On my own books
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Keep the lights burning, Abbie
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The war of 1812 is raging, and from the lighthouse where their father works, Rebecca Bates and her sister Abigail can see a British ship coming. But the American troops are nowhere near! Rebecca and Abigail go the rescue--to become an American army of two--in this adventure-filled tale based on the true story of two young women who turned the tables on the mighty British army.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Eight-year-old Andrew is starting his first day of work in a coal mine. With bloody knuckles and an aching back, Andrew quickly learns that life in the mines is dirty, dark, and difficult. Before his first day at the breaker is through, he will find out that it can be dangerous too.
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Stradivari's singing violin
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Helga and Erik could not believe their eyes. There were grasshoppers everywhere, and they were eating the crops! In the 1870's, when grasshoppers destroyed farms in Minnesota and other Midwestern states, many families gave up and moved away. This is the story of how two Swedish immigrant children help their parents save their home on the prairie.
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Lost at the White House: a 1909 Easter story
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Arly's friend Floyd Collins is trapped by falling rocks in Sand Cave, Arly rushes to help. Arly runs errands for the workers, but he feels that he should be doing more. It is a race against time, so Arly decides to try to make his way through the collapsed cave to help his friend--but he ends up in danger himself.