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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
A life of the warrior who, as a prince, tamed the powerful horse Bucephalus and, during his short reign as king, built an empire that covered almost all of the then-known world, including Greece, India, Egypt, and Persia.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1140L
Language
English
Description
Examines the history of the Barbary pirates, and discusses their relationship with the United States Navy in the early years of the country's entry into the shipping trade.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Looks at the journeys of Roy Chapman Andrews who, in the early twentieth-century, led countless expeditions for the American Museum of Natural History in search of dinosaur fossils, facing dangers such as pythons, wild dogs, marauding bandits, sandstorms, and corrupt officials.