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1) World War I
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
4) War horse
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
Joey the horse recalls his experiences growing up on an English farm, his struggle for survival as a cavalry horse during World War I, and his reunion with his beloved master.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A one hundredth anniversary tribute introduces World War I's key events, major battles, and most prominent players, incorporating informative photography, maps, and an interactive glossary.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
Describes how, at Christmas, 1914, during World War I, in defiance of their officers' orders, a truce was declared by soldiers on opposing sides, who stopped fighting to engage in a spontaneous Christmas celebration with their "enemies."
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Running with friends who entertain themselves by coming up with risky dares, Patryk watches as their village is occupied by hostile nations throughout the Great War, before his friends begin looting the dead soldiers as part of their competition.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Documents the heroic wartime achievements of a World War I mascot who was adopted by a soldier as an orphaned pup and who gained military honors and a display in the Smithsonian Institution for his brave service behind enemy lines.
14) Secret soldiers
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
In 1917, Thomas, a thirteen-year-old coal miner seeking his missing brother, James, joins the Claykickers, who tunnel beneath the battlefields of the Western Front as they learn to be men.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Description
In early twentieth-century England, Clarry Penrose longs for an education and life of her own, but it is not until her beloved cousin, Rupert, is declared missing during World War I that she can take her chance.
18) In Darkling Wood
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When Alice goes to stay with her grandmother she discovers the magical Darkling Wood, where she meets a strange friend and discovers letters written between a brother and sister during WWI.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"An imagining of the real journey undertaken by the extraordinary bear, from her early days in the Canadian forest to her travels with the Veterinary Corps across the country and overseas, all the way to the London Zoo, where she met Christopher Robin Milne and inspired the creation of Winnie-the-Pooh"-- Provided by publisher.
20) Captain
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Description
Billy, the youngest soldier in his platoon, is afraid when he learns that the platoon is sailing to Gallipoli, but aboard ship he meets a young stowaway, Captain, and his donkey and together they teach Billy about bravery and loyalty.
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