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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Anyone can learn computer science, even at the elementary school level. This book delves into the essential computer science concept of problem decomposition using age-appropriate language and colorful illustrations. A meaningful storyline is paired with an accessible curricular topic to engage and excite readers. This book introduces readers to a relatable character and familiar situation, which demonstrates how problem decomposition is used in everyday...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A gorgeously illustrated story about a family of Egyptian embalmers that will enthrall kids with its mummy-making details and brilliantly painted pages.
From artist and Egypt specialist Tamara Bower comes her third, gorgeous book about Ancient Egypt. Using the classic style of Egyptian art, the book is painstakingly accurate in facts and illustrative style. Artifacts, funerary customs, kid-loving gory details of the mummification process, hieroglyphs,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
What better way to learn about the people of the Stone Age than through the story of a Stone Age family, trying out new discoveries? This graphic novel takes readers back in time in a fun and unique way. The book has three chapters that cover humanity's major discoveries of the time: the discovery of fire, cave paintings, and the wheel. Entertaining characters answer questions readers may have about life during the Stone Age and how each discovery...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ancient Greek studies are all about philosophers, incredible artworks, and the gods and goddesses. But there were regular families living there too! In this entertaining graphic novel, an ancient Greek family lives through some of the most important discoveries of the time: democracy, the crane, and cartography. Told through three chapters and including an appendix of historical context, the main content gives readers a new, fun perspective of ancient...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Much of the story of ancient Egypt is told about royalty. Many kids know about pharaohs like Cleopatra and the amazing pyramids that were built during this time period-but what about the regular people? This graphic novel brings that perspective into focus as a family living in ancient Egypt are part of the major innovations of the time: the pyramids, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, and the use of papyrus and hieroglyphics. Illustrations pair with understandable...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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No one in the bustling city of Pompeii worries when the ground trembles beneath their feet. The beast under the mountain Vesuvius, high above the city, wakes up angry sometimes -and always goes back to sleep.
But Marcus is afraid. He knows something is terribly wrong - and his father, who trusts science more than mythical beasts, agrees. When Vesuvius explodes into a cloud of fiery ash and rocks fall from the sky like rain, will they have time to...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Fix the past. Save the future.
What is the secret history connecting the SQ to the Ancient Maya?Book includes an all-new, full-color Hystorian's Guide - your key to unlocking the fourth episode of the action-packed Infinity Ring game. Praise for INFINITY RING #1: A MUTINY IN TIME:"Tight plotting, snappy dialogue . . . the story moves at a breathless pace." - Rick Riordan, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW"A successful mix of action, adventure,...
8) Most Wanted
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
While making his daily deliveries, a baker's son suddenly finds himself holding a stallion's golden lead. Soon the boy discovers that this isn't just any horse, it's the most powerful creature in all of Rome. What will the mad emperor do if he finds the boy with his prized horse? Cut off his head? Or worse?
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Series
Infinity ring volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
James Dashner returns to the New York Times bestselling series!
They've sailed on the Santa Maria, defended famous cities from Vikings and Mongols, and come face-to-face with some of the greatest figures in history. Now, at long last, Dak, Sera, and Riq travel back in time to the moment it all began. Their mission: to save the life of young Alexander the Great. But they are not the only time travelers in ancient Greece. An epic battle against their...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
A New York Times bestselling novel, the first in an epic Egyptian adventure series from the team that brought you The 39 Clues and Spirit Animals!
Nothing can save Alex Sennefer's life. That's what all the doctors say, but his mother knows it's not true. She knows that the Lost Spells of the Egyptian Book of the Dead can crack open a door to the afterlife and pull her son back from the brink. But when she uses the spells, five evil ancients--the...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Horace J. Edwards is an ordinary boy whose family has just moved to Niles, Michigan. But on the first day of sixth grade, mysterious things start to happen. His grandfather dies and Horace receives a strange gift--a stone scarab beetle. As he works to uncover the secrets surrounding his grandfather's death and the beetle, Horace is transported back in time to the ancient Egyptian city of Amarna. He meets the future pharaoh, young King...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Horace j. Edwards is an ordinary boy whose family has just moved to Niles, Michigan. But on the first day of sixth grade, mysterious things start to happen. His grandfather dies and Horace receives a strange gift--a stone scarab beetle. As he works to uncover the secrets surrounding his grandfather's death and the beetle, Horace is transported back in time to the ancient Egyptian city of Amarna. He meets the future pharaoh, young King...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Prince Alexos, the long-awaited champion of the goddess Athene, follows the course of his destiny through war and loss and a deadly confrontation with his enemy to its end: shipwreck on a magical, fog-shrouded island. There he meets the unforgettable Aria and faces the greatest challenge of his life. Based loosely on Shakespeare's The Tempest.
14) Valley of kings
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Series
TombQuest volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Journeying to the Valley of Kings, Alex and Ren prepare to combat powerful Death Walkers that are causing trouble throughout the world.
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Series
TombQuest volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-olds Alex and Renata are on the run from the Order, which is on the brink of creating an army of indestructible stone warriors to carry out their evil schemes, and only the Lost Spells which his mother used to bring Alex back to life can stop them--and undoing the powerful magic that created the chaos that is now loose in Egypt might very well kill him.
16) Amulet keepers
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Series
TombQuest volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Investigating a string of disappearances amid supernatural occurrences in London, Alex and Ren discover the workings of a powerful Death Walker intent on destroying the city.
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Series
Flashback Four volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Sent back in time to 79 AD, on a mission to photograph the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the Flashback Four race to get their picture.
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TombQuest volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Alex and Ren must confront the Death Walkers, The Order, and an army of the dead in an attempt to save themselves, Alex's mother, and the world--and hope that Ammit, the Devourer of Egyptian legend, will be able to separate the guilty from the innocent.
19) The Ugly One
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
I had always been ugly, as far back as I could remember.
Micay has a deep scar that runs like a river from her right eye to her lip. The boys in her Incan village bully her because of it, and most of the adults ignore her. So she keeps to herself and tries to hide the scar with her long hair, drawing comfort from her family and her faith in the Sun God, Inti. Then a stranger traveling from his jungle homeland to the Sacred Sun City at Machu Picchu...
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