Martin W Sandler
21) Presidents
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
22) Secret subway
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
NC 1260L
Language
English
Description
In 1869, Alfred Beach wanted to build America's first air-powered railway below New York City, but Boss Tweed, powerful politician and notorious crook, opposed. Working under night cover, Beach and his crew carved a three-hundred-foot tunnel beneath a department store. Before long, the project was discovered and the public raved about its potential. But no further tunnels were ever built. What happened to Beach's railway, and where is it now?
23) Immigrants
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Description
Photographs, illustrations, and text show what it was like for people to leave their homes and immigrate to the United States.
24) Kennedy through the lens: how photography and television revealed and shaped an extraordinary leader
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1230L
Language
English
Description
Provides insight into how John F. Kennedy used the new medium of television and the advances in color photography to further his ambitious agenda, providing an intimate portrait of a great American leader.
Author
Publisher
Astra Young Readers, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Shipwrecked! is an adventure-filled nonfiction book for young readers about the most captivating shipwrecks from history. Combining new research, stunning archival material, and vivid storytelling, Shipwrecked! dives deep into the world of marine archaeology and shows young readers what each discovery reveals about the world before our time"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
"Who fired the first shots in the American Civil War? Where were the fiercest battles fought? How did Lincoln free millions of slaves with one document? Acclaimed author Martin Sandler answers all these and other "must-know" questions about the war that pitted brother against brother and tore the United States apart"--
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Photographs capture the horrific conditions of this national disaster, the struggles of the people who stayed to save their land, and the sorrows of those who were forced to move as a result of this catastrophe.