Elliott Smith
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience!
The Civil War (1861–1865) was a pivotal time in US history. During the war, the nation was divided over the institution of slavery. While the Union, made up of Northern states, fought to end slavery in the US, the Confederacy, made up of Southern states, fought to keep slavery.
Many women, people of color, and people...
Author
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience!
The Revolutionary War is one of the most important events in US history, but many people's stories have gone untold. These people wrote about their beliefs, fought in battles, spied on their enemies, and more. Discover the remarkable people who lived during the Revolutionary War.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Among similar countries, the United States has a unique problem with gun violence. Gun-related deaths and injuries happen at high rates every year. Debates over how to reduce gun violence center around, defining Second Amendment rights, different ideas of freedom, and which reforms to enact. Learn how organizations and governments are working to stop gun violence; which laws, regulations, and technology could effect change; and how young activists...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience!
The US has seen an alarming rise in the numbers of people addicted to and overdosing on opioid drugs, including oxycodone, codeine, fentanyl, and heroin. Learn about history of the opioid crisis, the science behind addiction, and how people help those in danger.
Read Woke™ Books are created in partnership with Cicely Lewis,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In the spring and summer of 2020, several high-profile cases put a renewed spotlight on law enforcement's use of force in the United States, especially against Black people. Activist groups such as Black Lives Matter demanded accountability for police and justice for victims of police violence. Read about the history of police brutality in the US, the role of technology in police accountability, and community movements calling for changes to police...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In America, the amount of money people earn for doing the same job isn't always equal. The United States only recently made it illegal to pay men more than women for the same job, and the country's history of racism has created big wealth gaps between white and Black people that persist in the twenty-first century. Learn how income inequality originated, why it is a problem, and the ways people are fighting for an equal playing field.
Read Woke™...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Throughout history and into the modern day, people have moved from place to place to flee danger and seek out better lives. But, immigrants and refugees often meet harsh realities on their journeys. Learn about immigration and refugee resettlement within the United States and throughout the world. Follow both historical and recent large migrations, understand the challenges of life in a new country, and see how activists fight for immigrants' and...
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English
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience!
Racism and profit were driving forces in the growth of slavery. The transatlantic trade of enslaved people saw millions of kidnapped Africans sent around the world, many of them to the Americas. Even after the importation of enslaved people was banned in 1808, slavery did not end in the US. Read this book to learn about the...
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience!
The abolitionist movement fought to end slavery long before the Civil War.
Abolitionists campaigned for freedom for enslaved people. Abolitionists used print materials, passionate speeches, and direct action to disrupt the racist system of slavery. Learn about abolitionist leaders such as Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass,...
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience!
The Civil War began after eleven southern states seceded in order to keep slavery. Discover how enslaved people experienced the war, from serving on the front lines to glimpsing and winning freedom.
Read Woke™ Books are created in partnership with Cicely Lewis, the Read Woke librarian. Inspired by a belief that knowledge...
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English
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience!
With the freeing of four million enslaved people after the Civil War, the Reconstruction period brought new victories and challenges in the fight for Black rights. Learn more about this crucial period in US history.
Read Woke™ Books are created in partnership with Cicely Lewis, the Read Woke librarian. Inspired by a...
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English
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience!
Even after the institution of slavery became illegal, the legacy of slavery continued through injustices created by the Jim Crow laws. Learn more about these discriminatory laws that have shaped America's past and present.
Read Woke™ Books are created in partnership with Cicely Lewis, the Read Woke librarian. Inspired...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Bo and his friends are working on a community garden at school. But what if they can't agree on what to plant? See what they decide as Bo learns about the benefits of the garden.
"Read Woke books expands into fiction with the uplifting Bo at the Buzz early chapter-book series, starring a Black boy who lives above his grandfather's barbershop, the Buzz. In this title, an exciting announcement is made to Bo's class: their school is starting a community...
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Check out the fast sport of freeriding! Learn about freeriding, how it started, equipment needed, and safety measures taken for this extreme sport. Discover other motocross sports, and find out how athletes practice their skills and experience thrills in nature.
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The second book in the Nick's Adventures Series! Nick is creating a masterpiece. He is painting a picture of his favorite bird-the critically endangered Philippine eagle.But as he paints, he drifts off to sleep... Nick dreams he is in a wild rainforest, the home of the Philippine eagle, and he has a mission to accomplish. He soars into the air and scans the rainforest below. Can Nick accomplish his mission? And will he finish his masterpiece?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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The US government forced Japanese Americans to live in US incarceration camps during World War II (1939–1945). Through photographs from the past and present, discover how fear and racism led to the incarceration camps, what life in the camps was like, and what happened after Japanese Americans left the camps. Then learn about US incarceration camps' connection to modern issues and see how people are making sure this difficult time in history is...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Juneteenth is the celebration of the day enslaved people in Texas were told they were freed-two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Explore Juneteenth's little-told history, from the first Jubilee to the making of a national holiday.
Have you ever considered what's missing from history books? In Left Out of History, explore the misunderstood and underexamined past in this engaging series. Compelling photographs and primary...
19) Trae Young
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young is an up-and-coming basketball prodigy with elite offensive skills. Sports fans will love this action-packed book about one of basketball's newest stars.
20) Zion Williamson
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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After one breakout season playing college basketball at Duke, Zion Williamson was drafted into the NBA (National Basketball League) by the New Orleans Pelicans. Learn about one of the NBA's most notable rising stars.