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(0)Suzanne Jurmain
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were good friends with very different personalities. But their differing views on how to run the newly created United States turned them into the worst of friends. They each became leaders of opposing political parties, and their rivalry followed them to the White House. This is the story of two of America's most well-known presidents and how they learned to put their political differences aside for the sake of friendship....
Author
Publisher
Yellow Jacket, an imprint of Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"In February 1861 newly elected President Abraham Lincoln set out on a triumphant 2,000 mile cross-country railroad trip that would take him to his inauguration in Washington, D.C. At the same time, a band of fanatic southern Confederate sympathizers decided to stop Lincoln from reaching Washington and taking office. Furious because the new president's desire to end slavery threatened their way of life, they devised a secret plan: Lincoln would be...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
They threw rocks and rotten eggs at the school windows. Villagers refused to sell Miss Crandall groceries or let her students attend the town church. Her schoolhouse was set on fire -- by whom and how remains a mystery. The town authorities dragged her to jail and put her on trial for breaking the law. Her crime? Trying to teach African American girls geography, history, reading, philosophy, and chemistry. Trying to open and maintain one of the first...