Albert Marrin

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1) Years of dust: the story of the Dust Bowl

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IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 4

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1040L

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The causes and results of the Dust Bowl and how the lessons learned are still used today.

2) Commander in Chief Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War

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Dutton Children's Books

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IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 12

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Brings Lincoln to life by placing him in the context of his own personal background and the larger circumstances of the country's greatest conflict.

3) Flesh & blood so cheap: the Triangle fire and its legacy

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Alfred A. Knopf

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IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 6

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Provides a detailed account of the disastrous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City, which claimed the lives of 146 garment workers in 1911, and examines the impact of this event on the nation's working conditions and labor laws.

4) Sitting Bull and his world

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Dutton Children's Books

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IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 13

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Discusses the life of the Hunkpapa chief who is remembered for his defeat of General Custer at Little Big Horn.

5) Terror of the Spanish Main: Sir Henry Morgan and his buccaneers

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Dutton Children's Books

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IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 9

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An account of the life and times of the English buccaneer Henry Morgan from his birth in Wales through his daring exploits in the Spanish Main to his later years in Jamaica.

6) George Washington and the founding of a nation

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Dutton Children's Books

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IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 14

7) A volcano beneath the snow: John Brown's war against slavery

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Alfred A. Knopf

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG+ - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 12