Deborah Hopkinson
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 7
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On April 15, 1912, the magnificent ocean liner the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and sank beneath the icy North Atlantic seas. Hopkinson weaves together archival photographs and the voices of real Titanic survivors and witnesses to the disaster to bring the horrors of that terrible night to life. There's nine-year-old Frankie Goldsmith; Violet Jessop, a young stewardess; Archibald Gracie, a well-to-do gentleman; Charlotte Collyer, a young mother on...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 9
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"The WWII invasion of Allied troops into German-occupied Europe, known as D-Day, was the largest military endeavor in history. By the time it occurred on June 6, 1944, Hitler and the Axis powers had a chokehold grip on the European continent, which the Allies called "Fortress Europe." Behind enemy lines, Nazi Germany was engaged in the mass extermination of the Jewish people and the oppression of civilians across Europe. The goal of D-Day was no less...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 8
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"Ruth David was growing up in a small village in Germany when Adolf Hitler rose to power in the 1930s. Under the Nazi Party, Jewish families like Ruth's experienced rising anti-Semitic restrictions and attacks. Just going to school became dangerous. By November 1938, anti-Semitism erupted into Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, and unleashed a wave of violence and forced arrests. Days later, desperate volunteers sprang into action to organize...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 9
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"As World War II raged, millions of young Jewish people were caught up in the horrors of the Nazis' Final Solution. Many readers know of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi state's genocidal campaign against European Jews and others of so-called "inferior" races. Yet so many of the individual stories remain buried in time. Of those who endured the Holocaust, some were caught by the Nazis and sent to concentration camps, some hid right under Hitler's nose, some...
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Adventures of Trim volume 3
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Trim looks for a way to help his crewmates without much success, but when he discovers a big problem on the ship, it is all hands on deck.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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John Adams didn't enjoy traveling. He much preferred to stay home with his wife and children. But John Adams also had a dream: He wanted to see the thirteen colonies free from English rule. He wanted to see the creation of a new country -- the United States of America. John Adams did whatever was needed to make his dream come true.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 9
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Critically acclaimed Sibert Honor author Deborah Hopkinson brings to bold life the remarkable story of the Danish resistance and rescue of over 7,000 Jews during WWII.
When the Nazis invaded Denmark the morning of Tuesday, April 9, 1940, the people of this tiny country to the north of Germany awoke to a devastating surprise. The government of Denmark surrendered quietly, and the Danes were ordered to go about their daily lives as if nothing had changed....
13) Trim helps out
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Adventures of Trim volume 2
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On his first morning at sea, ship's cat Trim looks for ways to help out, and makes a new friend along the way.
14) Trim sets sail
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Adventures of Trim volume 1
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When Trim gets off to a bumpy start as ship's cat, new friends, human and animal, help him settle in.
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Adventures of Trim volume 4
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As Trim the cat's first storm starts to rage, his fellow shipmates teach him how to prepare the ship.
20) Annie and Helen
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes the relationship between Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan, and includes excerpts from letters written by Annie about her work with Helen.