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89) Election day
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
430L
Language
English
Description
On Becky's first day at a new school, she finds that she has a chance to run for class president.
Publisher
Brookings Institution Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"Fills conceptual gap concerning the swing voter. Answers four questions: What is a swing voter? How to identify them? Do they differ from the rest of the electorate? What is their role? Presents a picture of this key political group, tracking them across six decades of national and local elections"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"Why do parties and governments cheat in elections they cannot lose? This book documents the widespread use of blatant and excessive manipulation of elections and explains what drives this practice. Alberto Simpser shows that, in many instances, elections are about more than winning. Electoral manipulation is not only a tool used to gain votes, but also a means of transmitting or distorting information. This manipulation conveys an image of strength,...
96) The Frandidate
Author
Series
Franny K. Stein mad scientist volume 7
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
Determined to be elected class president, mad scientist Frannie K. Stein uses her Atomic Combiner to create a suit that makes her seem to be whatever a voter wants her to be, but the suit has plans of its own.
98) Election day
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
IG 760L
Language
English
Description
Discusses the purpose, history, process of voting, and the importance of election day.
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 28
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
Description
When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils, Pagford is not what it first seems. And the empty seat left by Barry on the town's council...