Ellen Levine
2) In trouble
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1950s New York, sixteen-year-old Jamie's life is unsettled since her father returned from serving time in prison for refusing to name people as Communists, when her best friend turns to Jamie for help with an unplanned pregnancy.
Author
Publisher
Walker Childrens
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A baby sea otter, separated from his mother by a storm, is rescued by a human who takes him to the Monterey Bay Aquarium to recover and learn how to take care of himself.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
172 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In his 1845 diary, thirteen-year-old orphan Jedediah describes his wagon train journey to Oregon, in which he confronts rivers and sandy plains, bears and rattlesnakes, and the challenges of living with his fellow travelers. Includes historical notes.
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
xii, 167 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Southern blacks who were young and involved in the civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s describe their experiences.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
224 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses author and marine biologist Rachel Carson's efforts to protect the environment, from her childhood nature outings through the impact of her 1962 book, "Silent Spring."
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
80 p. : col. ill. ; 20 x 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes, in question and answer format, the great migration of immigrants to New York's Ellis Island, from the 1880s to 1914. Features quotes from children and adults who passed through the station.
13) I hate English!
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
c1989
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When her family moves to New York from Hong Kong, Mei Mei finds it difficult to adjust to school and learn the alien sounds of English.
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 69 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
March on!: Martin Luther King Jr.'s sister recalls the day she heard him deliver his "I have a dream" speech. Martin's big words: Introduces the ideas and accomplishments of Martin Luther King Jr. using some of his own words. Rosa: Recounts how Rosa Parks set the events of the civil rights movement in motion by refusing to give up her seat on an Alabama city bus. Henry's freedom box: A fictionalized story about a young slave who mails himself to freedom....