Martin W Sandler
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
1270L
Language
English
Description
Traces the 1897 survival tale of hundreds of sailors whose whaling ships were trapped in Arctic ice off the coast of Alaska by unexpected storms, in an account that chronicles the efforts of three rescuers dispatched by President McKinley.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Some of the most important issues of our time were no less important 100 years ago. America in 1919, at the close of World War I, was shaken from the events of large-scale warfare, fearing a Communist takeover, and facing an incredible amount of social and political change. From Prohibition to women's suffrage, the labor strikes to the violence of the Red Summer and the Red Scare, this book explores each major movement of 1919. Showing how these...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1200L
Language
English
Description
"A nation in need of hope, the most powerful rocket ever launched, and the first three men to break the bounds of Earth: Apollo 8 was headed to the moon. In 1957, when the USSR launched Sputnik I, the first man-made satellite to orbit Earth, America's rival in the Cold War claimed victory on a new frontier. The Space Race had begun, and the United States was losing. Closer to home, a decade of turbulence would soon have Americans reeling, with the...
Author
Publisher
H. Holt and Co
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Did you know that vaqueros invented ... The rodeo? The cowboy hat? Chaps? And many lasso tosses? Almost everything we associate with cowboys-- how they rode, roped, dressed, and lived -- began with vaqueros. These Spanish-speaking cowmen developed their skills on ranches throughout Mexico and the Southwest, even in Hawaii, but they have disappeared from history. Martin Sandler, author of the popular book Cowboys, highlights vaquero clothing and vocabulary...
6) Cowboys
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
1994.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Description
Presents, in text and illustrations, an overview of the life and legend of the American cowboy.
7) Civil War
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1140L
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Nonfiction
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Relates the story of immigration to America through the voices and stories of those who passed through Ellis Island, from its opening in 1892 to the release of the last detainee in 1954.
10) Iron rails, iron men, and the race to link the nation: the story of the transcontinental railroad
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
NC 1230L
Language
English
Description
"Experience the race of rails to link the country--and meet the men behind this incredible feat--in a riveting story about the building of the transcontinental railroad, brought to life with archival photos"--Publisher's website.
12) Inventors
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1290L
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1270L
Language
English
Description
Describes what happened when a slave ship that was captured by pirates in 1717, packed with plunder, was sunk by a brutal storm, and the expedition to locate the wreck and what was uncovered.
17) Pioneers
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[1994]
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
Description
An overview, in text and illustrations, of the pioneer experience in the American West, from the first settlers through the development of towns.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1210L
Language
English
Description
Contains photographs and essays that highlight the careers of twelve American photographers whose work has influenced the course of history, including Matthew Brady, William Henry Jackson, Edward S. Curtis, and Dorothea Lange.