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Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Lucy, with her mother and her photographer father, has just moved to a small rural community in New Hampshire, and with her new friend Nate she plans to spend the summer taking photos for a contest, but pictures sometimes reveal more than people are willing to see.
2) Lea dives in
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Excited for her family's trip to Brazil, Lea is worried about going into the ocean, but when a new friend encourages her to embrace all that Brazil has to offer, fun turns to danger and she must prove to herself, and her brother, that she is brave.
3) Photography
Author
Series
Publisher
World Book/Two-Can
Pub. Date
2006, 1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Explores photography from simple pinhole cameras to cameras that use film. It explains how different parts of a camera work and shows how to process and develope your own photographs.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While camping out on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, Hank and his best friend, James, hear loud explosions. Suddenly, Japanese planes fill the sky. Pearl Harbor is under attack! James wants to hide, but Hank wants to capture the battle on his trusty camera.
7) Kennedy through the lens: how photography and television revealed and shaped an extraordinary leader
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Provides insight into how JFK used the new medium of television and the advances in color photography to further his ambitious agenda.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Julie picks up a camera at a yard sale, only to discover that it is an evil camera that makes bad things happen to people that it takes pictures of, and she must destroy it before it kills her.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
It's one of the most famous sports images of all time. Former heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston is sprawled on his back in the boxing rim. Muhammad Ali stands over Liston, holding his right hand as if ready to throw another punch. The reigning world champion had just thrown a short, right-handed punch to the side of Liston's head. In a flash, Liston had gone down. The photo of the angry Ali standing over the fallen challenger was taken in an...
Author
Series
Publisher
12 Story Library
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents readers with the photographs that have impacted generations, from the first X-ray to firefighters at Ground Zero. The book features historic photos, engaging sidebars, and thought-provoking prompts.
11) Shadow-catcher
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Although he often fancied himself a detective, Jonathan must become a real sleuth when he attempts to solve a mystery while accompanying his grandfather, a Civil War veteran and traveling photographer in Maine.
Author
Series
Flashback Four volume 3
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Sent back in time to 79 AD, on a mission to photograph the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the Flashback Four race to get their picture.
Author
Series
Flashback Four volume 1
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Miss Z, a mysterious billionaire and a collector of rare photographs, is sending her four recruits back in time on a mission to capture, for the first time, one of the most important moments in American history--Abraham Lincoln giving his famous Gettysburg address"--
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In New York City in 1872, fourteen-year-old Horace, a photographer's apprentice, becomes entangled in a plot to create fraudulent spirit photographs, but when Horace accidentally frees the real ghost of a dead girl bent on revenge, his life takes a frightening turn.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In 1896, fourteen-year-old Megan joins her sister and family on their steamboat for the summer riding up the Mississippi River towards St. Paul, Minnesota, and through all of their adventures, Megan realizes what is her "true calling."
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books, an imprint of Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The final match of the 2001 U.S. Open featuring tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams was groundbreaking. It was first time siblings had squared off in the final match for more than 100 years. And it was the first time both players were black. The photo of the smiling Williams sisters holding their trophies after the tennis match appeared in newspapers around the globe. It captured two athletes who fought, and would continue to fight, for a place...
17) Tornadoes
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the location, nature, development, measurement, and destructive effects of tornadoes, as well as how to stay out of danger from them.
Author
Series
Flashback Four volume 2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"In New York Times bestselling author Dan Gutman's all-new series, which blends fascinating real history with an action-packed adventure, four very different kids are picked by a mysterious billionaire to travel through time and photograph some of history's most important events. This time, Luke, Julia, David, and Isabel are headed to the deck of the doomed Titanic. Their mission? Capture a shot of the sinking ship, then come right back. The only...
19) Tell no one!
Author
Series
Ghost detectors volume 3
Publisher
Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-olds Malcolm and Dandy think their ghost-hunting days are over when they start fifth grade with the toughest teacher in their school, but Malcolm's photographs for the yearbook reveal that the school is haunted.
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