Stuart A. Kallen
Author
Series
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Introduces the problems of global waste disposal, describing the hazards of toxins associated with landfills, plastics floating in the oceans, and debris orbiting the planet, with some of the solutions proposed by scientists. --Publisher.
Author
Formats
Description
"The number people working side gigs has been growing. And many more turned to side gigs as unemployment soared in 2020. According to the Freelancers Union, which advocates for independent workers, 57 million Americans were self-employed in 2019. Around 2 million more started their own side gigs in 2020"--
7) The 1980s
Author
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Discusses the political, historical, and cultural life of the United States in the 1980s, including the end of communism, the Iran-Contra affair, and pop culture of the time.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Describes what it was like to be involved in the Underground Railroad, discussing life on the run, the lives of the trackers, conductors, and stationmasters, and the building of new lives in Canada.
11) The 1990s
Author
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.1 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Discusses the political, historical, and cultural life of the United States in the 1990s.
12) Pyramids
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
Discusses the building, purpose, and mystical associations of the Egyptian pyramids.
16) The war at home
Author
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Discusses the impact of World War II on life in the United States, including preparations for the war, civil defense, the changing work force, family life, and the end of the war.
18) John Hancock
Author
Publisher
ABDO Pub
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discusses the life of John Hancock, one of the wealthiest men in the American colonies and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
20) Space stations
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo & Daughters
Pub. Date
©1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes the efforts and accomplishments of both the United States and the Soviet Union to develop space stations over the past quarter century.