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4) Volcanoes!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Describes how a volcano is formed, the different types of volcanoes, where the most active volcanoes are found, and what happens when a volcano erupts.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
An account of Amelia Earhart's dangerous 1932 flight across the Atlantic Ocean from Newfoundland to Ireland, in which she survived bad weather and a malfunctioning airplane. Includes a brief biography of the aviator.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Describes the glory years of Negro league baseball in the early 1900s, profiling its star athletes and highlighting the challenges faced by the players and the sacrifices made to live out their dreams and play the game they loved.
8) Locomotive
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's Awards: Caldecott Medal for Quality Illustrations
Children's Awards: Sibert Honor for Nonfiction
Children's Awards: Sibert Honor for Nonfiction
Description
Learn what it was like to travel on the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Children's Awards: Sibert Medal for Nonfiction
Children's Awards: Sibert Medal for Nonfiction
Formats
Description
Recounts the scientific discoveries that enabled atom splitting, the military intelligence operations that occurred in rival countries, and the work of brilliant scientists hidden at Los Alamos.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Children's Awards: National Book Award for Young People's Literature Finalist
Children's Biographies: Graphic/Comics Format Biographies
Children's Book Battles: 6th and 7th Grade_2023
Children's Special Topics: Middle School Book Battles - Past & Present
Children's Biographies: Graphic/Comics Format Biographies
Children's Book Battles: 6th and 7th Grade_2023
Children's Special Topics: Middle School Book Battles - Past & Present
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Description
"Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother in this intimate and touching portrayal of family and daily life in a refugee camp"--
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