Nathan Hale
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In graphic novel format, Revolutionary War spy Nathan Hale tells a hangman and British officer the story of the Donner Party, a doomed wagon train traveling from Illinois to California in 1846.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Nathan Hale, the author's historical namesake, was America's first spy, a Revolutionary War hero who famously said "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" before being hanged by the British. In the Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales series, author Nathan Hale channels his namesake to present history's roughest, toughest, and craziest stories in the graphic novel format.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, officially bringing the United States into World War II. A new generation of pilots were recruited to fly bombing missions for the United States, and from that group, volunteers were requested for a dangerous secret assignment. For the first time in American history, Army bombers would be launched from an aircraft carrier. Once at sea, they were told their mission was a retaliation strike against...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Yippee! We're going back to World War One!" said nobody ever--except maybe the Hangman. When the Great War began in 1914, America had plans to stay out of it. But some young men were so eager to fight, they joined the French Foreign Legion. From deep in the mud and blood of the Western Front, these young volunteers looked to the sky and saw the future--the airplane. Nathan Hale's hazardous tales series, 128pp.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Determined to become Internet stars, two prehistoric creatures -- Trilobite and Amber, a walking whale -- face off against a host of creatures vying for fame and fortune, using their newfound skills to take the online world by storm.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Presents, in graphic novel format, the story of Korean War correspondent Marguerite Higgins, who risked her life in dangerous situations to provide eyewitness accounts of many of the major events of the war.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, officially bringing the United States into World War II. A new generation of pilots were recruited to fly bombing missions for the United States, and from that group, volunteers were requested for a dangerous secret assignment. For the first time in American history, Army bombers would be launched from an aircraft carrier. Once at sea, they were told their mission was a retaliation strike against...
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"From Nathan Hale, #1 New York Times bestselling author and Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List maker, comes the definitive graphic novel about the Alamo.
Hale relays the facts, politics, military actions, and prominent personalities that defined the Texas Revolution in factual yet humorous scenes that will capture the attention of reluctant readers and fans of history alike.
In the early 1800s, Texas was a wild and dangerous...
Hale relays the facts, politics, military actions, and prominent personalities that defined the Texas Revolution in factual yet humorous scenes that will capture the attention of reluctant readers and fans of history alike.
In the early 1800s, Texas was a wild and dangerous...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Rapunzel is raised in a grand villa surrounded by towering walls. Rapunzel dreams of a different mother than Gothel, the woman she calls Mother. She climbs over the wall and finds out the truth. Her real mother, Kate, is a slave in Gothel's gold mine. Inthis Old West retelling, Rapunzel uses her hair as a lasso and to take on outlaws--including Gothel.
12) Calamity Jack
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this graphic novel interpretation of "Jack and the Beanstalk," Jack is a born schemer who climbs a magical beanstalk in the hope of exacting justice from a mean giant and gaining a fortune for his widowed mother, aided by some friends.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
370L
Language
English
Description
Araminta Ross was born a slave in Delaware in the early 19th century. Slavery meant that her family could be ripped apart at any time, and that she could be put to work in dangerous places and for abusive people. But north of the Mason-Dixon line, slaverywas illegal. If she could run away and make it north without being caught or killed, she'd be free. Facing enormous danger, Araminta made it, and once free, she changed her name to Harriet Tubman....
14) Alamo all-stars
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Shares the Lone Star State's bloody fight for independence from the Mexican government and features the exploits of historical legends, Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"World War I set the tone for the 20th century and introduced a new type of warfare: global, mechanical, and brutal. Nathan Hale has gathered some of the most fascinating true-life tales from the war and given them his inimitable Hazardous Tales twist. Easy to understand, funny, informative, and lively, this series is the best way to be introduced to some of the most well-known battles (and little-known secrets) of the infamous war"--
"World War...
16) Animal house
Author
Publisher
Distributed to the trade by Macmillan
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Jeremy's teacher tells him he belongs in a zoo, but when she pays a home visit she learns how close that is to the truth as she sees the floormingos, a refrigergator, armapillows, and other living things that make up his house.