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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Stonehenge is one of the archaeological mysteries of the world. Experts are not entirely certain why Stonehenge was built, but there are clues that have aided them in working toward discovering its true purpose. Readers will learn about some of the theories archaeologists have about Stonehenge's past and how there is not enough evidence to support their theories entirely. Maps, sidebars, and full-color photographs supplement information in the text...
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2000
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The bastian of some of the most top-secret activities in the world is literally impenetrable. It was the original testing site for the atomic bomb and then a high-security aero-engineering cluster. Here its public history ends and after 1968, it simply does not exist. Known by insiders as "Dreamland", Area 51 invokes conjectural theories like no other place. What happens in this zone of the Nevada desert? Through declassified documents and interviews...
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c2011
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A documentary on the history and legend of the creatures that have had deep effects on our lives and our civilization, that shape our dreams and nightmares, that frighten us stiff ... zombies! Featuring writers, actors, and historians interviewed on the subject, as well as a look at the effect of zombies on films and pop culture.
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American Girl history mysteries volume 19
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
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Twelve-year-old Rose sets out to prove her brother's innocence when he is accused of shooting a politician during a Wild West show performance in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1886.
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2021.
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Territory of Colorado, 1865. Millie knows the raucous mining town of Buckskin Joe is no place for children, but when Dom’s Uncle George shows up needing help, the whole family reluctantly heads to South Park. George has been accused of murdering his mining partner, Wandering Will, and although Millie questions his innocence, she finds there are many suspects who wanted Will dead. There’s fancy-girl Queeny, Will’s ex-wife, and dancehall-girl...
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On March 24, 1946, World Chess Champion, Alexander Alekhine, is found dead in his hotel room in Estoril, Portugal. The cause of death remains mired in controversy when, three-quarters of a century later, a letter of his that could rock the art world is unearthed in a routine home renovation in upstate New York. The letter is addressed to a person of international repute and offers information about art works looted during the German occupation of...
56) To Kingdom Come
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Amateur sleuths, Erika Shawn-Wheatley, art magazine editor, and Harrison Wheatley, art history professor, attend a Zoom meeting of individuals from around the globe whose common goal is to expedite the return of African art looted during the colonial era. Olivia Chatham, a math instructor at London University, has just begun speaking about her recent find, a journal penned by her great-granduncle, Andrew Barrett, active member of the Royal Army Medical...
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Millie knows the raucous mining town of Buckskin Joe is no place for children, but when Dom's Uncle George shows up needing help, the whole family reluctantly heads to South Park. George has been accused of murdering his mining partner, Wandering Will, and although Millie questions his innocence, she finds there are many suspects who wanted Will dead.
There's fancy-girl Queeny, Will's ex-wife, and dancehall-girl Kate, who wanted to be Will's next...
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An old house + A new computer program = The travel opportunity of a lifetime…to another century.Time and Again (book 1)Abby Thomas is spending the summer in a run-down old house with a bratty pre-teen named Merrideth she is supposed to tutor. It's not her idea of a dream job, but it does come with perks.There's John Roberts, a devastatingly attractive neighbor who is almost too wonderful to be real. And then there are the virtual trips to the 19th...