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1) Castle
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Looks behind fortress walls to explore how they were built to house hundreds of people and animals, the important rooms, the people who lived in them, and what castle life was like.
3) Knights
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
©2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents a look at the culture and times of knights, along with details about weapons, missions, and the skills a successful knight needed.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
©2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Learn how the European Renaissance came to be! See those most notably involved in this fascinating era. Take a look inside a typical Renaissance home. Follow along as great strides were made in trade, exploration, religion, architecture, and the arts.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
From her home in Lidice, Czechoslovakia, in 1942, eleven-year-old Milada is taken with other blond, blue-eyed children to a school in Poland to be trained as "proper Germans" for adoption by German families, but all the while she remembers her true name and history.
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
©2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explores life during the Middle Ages; describes the features found in castles, including murder holes, gatehouses, and moats; and discusses the numerous smells the inhabitants encountered.
Have you ever dreamed of living in a castle? Imagine a moat filled with poop and an army of invaders holding you under siege. Life in the Middle Ages was no fairy tale! Charge back in time to find out what real life was like in the castles of the Middle Ages.
Author
Series
The youngest Templar volume 3
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
©2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Young Squire Tristan, Robard, Maryam and Angel make one last desperate push to deliver the Holy Grail to safety in 1191 Scotland, but the way is full of danger as new enemies are met and Sir Hugh attempts to thwart them at every turn.
10) Barbarians!
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
©2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Kroll introduces four notable groups referred to by their enemies as barbarians: the Goths, the Huns, the Vikings, and the Mongols. In each case, he looks at the lives of common people within the group, their religious beliefs, their leaders, their history, and the results of their attacks on other civilizations"--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
On holiday with Hazel's father, Daisy and Hazel secretly investigate a murder on the Orient Express, rushing to solve it before another murder occurs, or someone else finds the killer.
13) Belgium
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
""Engaging images accompany information about Belgium. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--Provided by publisher"--
14) Words on fire
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
In 1893 twelve-year-old Audra lives on a farm in Lithuania, and tries to avoid the Cossack soldiers who enforce the Russian decrees that ban Lithuanian books, religion, culture, and even the language; but when the soldiers invade the farm Audra is the only one who escapes and, unsure of what has happened to her parents, she embarks on a dangerous journey, carrying the smuggled Lithuanian books that fuel the growing resistance movement, unsure of who...
15) Germany
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about Germany. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
16) Susan
Author
Series
Dog diaries volume 12
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Susan--the corgi presented to Princess Elizabeth on her eighteenth birthday--reveals secrets of life in Buckingham Palace"--
17) Switzerland
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about Switzerland. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
18) The abominables
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
A century after a yeti captures Lady Agatha Farlingham and takes her to a hidden valley to raise his motherless children, tourism threatens their peaceful existence and young Con and Ellen take these educated and civilized yetis across Europe to Lady Agatha's home in England.
19) Illegal
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Ebo is alone. His brother, Kwame, has disappeared, and Ebo knows it can only be to attempt the hazardous journey to Europe, and a better life, the same journey their sister set out on months ago. But Ebo refuses to be left behind in Ghana. He sets out after Kwame and joins him on the quest to reach Europe. Ebo's epic journey takes him across the Sahara Desert to the dangerous streets of Tripoli, and finally out to the merciless sea. But with every...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Immigrant groups were not treated equally when they arrived in America. Some were loved and welcomed. Others were hated and cast aside. Connect to these immigrant experiences from three unique perspectives and discover how those experiences changed the United States"--Page 4 of cover.
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