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1) Bigger
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
Description
When his father disappears near the Mexican border at the end of the Civil War, twelve-year-old Tyler decides to go after him and bring him home, acquiring on the journey a strange dog which he names Bigger.
Author
Series
Publisher
F. Watts
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1130L
Language
English
Description
A brief introduction to the culture of the ancient Celts through their social structure describing some of the discoveries and writings that have led to our present-day understanding of their culture.
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1120L
Language
English
Description
The Inca emerged from the ancient native cultures of what is now Peru. Although it is unclear precisely when the Inca came into existence, they became a powerful force in the region by the 1300s to 1400s. They were known for being builders as well as conquerors, and created the famous structure known as Machu Picchu. They also developed and improved roads and bridges in the Inca Empire. The culture began to collapse when the Inca were overtaken by...
7) Betrayed!
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
950L
Language
English
Description
In 1867, after his father's death and his mother's remarriage, fourteen-year-old Tyler and his black friend Isaac set out on the Missouri River headed west to seek their fortunes, encountering an unsavory keel boat captain and a Sioux chief along the way.
8) The snowbird
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[1980]
Language
English
Description
Following the murder of her parents Willanna faces an uncertain future as she and her younger brother move from Tennessee in 1883 to the Dakota Territory where she trains her first horse.
9) Sooner
Author
Publisher
Troll Communications
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
With the realization that his father may not return now that the Civil War is over, thirteen-year-old Tyler finds himself the man of their Missouri farm and the master of a new dog, the strikingly colored Sooner.
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
What must it have been like to be the first to circumnavigate the globe or traverse America from shore to shore? What political, social and financial factors of the day encouraged exploration? What personal dreams and desires drove these fearless men to search the vast unknown waters and lands, to tempt danger time and time again, all in the name of discovery? In Great Explorations, acclaimed authors including recent Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner...
