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Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Profiles the lives of fifty American women who, through their acts and deeds, helped shape and change the world during their lifetime, from Native American peacemaker Pocahontas to African-American ballerina Misty Copeland.
Author
Series
G.I. dogs volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Born in Shanghai, China in 1936, Judy is an English pointer who finds her place on a English gunboat patrolling the Yangtze River, battling pirates, contending with the Japanese occupiers, and protecting her human shipmates--until they all end up in a Japanese prison camp in Sumatra at the beginning of World War II, where every day is a struggle to survive.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In 1863, twelve-year-old Will, who longs to be a drummer in the Union army, is stuck in his sleepy hometown of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, but when the Union and Confederate armies meet right there in his town, he and his family are caught up in the fight. Includes historical notes, glossary, and a timeline of events.
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
On a three-day stagecoach ride to the big city of Albany, during the War of 1812, eleven-year-old Caroline is fascinated by the other travelers, including a charming magician and a beautiful young woman with a sad past, but when Caroline's important package for her father disappears, she must unmask a thief.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In 1776 Boston, twelve-year-old Daniel Prescott enjoys assuming his father's role in taking care of his mother and sister, as well as his work as a spy and messenger for the American revolutionaries, but the pleasure ends when he witnesses the horrors of war firsthand, and learns that a trusted patriot is actually a British spy. Includes historical notes, timeline, and glossary.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces the life and achievements of the surfer who won international fame in four Olympics and used his surfboard to save eight people from a capsized boat in California.
Author
Series
G.I. dogs volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Stubby, a Boston terrier, is scrounging for food in the streets of New Haven, Connecticut, in 1917 when he is adopted as a mascot by the 102nd Infantry Regiment and finds himself on the way to France and the trenches of World War I where he soon learns to save his soldiers by alerting them to impending gas attacks, and eventually is awarded a medal by General Pershing.
10) Roberta Gibb
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces the life and achievements of the first woman to run the Boston Marathon in 1966.
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
True story of six women who programmed the ENIAC computer as part of a secret WWII mission. They learned to program the computer without any software, instructions or tools (none existed.). --
The story of Jean Jennings, Kay McNulty, Frances Bilas, Ruth Lichterman, Betty Snyder, and Marlyn Wescoff, who were chosen to work on the ENIAC computer.
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