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Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
From Robin Sloan, author of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, the story of Mr. Penumbra's first trip to San Francisco-and of how he got entangled with the city's most unusual always-open enterprise...
It is August 1969. The Summer of Love is a fading memory. The streets of San Francisco pulse to the sounds of Led Zeppelin and Marvin Gaye. And of jackhammers: A futuristic pyramid of a skyscraper is rising a few blocks from City Lights bookstore and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 840L
Language
English
Description
Follow astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin throughout one of the most exciting and impressive days in history! This graphic nonfiction book tells the story of this glorious day.
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 740L
Language
English
Description
November 22, 1963 began as a good day for President John F. Kennedy. From the time he got off the plane at Love Field, he was pleasantly surprised to see thousands of admirers who awaited the arrival of Air Force One at Love. As the motorcade traveled from Love Field into the city, people lined the street to catch a glimpse of the popular president and his beautiful and stylish wife. However, a national tragedy would unfold within an hour. This graphic...
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 840L
Language
English
Description
The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., a brilliant speaker and one of the key leaders of the civil rights movement, was in Memphis to speak. On the night of April 3, 1968, he delivered one of his most oft-quoted speeches to a packed church. The next evening, he and some of his closest confidants were leaving their motel room to meet some colleagues for dinner. Something horrible was about to unfold. This graphic nonfiction book tells the story of one...
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 880L
Language
English
Description
President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously called December 7, 1941 "a date which will live in infamy." Follow the soldiers and politicians, both in the US and Japan, through the course of this awful day which marked the United States' entrance into World War II. This graphic nonfiction book tells the story of this fateful day.
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 880L
Language
English
Description
Prior to D-Day, Nazi Germany had control over most of Europe. On June 6, 1941, a massive scale, multi-country invasion of the beaches of Normandy France took place. Although it was very well-planned, and marked the beginning of the end of the war in Europe, many thousands of Allied forces died that day. This graphic nonfiction book tells the story of D-Day.
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