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Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
Recounts the life of the scientist whose theories of relativity revolutionized the way we look at space and time.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sacagawea was only sixteen when she made one of the most remarkable journeys in American history, traveling 4500 miles by foot, canoe, and horse-all while carrying a baby on her back! Without her, the Lewis and Clark expedition might have failed. Through this engaging book, kids will understand the reasons that today, 200 years later, she is still remembered and immortalized on a golden dollar coin.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
Explores the life and work of the prolific eighteenth-century Austrian composer who began life as a child prodigy, composing music at the age of five, and died a pauper at age thirty-five.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
A biography of the woman who served as First Lady for the longest time, and who was the first President's wife to speak out about important issues of the day, by writing newspapers articles and books, giving radio interviews and speeches, and teaching classes.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
A humorist, narrator, and social observer, Mark Twain is unsurpassed in American literature. Best known as the author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain, not unlike his protagonist, Huck, has a restless spirit. He found adventure prospecting for silver in Nevada, navigating steamboats down the Mississippi, and making people laugh around the world. But Twain also had a serious streak and decried racism and injustice. His fascinating...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
Describes how Charles Darwin's passion for the natural world fueled his groundbreaking ideas on evolution and changed people's understanding of the natural world for years to come.