Gail B Stewart
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Discusses the events surrounding the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 20001, and describes the experiences of those involved and the impact of these attacks.
8) World War I
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackbirch Press
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Profiles people involved in World War I, including both political and military leaders on both sides of the conflict.
10) The 1970s
Author
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Discusses the political, economic, and cultural life of the United States in the 1970s, including Vietnam, race relations, feminism, the environment, fashion, music, television, and film.
13) The Suez Canal
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomson/Gale
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.4 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Explores the reason for and construction of the Suez Canal and the benefits of such a feat.
14) Forensics
Author
Series
Publisher
KidHaven Press
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Examines the science of gathering evidence to catch and prosecute criminals.
17) Homeless teens
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
1999
Description
Discusses the numbers of homeless teenagers, their situation and behavior, and looks at the lives of four of them.
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackbirch Press/Thomson/Gale
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This book profiles prominent seventeenth- and eighteenth-century intellectuals--including scientists, philosophers, mathematicians and others--who, during the period known as the Enlightenment, emphasized the use of reason in their pursuit of truth.
19) Scouts
Author
Publisher
Rourke Publications
Pub. Date
1990
Description
Describes the activities of the scouts who guided soldiers and new travelers through the western frontier in the nineteenth century.
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackbirch Press/Thomson/Gale
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This book profiles people at the center of the French Revolution, such as Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Jacques Necker, Emmanuel Sieyes, Bernard de Launay, Marquis de Lafayette, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Maximilien Robespierre, Napoleon Bonaparte, and many other people.