Judith Bloom Fradin
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sacagawea was only sixteen when she made one of the most remarkable journeys in American history, traveling 4500 miles by foot, canoe, and horse-all while carrying a baby on her back! Without her, the Lewis and Clark expedition might have failed. Through this engaging book, kids will understand the reasons that today, 200 years later, she is still remembered and immortalized on a golden dollar coin.
3) Volcanoes
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
5) Rhode Island
Author
Series
Publisher
Childrens Press
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Ellen and William Craft were two of the few slaves to ever escape from the Deep South. Their first escape took them to Philadelphia, then on to Boston pursued by slave hunters, and finally 5000 miles across the ocean to England, where they were able to settle peacefully.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sacagawea was only sixteen when she made one of the most remarkable journeys in American history, traveling 4500 miles by foot, canoe, and horse-all while carrying a baby on her back! Without her, the Lewis and Clark expedition might have failed. Through this engaging book, kids will understand the reasons that today, 200 years later, she is still remembered and immortalized on a golden dollar coin.
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney Book Group
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
The true story behind the acclaimed movie 12 Years a Slave, this book is based on the life of Solomon Northup, a free black man from New York who was captured in the United States and sold into slavery in Louisiana.
Solomon Northup awoke in the middle of the night with his body trembling. Slowly, he realized that he was handcuffed in a dark room and his feet were chained to the floor. He managed to slip his hand into his pocket to look
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Born in a small town in rural Arkansas, Daisy Bates was a journalist and activist who became one of the foremost civil rights leaders in America. In 1957 she mentored the nine black students who were integrated into Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Author
Publisher
Walker Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Documents the efforts of an Ohio community to secure the freedom of escaped slave John Price, examining various aspects of Price's escape from Kentucky, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, and the heroic showdown.
13) Tsunamis
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2012
Language
Español
Formats
Description
On April 7, 1805, Sacagawea left Fort Mandan to begin the famous westward exhibition with Lewis and Clark. With over 100 black-and-white illustrations, Sacagawea's fascinating journey and life story comes to life in Spanish!
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Profiles the first black Washington, D.C. Board of Education member, who helped to found the NAACP and organized of pickets and boycotts that led to the 1953 Supreme Court decision to integrate D.C. area restaurants.
18) Hurricanes
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
19) Droughts
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
The true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man living in upstate New York, who was kidnapped in 1841 and spent 12 years as a slave on deadly Louisiana coastal plantations.
