Mel Friedman
Author
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pepper and Jake love herding sheep in the little valley where they live. But there's a problem— a big problem. Urk, a giant who lives on a nearby mountain, is big and stinky and doesn't care that dumping dirty laundry water in the nearby stream causes a flood down below every single week. So Pepper and Jake hike to Urk's mountaintop lair to confront him. But there's no reasoning with a giant, especially one who gives cryptic puzzles to solve....