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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
IG 1020L
Language
English
Description
Uses humor to recount the events leading up to the colonists' defiant act against the British, describing the Boston Tea Party itself, as well as providing a brief history of the American Revolution. --Publisher's description.
Author
Publisher
Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would be like to live without the toilet and describes how people managed to dispose of their waste in the past.
4) You wouldn't want to be a nurse during the American Civil War!: a job that's not for the squeamish
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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Description
A study of nursing care during the Civil War, the problems with caring for the sick and the injured, and the medical advances that have been made after the war.
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Get ready...it's the 1920s, and more and more women around the world are being given the right to vote. But women have not always had it so good. Let your great aunt Edith and her cousin Mabel tell you what it was like to be a suffragist.
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Put your dress on. Women aren't allowed to act, so you'll have to play some female roles. When the plague strikes, get out of London! Try your luck as a traveling player and take the show on the road. Keep an eye out for cutpurses. These thieves thrive in busy places like the Globe. Study hard! If you mangle Shakespeare's lines, you'll be in trouble" --Cover, p. 4.
Author
Series
Publisher
Panamericana Editorial
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
Español
Description
"Imagina el mundo sin fuego. No habría comida cocinada ni fuegos artificiales, y tampoco habría cómo mantener el calor en los climas fríos. El fuego puede ser peligroso, pero por cientos de años hemos aprendido a manejarlo. Lo utilizamos para fabricar vasijas de barro, de cristal y objetos de metal. Nos sirvió para inventar la máquina de vapor, el motor de combustión interna y el cohete. ¿Qué sería de nosotros sin el fuego?"--Page 4 of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
©2010, ©2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
800L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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Description
A biography about the young French woman who, inspired by voices, led the French army to victory over the English, was burned at the stake for witchcraft, and eventually was declared a saint.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
IG 870L
Language
English
Description
Get ready ... as a young French sculptor, you re about to embark on one of the most ambitious artistic projects of the 19th century. There s not a moment s rest for a worker on the Statue of Liberty. Find out all about the inspiration for the statue, the process of its construction, and its journey to New York city.
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts, an Imprint of Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Revised edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
IG 930L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Get ready ... you're a princess born into the Egyptian royal family. But it's not easy living in the palace. From family betrayals to Roman generals, you will discover it's not easy being Cleopatra! Find out all about the eventful life, great loves, and tragic fate of the most famous of all Egyptian queens.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
IG 810L
Language
English
Description
This best-selling series engages readers of all levels by making them part of the story. Readers will become the main character and can revel in the gory and dark sides of life throughout important moments in history. Perfect resource for reluctant readers with: ۯHumor and history tied to curriculum ۯEntertaining sidebars to pique reader's curiosity ۯComprehensive glossary to support content ۯIndex to make navigating subject matter...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
IG 870L
Language
English
Description
A humorous look at the state of illness and medicine in Tudor England.
This lively, interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers by making them part of the story, inviting them to become the main character and revel in the gory, dark, horrific side of life throughout important eras in history. --Publisher's description.
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