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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In early 1836, trouble broke out in Texas. Texas was part of Mexico, yet many of its settlers wanted to fight for independence. Mexican General Santa Anna and his army came to battle the Texans in San Antonio at the Alamo. Eight-year-old Enrique Esparza witnessed the battle. His father was a soldier with the Texas army. The whole Esparza family had taken shelter at the Alamo, but they knew it might be dangerous. Would they survive? In the back of...
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Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Tells the story of fifteen-year-old John Greenwood as he joins the American army during the American Revolution and journeys to fight in the Battle of Bunker Hill. Includes a script for a reader's theatre based on this story, a glossary, and further reading sources.
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Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Across fields, over fences, and through dark forests Zip alongside two cartoon flies as they follow Harriet Tubman's daring escape from slavery and provide equal measure of facts and fun while telling the story of this heroic moment in American history.
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Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"During the Great Migration, a large number of Black Americans relocated when faced with segregation and poor economic conditions. While the places they moved to weren't free from racism, they fought for a better future"--