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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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"America is the greatest democracy in the world ... isn't it? Author Elizabeth Rusch examines some of the more problematic aspects of our government but, more importantly, offers ways for young people to fix them"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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This title explores journalistic and fact-checking standards, Constitutional protections, and real-world case studies, helping readers identify the mechanics, perpetrators, motives, and psychology of fake news. A final chapter explores methods for assessing and avoiding the spread of fake news.
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
An "accessible and engaging" biography of the U.S. Supreme Court Justice, weaving together her life and influential work (School Library Journal).
The life and career of the fiercely principled Supreme Court Justice with dramatic accounts of her landmark cases that moved the needle on legal protection of human rights, illustrated with archival photographs.
Dramatically narrated case histories from Justice Ginsburg's stellar...
The life and career of the fiercely principled Supreme Court Justice with dramatic accounts of her landmark cases that moved the needle on legal protection of human rights, illustrated with archival photographs.
Dramatically narrated case histories from Justice Ginsburg's stellar...
Author
Publisher
Epicenter Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Sarah Palin, then 39, a hockey mom and former mayor of Wasilla, thought her dream of making a difference in the male-dominated realm of Alaska politics was over in 2004 when she clashed with the state chairman of her Republican party and fell out of favor with Gov. Frank Murkowski over issues related to ethics and openness in government. Yet, the former high school basketball star and one-time TV journalist could not shake the feeling that she was...
7) Winterkill
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Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Despite their political differences Nyl, a young Ukrainian farmer, and Alice, a Canadian girl whose father has come to the Soviet Union, struggle to survive the famine-genocide known as the Holodomor, when the forced collectivization of the Ukrainian farms and hard winters led to mass starvation and death.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
An in-depth introduction to the American election cycle. Fleischer explains the past, present, and future of American elections; how the election process actually works and why it matters; and how young people can become involved-- not just this year, but for years to come.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
From the acclaimed author of Amelia Lost and The Lincolns comes a heartrending narrative nonfiction page-turner--and a perfect resource for meeting Common Core standards. When Russia's last tsar, Nicholas II, inherited the throne in 1894, he was unprepared to do so. With their four daughters (including Anastasia) and only son, a hemophiliac, Nicholas and his reclusive wife, Alexandra, buried their heads in the sand, living a life of opulence as World...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
For more than a decade starting in 1920, millions of regular Americans ignored the law of the land. Parents became bootleggers, kids smuggled illegal alcohol, and outlaws became celebrities. It wasn't supposed to be that way, of course. When Congress passed the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the sale and manufacture of alcohol in the United States, supporters believed it would create a better, stronger nation. Instead it began an era of lawlessness,...
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