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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
In this deeply effecting novel Scott O'Dell envelops the reader in the heroic world of the conquistadors, a world that is at once somber and many-colored. Though they may have been ruthless, these steel-helmeted young men of Spain lived their lives on the very edge of eternity with style and uncommon courage.
2) Zia
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
A young Indian girl, Zia, caught between the traditional world of her mother and the present world of the Mission, is helped by her aunt Karana, whose story was told in "The Island of the Blue Dolphins."
3) Carlota
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young girl relates her feelings and experiences as a participant in the battle of San Pasqual during the last days of the war between the Californians and Americans.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
Deeply attached to the charming and carefree Francis Bernardone, Cecilia, a young noblewoman of Assisi, watches as he turns from his life of wealth and privilege, takes vows of poverty, and devotes himself to serving God by helping all those around him.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Children's Awards: Newbery Medal for Distinguished Literature
Children's Special Topics: Fiction with Lexile Over 1000
Children's Special Topics: Fiction with Lexile Over 1000
Description
In the Pacific there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it, blue dolphins swim, otters play, and sea elephants and sea birds abound. Once, Indians also lived on the island. And when they left and sailed to the east, one young girl was left behind. This is the story of Karana, the Indian girl who lived alone for years on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Year after year, she watched one season pass into another...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Children's Special Topics: Books About Indigenous People in the U.S.
Children's Special Topics: Books About Indigenous People in the U.S.
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Description
A young Navajo girl recounts the events of 1864 when her tribe was forced to march to Fort Sumner as prisoners of the white soldiers.
Author
Publisher
Uri Kyoyuk
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Korean
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Description
In this deeply effecting novel Scott O'Dell envelops the reader in the heroic world of the conquistadors, a world that is at once somber and many-colored. Though they may have been ruthless, these steel-helmeted young men of Spain lived their lives on the very edge of eternity with style and uncommon courage.
Author
Series
Lü du yu cong shu xi lie volume YLM09
Publisher
Yuan liu chu ban shi ye gu fen you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2008
Language
中文(繁體)
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Author
Publisher
Taiwan dong fang chu ban she
Pub. Date
2003
Language
中文(繁體)
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Description
Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.
Author
Series
Himch'an mun'go volume 13
Publisher
Uri Kyoyuk
Pub. Date
©1999
Language
Korean
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Author
Series
Publisher
Noguer
Pub. Date
2010, ©1964
Language
Español
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Description
Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.
La tribu de Karana ha sido brutalmente atacada por unos cazadores de nutrias. La muerte de muchos de ellos obliga al jefe del clan a tomar la decisión de abandonar la isla. Karana tambien quiere...
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