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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 7
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This dramatic autobiography of the early life of an American slave was first published in 1845, when its young author had just achieved his freedom. Douglass' eloquence gives a clear indication of the powerful principles that led him to become the first great African-American leader in the United States. The personal account of a fugitive slave's privation and sufferings and his campaigns for Negro emancipation. This dramatic autobiography of the...
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©2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Describes the reasons that the Pilgrims traveled to the New World, their voyage on the Mayflower, the hardships of their first winter in the Plymouth settlement, and the harvest celebration remembered as the first Thanksgiving.
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In China, an entire generation's most formative years took place in remote rural areas when city kids were sent to the countryside to become rusticated youth and partake in Mao's mandated Great Leap Forward. In an inspiring tale, Emei Burrell shares her mother's true experience during the Down to the Countryside Movement of the early 1970s, which sought to increase agricultural outreach and spur social and ideological change amongst youth. Burell's...
9) The Alamo
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Briefly describes the battle at the Alamo in 1836 and the conflicts which led up to it.
13) The Oregon Trail
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[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
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An introductory history of the Oregon Trail and its significance in opening the west to settlers, including information on the people who opened the Trail, their reasons for going west, modes of transportation, and a description of a typical day on the Trail.
17) Valley Forge
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[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
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This book describes the winter encampment of the Continental Army at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, during the Revolutionary War.
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c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Examines the lives of some of the people involved in building the Statue of Liberty and bringing it to the U.S., and discusses the significance of the statue in U.S. history. Includes photographs and engravings, a glossary, listings of important dates and people, and an index