Claire Rudolf Murphy
Author
Description
Martin and Bobby follows the lives and final days and words of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy, showing how and where their work intersected and how their initially wary relationship evolved from challenging and testing each other to finally "arriving in the same place" as allies fighting poverty and racism. The stories of King and Kennedy reveal how life experiences affect a leader's ability to show empathy for all people. The book also...
3) Daughters of the Desert: Stories of Remarkable Women from Christian, Jewish and Muslim Traditions
Author
Description
How would the most cherished stories of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam be different if women were the active central figures?
This ground-breaking collection of short stories brings to life the women-daring, brave, thoughtful, and wise-who played important and exciting roles in the early days of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Join Esther as she stands against injustice and her king to save her people, Aisha as she leads hundreds of men into terrifying...
Author
Pub. Date
2007, c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Young readers will see images of the amazing landforms--glaciers, mountains, and sprawling tundra; glimpse the North Country's distinctive creatures--musk oxen, grizzly bears, whales; learn about other cultures--Russian, Eskimo, Athabascan, Tlingit; and relate to the stories of the lives of their young Alaskan peers in cities and in the "bush."
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Sacajawea, a Shoshoni woman, and York, a slave, assist Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their westward expedition; Sacajawea using her knowledge of the land, and York using his superior hunting skills. When Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery set out in the spring of 1804, they had chosen to go on an unprecedented, extremely dangerous journey. It would be the adventure of a lifetime. Unlike others in the group, two key members did not choose...
8) Free radical
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Description
In Fairbanks, Alaska, in the middle of the summer Little League baseball season, fifteen-year-old Luke is stunned when his mother confesses that she is wanted by the FBI for her role in the death of a student during an anti-Vietnam War protest thirty years ago.
9) Caribou Girl
Author
Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
In northern Alaska an Eskimo girl is transformed into a caribou and travels with the herd in order to save her human family from starvation.
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Alcatraz Island is one of the most infamous places in American history. The maximum-security prison on the "Rock," once home to criminals like Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly, has long since captured our country's imagination. But what few people realize is that Alcatraz was not only home to criminals--it was home to many children, too! Over the years, the island has been home to the children of Native Americans, lighthouse keepers, military soldiers,...
11) Gold rush dogs
Author
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Describes the contribution of dogs to the Alaska-Yukon gold rush and profiles nine remarkable dogs from this period, discussing their work and adventures, and their relationships with their masters.