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1) Arms & armor
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
IG 1240L
Language
English
Description
A photo essay examining the design, construction, and uses of hand weapons and armor from a Stone Age axe to the revolvers and rifles of the Wild West.
2) Knight
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1140L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Be an eyewitness to what life was really like for a knight in medieval times -- from battles to banquets and from jousting to hunting. See how a knight put on his armor. Find out why knights decorated their shields. Discover deadly weapons known as caltrops.
3) Night school
Author
Series
Jack Reacher novel volume 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Discover the thriller series that The New York Times calls "utterly addictive." After eleven straight global #1 bestsellers, Lee Child sends readers back to school with the most explosive Jack Reacher novel yet. It's 1996, and Reacher is still in the army. In the morning they give him a medal, and in the afternoon they send him back to school. That night he's off the grid. Out of sight, out of mind. Two other men are in the classroom--an FBI agent...
Author
Series
Last kids on Earth volume 4
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Description
During the first winter after the Monster Apocalypse, Jack and his buddies prepare for a monstrous Christmas celebration, but a supervillainess steals Jack's prized monster-slaying weapon, his Louisville Slicer, and he vows to get it back.
Author
Series
Paul Madriani novel volume 12
Language
English
Description
While in Paris to find a former NASA employee whose name has been found on papers left in his nemesis's apartment, Paul Madriani stumbles upon a plot to harness the destructive forces of nature using stolen technology.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
"Amazing photography accompanies engaging information about advanced weaponry. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
10) Moscow rules
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The death of a journalist leads Gabriel Allon to Russia, where he finds that, in terms of spy-craft, even he has something to learn. He's playing by Moscow rules now. Ivan Kharkov, a former KGB colonel who built a global investment empire on the rubble of the Soviet Union, is an arms dealer and he is about to deliver Russia's most sophisticated weapons to al-Qaeda. Unless Allon can learn the time and place of the delivery, the world will see the deadliest...
Series
Publisher
History Channel
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Take an in-depth tour of duty that explores the armor and weapons that have made a foot soldier's job possible throughout the ages. From battle armor to bubble gum, you might be surprised by what soldiers have carried into battle. See what they'll be carrying in future wars. Discover how weapons and equipment are developed - from the gladius of Ancient Rome to today's M16 assault rifles, infrared scopes, and biological-weapons protection. See how...
Author
Series
Last kids on Earth volume 5
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
HL 600L
Language
English
Description
Surviving their first winter after the Monster Apocalypse was no easy feat, yet Jack and his buddies waste no time springing to action against some of the nastiest, most evil monsters around. When Jack discovers his Louisville Slicer has new, otherworldly powers, he's thrown into epic training to find out what kind of destruction the blade can wield. But between fighting off zombies, fleeing from strange, glowy Vine-Thingies erupting from the ground,...