You wouldn't want to
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Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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.
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You wouldn't want to live in a Medieval castle!: a home you'd rather not inhabit
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Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Cartoons and facts combine to describe the Italian city of Pompeii, discussing the 62 AD earthquake, daily life of its people, customs, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, and the eighteenth-century excavation of the area.
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You wouldn't want to sail on an Irish famine ship!: a trip across the Atlantic you'd rather not make
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Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
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A skilled mechanic in 1930s Germany is offered a job on the most magnificent airship ever built, the Hindenberg. But dangers from flammable gas, storms and lightning are there. Follows the airship as it bursts into flame and investigates the cause of the disaster.
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You wouldn't want to be a nurse during the American Civil War!: a job that's not for the squeamish
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24) You wouldn't want to be a secret agent during World War II!: a perilous mission behind enemy lines
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Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Explains what it was like to be a British secret agent working behind enemy lines in France during World War II, describing the training, equipment, and techniques used by spies and the danger they faced during their missions.
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You wouldn't want to work in a Medieval cathedral!: a difficult job that never ends
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You wouldn't want to work on the Brooklyn Bridge!: an enormous project that seemed impossible
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You wouldn't want to be a Pony Express rider!: a dusty, thankless job you'd rather not do
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You wouldn't want to work on the Hoover Dam!: an explosive job you'd rather not do
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You wouldn't want to be Sir Isaac Newton!
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You wouldn't want to meet Typhoid Mary!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Summary: Do you think life as a Roman gladiator was romantic and exciting? Think again! This delightful new series brings something unusual to the study of history: humor. You Wouldn't Want to ... revels in the gory, dark, horrific side of life in ancient times. The reader is on center stage, as he or she gets a tour through life as a slave, warrior, exlporer-even a mummy! Hilarious illustrations, captions, and sidebars leave no doubt that you simply...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
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The ancient Egyptian pyramids are one of the wonders of the world but what was it like to work on one? Experience for yourself the lives of laborers, scribes, artists, and embalmers as they prepare the Pharaohs final resting place.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
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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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You wouldn't want to live without dirt!
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You wouldn't want to live without pain!
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You wouldn't want to live without poop!
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You wouldn't want to live without vegetables!
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Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents a humorous account of what it might have been like to live in ancient Egypt in the time of Tutankhamen, providing an introduction to the royal family, and discussing religion, childhood, entertainment, mummification, and the discovery of King Tut's tomb.