Yona Zeldis McDonough
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
©2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Who was John F. Kennedy? A skinny, sickly boy always in the shadow of his older brother? A WWII hero who saved his shipwrecked crewmen in the Pacific Ocean? The first Catholic president, and also the youngest man ever elected? All of the above! Find out more about the real John F. Kennedy in this illustrated biography!
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explores the life and work of the prolific eighteenth-century Austrian composer who began life as a child prodigy, composing music at the age of five, and died a pauper at age thirty-five.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Marcel loves riding his bicycle, and dreams of competing in the Tour de France, but it is 1942 and German soldiers are everywhere, stopping him as he delivers bread from his parents' bakery around Aucoin--then one day he discovers that it is not just bread he is delivering, and suddenly he finds himself in position of dangerous secrets about his parents and his new friend from Paris, Delphine.
4) Anne Frank
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of a Jewish girl who chronicled her day-to-day life in a diary as she hid in an attic in Nazi-occupied Holland for two years.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from--there were no trains or tracks, only "conductors" who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad," this book chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and what they sacrificed for freedom. With black-and-white illustrations throughout and a sixteen-page black-and-white photo insert, the Underground...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Louisa came from a family that was poor but freethinking, and she started teaching when she was only seventeen years old. But writing was her passion. This biography captures the life of a compassionate woman who left an indelible mark on literature for all ages.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"It is the end of May 1940, the British government has put out a call for fishing boats to help rescue the British soldiers trapped at Dunkerque and Aiden is the son of a fisherman with access to his father's dory--his parents forbid him to go, but Aiden has already lost one brother to the war, and his other brother is somewhere over there with the British Expeditionary Force; so despite his fear of the ocean, he and his best friend Sally set out...
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Meet one of America's earliest Jewish-American heroes. The 1930s were a time when "outsiders" were not welcome in Major League Baseball. Henry Benjamin Greenberg began as one of those outsiders, but went on to become one of baseball's greatest right-handed batters. Hammerin' Hank dominated baseball from 1933 to 1948 and was eventually inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. But Hank Greenberg was more than an amazing athlete. While Jews had been...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Almost 100 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, Sojourner Truth was mistreated by a streetcar conductor. She took him to court--and won! Before she was Sojourner Truth, she was known simply as Belle. Born a slave in New York sometime around 1797, she was later sold and separated from her family. Even after she escaped from slavery, she knew her work was not yet done. She changed her name and traveled, inspiring everyone she met...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Here is the story behind the ten laws that have been the guiding light of Judeo-Christian belief. Not just about Moses, whose origin story leaves open questions, this book looks back at the time when the commandments were written, how the belief in one all-powerful God set the Israelites apart from other ancient peoples, and the roles the Ten Commandments have played in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It also looks at what each individual commandment...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"More than 2,000 years ago, travelers wrote about the incredible sights they saw while on their journeys. They told tales of hanging gardens that were built for a Babylonian queen, and a colossal statue that guided ships through the harbor of Rhodes in Greece. These writers compiled a list of the very best of these sights that are now known as the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Author Yona Zeldis McDonough takes the readers on a trip to the Great...