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Lexile measure
1370L
Language
English
Description
Blessed with enormous talents and the energy and ambition to go with them, Franklin was a statesman, author, inventor, printer, and scientist. He helped draft the Declaration of Independence and later was involved in negotiating the peace treaty with Britain that ended the Revolutionary War. He also invented bifocals, a stove that is still manufactured, a water-harmonica, and the lightning rod. Franklin's extraordinary range of interests and accomplishments...
Author
Lexile measure
1280L
Language
English
Description
Publisher's description: In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, National Book Award winner Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. According to historian Joseph Ellis, Alexander Hamilton is "a robust full-length portrait, in my view the best ever written, of the most brilliant, charismatic and dangerous founder of them all." Few figures...
13) Who was Gandhi?
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life and accomplishments of the champion of an independent India and global icon of peace and freedom.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Description
A biography of Benjamin Franklin highlighting his inventions, his newspaper and almanac, his work on the Declaration of Independence, and his diplomatic trips to England and France on behalf of the colonies.