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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 23
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Yorkshire veterinarian describes the adventures and experiences of his career as he tends to sick cattle, pregnant ewes, ailing dogs, and their eccentric owners, in a celebration of the relationships between human and animal.
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Series
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
"Edward Abbey was a hero to environmentalists and rebels of every stripe. With Fire on the Mountain, this literary giant of the New West gave readers a powerful, moving, and enduring tale that gloriously celebrates the undying spirit of American individualism. This fiftieth anniversary edition, with an introduction by historian Douglas Brinkley, reminds readers of Abbey's powerful conviction that "a patriot must always be ready to defend his country...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Formats
Description
A retelling of the medieval poem about a group of travelers on a pilgrimage to Canterbury and the tales they tell each other. With their astonishing diversity of tone and subject matter, The Canterbury Tales have become one of the touchstones of medieval literature. Translated here into modern English, these tales of a motley crowd of pilgrims drawn from all walks of life-from knight to nun, miller to monk-reveal a picture of English life in the fourteenth...
13) Leaves of grass
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This American classic was first published in 1855, it was a thin pamphlet of 12 poems, while the great final edition encompassed more than 300! This edition, a reprint of the 1892 edition on the occasion of Whitman's death on March 26, 1892. This is a special reprint of that "deathbed edition" published on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Whitman's death.
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
Shows how Benjamin Franklin, inventor, writer and scientist, created a puzzle called the magic square to keep from being bored while serving as clerk for the Pennsylvania Assembly. Includes step-by-step instructions for creating your own magic squares.
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Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
480L
Language
English
Description
"Penguin is boooooored. The Antarctic is cold and icy. All there is to eat is fish. It's time to move out! But where will he go?"--Page 4 of cover
18) Black Tuesday
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
An over-achieving Phoenix high school student's life changes dramatically when she is responsible for a car crash that kills a child, and she goes from honors classes and tennis team captain to doing community service and rebelling against her controlling mother.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Pub
Pub. Date
[1986]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
Introduces the characteristics and activities of insects and other crawly creatures from A to Z, beginning with the ant and concluding with the zebra butterfly.