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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1120L
Language
English
Description
The adventures of a dog, stolen from his California ranch home, sold to traders, and trained to become a sled dog during the Alaska Gold Rush. He eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack and undertakes an incredible journey.
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Language
English
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Description
"Crane, the former president of the Royal Geographic Society, documents the remarkable expedition undertaken by a group of twelve European adventurer-scientists in the mid-eighteenth century. The team spent years in South America, scaling volcanoes and traversing jungles before they achieved their goal of establishing the exact shape of the Earth by measuring the length of 1 degree latitude at the equator"
In 1735 twelve men boarded ships bound for...
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Language
English
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A raucous western comedy, is punctuated with a classic Lerner and Loewe musical score, including "They Call the Wind Maria" and "I Talk to the Trees." The story of a gold mining boomtown full of brawny men centres on the work-and-play partnership of Ben and Pardner (Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood) and the delicate wife they share (Jean Seberg).
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Language
English
Description
The atom. The Big Bang. DNA. Natural selection. All are ideas that have revolutionized science-and all were dismissed out of hand when they first appeared. The surprises haven't stopped in recent years, and in At the Edge of Uncertainty, bestselling author Michael Brooks investigates the new wave of radical insights that are shaping the future of scientific discovery. Brooks takes us to the extreme frontiers of what we understand about the world....
Author
Series
Joe Beck volume 7
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
As the temperatures rose, so did the surge of fortune hunters. They also brought more trouble to Boise Country and Idaha City, so Sheriff Fulmer added more deputies to keep the peace. But before the year ended, the sheriff's office would need to hire more lawmen to replace those it lost. And one of the new deputies would cause even greater changes that would impact the country as well as Joe and Faith's future.
Author
Series
California Gold Rush novels volume 2
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Annyrose relates her adventures with Joaquin Murieta and his band of outlaws in the California gold-mining region during the mid-1800s.
10) Forty Mile river
Author
Series
Gunsmith volume 369
Publisher
Jove Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
When he joins an old friend, who owns a large claim in Alaska near a town called Forty Mile, on a quest to strike gold, Clint Adams takes a stand against Calvin Parker who, planning to start a mining operation near Forty Mile, wants the Gunsmith taken out.
Author
Publisher
Jump!
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In this book, early fluent readers will learn about the causes, main events, key players, and lasting impacts of the California gold rush. Interesting photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about this important period in American history."
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Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discover the brief, brutal period of U.S. history known as the gold rush. Characterized by hope, greed, enterprise and thug rule, the gold rush transformed life in America--and began in January, 1848, with James Marshall's accidental discovery of gold in California.
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Language
English
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Description
One hundred years after her family was transformed by greed during the Klondike Gold Rush, Anna Bush grapples with moral conflict and questions of justice as she travels to the Klondike to bequeath her would-be inheritance to the First Nations peoples who paid the price for its creation.
18) Jason's gold
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
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Description
When news of the discovery of gold in Canada's Yukon Territory in 1897 reaches fifteen-year-old Jason, he embarks on a 10,000-mile journey to strike it rich.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"From the Pythagorean theorem to DNA's double helix, from the discovery of microscopic life-forms to the theory of relativity--the big ideas of science and technology shape an era's worldview. Open this book, grasp the newest ideas from thought leaders of today, then spring off from them to move back through the past, one big idea at a time. Meet the people who gave birth to these ideas--and those who fought against them. Meet the MIT electrical engineer...
20) Explorer
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Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2012.
Lexile measure
1100L
Language
English
Description
Looks at the worlds of Amelia Earhart, Jacques Cousteau, Marco Polo and other famous explorers, sharing real-life photographs of their equipment and personal possessions as well as objects they found.
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