Suzanne J Murdico
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Description
An overview of the skateboard-based sports explains that street luge is a downhill race where the skateboarder lies down on the board to increase speed and that dirt boarding is the equivelent of snowboarding without the snow.
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Central, Rosen Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Examines the life and leadership skills of Osama bin Laden, whose terrorist network, al-Qaeda, is believed to be responsible for terrorist attacks on people and buildings around the world.
Author
Series
Publisher
High Interest Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines the history of coyote attacks on humans and reasons for attacks including loss of habitat. Also looks at coyotes in their natural environment and the future existence of coyotes.
10) Monica Seles
Author
Series
Publisher
Raintree Steck-Vaughn
Pub. Date
c1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
A biography of the tennis star known for her two-handed grip who beat the odds after being stabbed in the back at the 1993 Citizen Cup tournament in Hamburg, Germany.
11) The Gulf War
Author
Publisher
Rosen Pub. Group
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Examines events surrounding the 1991 war between Iraq and a worldwide coalition of forces, plus biographical notes on important figures and a look at the effects of this war.