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Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes adventures and disasters in the lives of people who rushed to the gold mines of California in 1848 and explains how this event sparked the state's development.
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the expedition led by Lewis and Clark to explore the unknown western regions of America at the beginning of the nineteenth century, describing its mishaps, adventures, and impact on western expansion.
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introductory history of the Oregon Trail and its significance in opening the west to settlers, including information on the people who opened the Trail, their reasons for going west, modes of transportation, and a description of a typical day on t
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces the European immigrants who came to North America as explorers and settlers, their interactions with native people, and the wars that ultimately led to their independence.
12) Williamsburg
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes Williamsburg and explains the role it played in the history of the United States.
14) The dust bowl
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the 1930s disaster and the hardships that farmers and their families faced during that time.
16) The Korean War
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines a war that lasted for more than three years and lead to the deaths of countless people.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In China, an entire generation's most formative years took place in remote rural areas when city kids were sent to the countryside to become rusticated youth and partake in Mao's mandated Great Leap Forward. In an inspiring tale, Emei Burrell shares her mother's true experience during the Down to the Countryside Movement of the early 1970s, which sought to increase agricultural outreach and spur social and ideological change amongst youth. Burell's...
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