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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: When placed next to radioactive material, a Uranium atom split in two. That simple discovery launched a scientific race that spanned 3 continents. In Great Britain and the United States, Soviet spies worked their way into the scientific community; in Norway, a commando force slipped behind enemy lines to attack German heavy-water manufacturing; and deep in the desert,...
Author
Series
Time twisters volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Abby and her stepbrother, Doc, must persuade Abraham Lincoln to play his part in history after one too many comments about history being boring cause him to go on strike.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
A true crime thriller — the first book for teens to tell the nearly unknown tale of the brazen attempt to steal Abraham Lincoln's body!The action begins in October of 1875, as Secret Service agents raid the Fulton, Illinois, workshop of master counterfeiter Ben Boyd. Soon after Boyd is hauled off to prison, members of his counterfeiting ring gather in the back room of a smoky Chicago saloon to discuss how to spring their ringleader. Their...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
An astonishing civil rights story from Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin.
On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the segregated Navy base at Port Chicago, California, killing more than 300 sailors who were at the docks, critically injuring off-duty men in their bunks, and shattering windows up to a mile away. On August 9th, 244 men refused to go back to work until unsafe and unfair conditions at the...
On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the segregated Navy base at Port Chicago, California, killing more than 300 sailors who were at the docks, critically injuring off-duty men in their bunks, and shattering windows up to a mile away. On August 9th, 244 men refused to go back to work until unsafe and unfair conditions at the...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
When superstar athlete Jim Thorpe and football legend Pop Warner met in 1904 at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, they forged one of the winningest teams in American football history. Called "the team that invented football," they took on the best opponents of their day, defeating much more privileged schools such as Harvard and the Army in a series of breathtakingly close calls, genius plays, and bone-crushing hard work.
But...
But...
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Description
From three-time National Book Award finalist and Newbery Honor author Steve Sheinkin, a true story of two Jewish teenagers racing against time during the Holocaust—one in hiding in Hungary, and the other in Auschwitz, plotting escape.
It is 1944. A teenager named Rudolf (Rudi) Vrba has made up his mind. After barely surviving nearly two years in the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, he knows he must escape. Even if
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author Steve Sheinkin presents a follow up to his award-winning book Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon, taking listeners on a terrifying journey into the Cold War and our mutual assured destruction.
As World War II comes to a close, the United States and the Soviet Union emerge as the two greatest world powers on extreme opposites...
As World War II comes to a close, the United States and the Soviet Union emerge as the two greatest world powers on extreme opposites...
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Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor recipient Steve Sheinkin welcomes young listeners to the thrilling, tragic, and downright wild historic adventure of America’s westward expansion in Which Way to the Wild West? Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn’t Tell You About America’s Westward Expansion.
1805: Explorer William Clark reaches the Pacific Ocean and pens...
1805: Explorer William Clark reaches the Pacific Ocean and pens...
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Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor recipient Steve Sheinkin gives young listeners an American history lesson they'll never forget in the fun and funny King George: What Was His Problem?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the American Revolution.
A Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year
A New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
What...
A Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year
A New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
What...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor recipient Steve Sheinkin gives young listeners the causes and curses that divided America into Union and Confederate nations in Two Miserable Presidents: The Amazing, Terrible, and Totally True Story of the Civil War.
A Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year
A Beacon of Freedom Award Winner
Get the feeling something big is...
A Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year
A Beacon of Freedom Award Winner
Get the feeling something big is...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Born to Fly is the gripping story of the fearless women pilots who aimed for the skies—and beyond.
Just nine years after American women finally got the right to vote, a group of trailblazers soared to new heights in the 1929 Air Derby, the first women's air race across the U.S. Follow the incredible lives of legend Amelia Earhart, who has captivated generations; Marvel Crosson, who built a plane before she even learned how to...
Just nine years after American women finally got the right to vote, a group of trailblazers soared to new heights in the 1929 Air Derby, the first women's air race across the U.S. Follow the incredible lives of legend Amelia Earhart, who has captivated generations; Marvel Crosson, who built a plane before she even learned how to...
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