Laurie Lawlor
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Retells the story of Rachel Carson, a pioneering environmentalist who wrote and published "Silent Spring," the revolutionary book pointing out the dangerous effects of chemicals on the living world.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Everyone on the wagon train knew Harriet "Duck" Scott was looking for adventure as they left Illinois for the faraway Oregon Territory, but nothing could haave prepared the Scott family for the dangers they were about to meet.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Based on the writings of John Ledyard, an American cook on the ship Resolution, tells of explorer James Cook's final voyage in search of the Northwest Passage, discovery of the Hawaiian Islands, and murder.
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
"A small rural Wisconsin community restores publicly-owned land that has become a dumping ground into a nature trail joining an elementary school and the public library and crossing three distinct ecosystems"--
"A small town with few resources comes together to restore nature and create a valuable resource for the entire community in this inspiring middle grade nonfiction book. Restoring Prairie, Woods, and Pond is about activism at the community...