the world vie for the gold medal in a variety of sports, including...
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What is a presidential election?
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What is LEGO?
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Author
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Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Even though slavery had ended in the 1860s, African Americans were still suffering under the weight of segregation a hundred years later. They couldn't go to the same schools, eat at the same restaurants, or even use the same bathrooms as white people. But by the 1950s, black people refused to remain second-class citizens and were willing to risk their lives to make a change"--
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What was the bombing of Hiroshima?
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What are the Winter Olympics?
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What is Black Lives Matter?
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What is Congress?
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What is Nintendo?
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Author
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Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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An introduction to the Age of Exploration covers the nautical practices of fifteenth-century Europe, Henry the Navigator's fateful new sea routes, and the impact of European advancement on ancient civilizations.
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What was the Harlem Renaissance?
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What was the plague?
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What are castles and knights?
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What Is the Supreme Court?
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