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1) You wouldn't want to be a nurse during the American Civil War!: a job that's not for the squeamish
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A study of nursing care during the Civil War, the prlblems with caring for the sick and the injured, and the medical advances that have been make after the war.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"In this tender, beautiful letter to his daughters, President Barack Obama has written a moving tribute to thirteen groundbreaking Americans and the ideals that have shaped our nation. From the artistry of Georgia O'Keeffe, to the courage of Jackie Robinson, to the patriotism of George Washington, President Obama sees the traits of these heroes within his own children, and within all of America's children"--Book jacket.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"A picture book in verse that threads together past and present to explore the legacy of slavery during a classroom lesson"--
From the fireside tales in an African village, through the unspeakable passage across the Atlantic, to the backbreaking work in the fields of the South, this is a story of a people's struggle and strength, horror and hope. This is the story of American slavery, a story that needs to be told and understood by all of us. A testament...
Author
Series
The King Legacy volume Book 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Presents illustrations and the text of the speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on August 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, in which he described his visionary dream of equality and brotherhood for humankind.
12) Women inventors
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
1996
Description
Each volume presents brief accounts of five women and their inventions, including Sybilla Masters, Madam C. J. Walker, Mary Anderson, and Nancy Perkins.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Description
It was only when Nike founder Phil Knight got cut from the baseball team as a high school freshman that his mother suggested he try out for track instead. Knight made the track team and he found he could run fast and even more he liked it. Ten years later, young and searching, Knight borrowed fifty dollars from his father and launched a company with one simple mission: import high quality running shoes from Japan. Selling the shoes from the trunk...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2015].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Every October, millions of baseball fans around the country anxiously wait to see which team wins baseball's biggest championship. But the original games of the 1900s hardly look like they do today. Take a look back over one hundred years and discover the history of baseball's greatest series. With triumphs, heartbreak, and superstitious curses, this action-packed book brings America's Pastime to life.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 4
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Description
Recounts the 1947 government investigation into the motion picture industry by the House Un-American Activities Committee.
1947: "A Cold War is brewing between communist Soviet Union and the United States. Tensions between the two countries are at an all-time high. In America, people begin to see communist threats everywhere, and the U.S. government forms a committee to investigate those threats. Even Hollywood comes under the microscope. Acclaimed...
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