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Author
Publisher
Childrens Press
Pub. Date
c1983
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the bloody battle known as "Custer's last stand," in which an army of Sioux Indians led by Sitting Bull fought off an attack by the United States cavalry, leaving no survivors among the soldiers in Custer's command.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When men find gold in the frozen North of Canada, they need dogs - big, strong dogs to pull the sledges on the long journeys to and from the gold mines. Buck is stolen from his home in the South and sold as a sledge-dog. He has to learn a new way of life - how to work in harness, how to stay alive in the ice and the snow and how to fight. Because when a dog falls down in a fight, he never gets up again.
Author
Language
English
Description
"George Sand was a 19th century French novelist known not only for her novels but even more for her scandalous behavior. After leaving her estranged husband, Sand moved to Paris where she wrote, wore men's clothing, smoked cigars, and had love affairs with famous men and an actress named Marie. In an era of incredible artistic talent, Sand was the most famous female writer of her time. Her lovers and friends included Frederic Chopin, Gustave Flaubert,...
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 11
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Jack and his seven-year-old sister, Annie, learn about the ocean, solve the mystery of its fabled sea monster, and gain compassion for their fellow creatures after joining a group of nineteenth-century explorers aboard the H.M.S. "Challenger.".
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1876, Lakota chief Crazy Horse helped lead his people's resistance against the white man's invasion of the northern Great Plains. One of the leaders of the US military forces was Army Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer. The men had long been enemies. At the height of the war, when tribalism had reached its peak, they crossed paths for the last time. In this action-packed double biography, S. D. Nelson draws fascinating parallels between Crazy Horse...
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