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(0)William Durbin
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Language
English
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Acclaimed author William Durbin's exciting JOURNAL OF SEAN SULLIVAN is back with a dynamic repackaging!
It's August 1867 and Sean has just arrived from Chicago, planning to work with his father on the Intercontinental Railroad. Sean must start at the bottom, as a water carrier, toting barrels of it to the thirsty men who are doing the backbreaking work on the line. At night, everyone is usually too tired to do anything but sleep, yet Sundays are...
Author
Language
English
Description
Could you survive in a cave...for a whole year?
That's the challenge facing fourteen-year-old Stepan. Set in Ukraine during the final months of World War II, THE HIDDEN ROOM is based on the true story of a Jewish family who escapes from the Nazis by taking refuge in a remote cave. Stepan adjusts to the hardships of living underground and the dangers of night-time adventures outside the cave. Food is scarce. Darkness, bone-chilling cold, and the fear...
3) El lector
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bella always dreamed of being a lector, just like her Grandfather, who reads novels, political essays and union news to the workers in a cigar factory. However, circumstances force Bella to take a job at the cigar factory to help support her family instead of getting the education she needs to be a reader. Then, her Aunt Lola is arrested with other workers after a union meeting, and radios begin to replace the lectors in the factories, and Bella must...
5) Tiger Woods
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Examines the life and golf career of the young man who racked up numerous tournament victories and became celebrated in the media.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old C.J. records in a journal the conditions of the Dust Bowl that cause the Jackson family to leave their farm in Oklahoma and make the difficult journey to California, where they find a harsh life as migrant workers.
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In 1900, as a family of Finnish immigrants begins farming on the edge of a Minnesota lake, Matti works as a store clerk, teaches English, and works on the homestead, striving to get out of his older brother's shadow and earn their father's respect.
11) The Winter War
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When Russian troops invade Finland during the winter of 1939-40, Marko, a young polio victim determined to keep his homeland free, joins the Finnish Army as a messenger boy.