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Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson Inc
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
A young man awakens on an island, alone and seriously injured, with no memory. As he searches for his identity he finds himself caught between two notorious pirates battling for a legendary treasure reportedly hidden by monks.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap ; An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Offers insight into the historical events that prompted Columbus' efforts to establish new trade routes to the Indies, his struggles to obtain financial support for his voyages, and the important discoveries that caused him to become known as the "Great Admiral of the Seas."
Author
Series
Publisher
Salamandra
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
Español
Description
Fireheart, the warrior cat, faces many challenges in his new role of ThunderClan deputy as his apprentice, Cloudpaw, resists following the warrior code, Bluestar weakens, and Tigerclaw continues to haunt the forest seeking revenge.
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of the Italian explorer who, in the fifteenth century, became the first European to discover the West Indies islands, located below the southernmost tip of the United States, in three historic voyages sponsored by Spain's monarchy.
6) Columbus
Author
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Born in 1451 in the seafaring nation of Genoa in northern Italy, Christopher Columbus grew up watching ships sail into the harbor loaded with riches from Egypt, Spain, England, and Belgium. Columbus was convinced that he could gain gold, silk, ivory, and much personal wealth for himself if he were to sail west from Europe to the East and trade with China and India. When Queen Isabella of Castile and King Ferdinand of Aragon finally provided him with...
7) Morning Girl
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Paperbacks for Children
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Morning Girl, who loves the day, and her younger brother Star Boy, who loves the night, take turns describing their life on an island in pre-Columbian America; in Morning Girl's last narrative, she witnesses the arrival of the first Europeans to her world.
"Morning Girl and Star Boy couldn't be more different. Morning Girl relishes the day and all it has to offer, while her younger brother Star Boy loves the night. As they navigate change on their...
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of the Spanish explorer who first came to the New World with Columbus, went on to become governer of Puerto Rico, and later came to Florida looking for the Fountain of Youth.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Learn the story of Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon and how he shaped the history of both Florida and Puerto Rico during the Age of Exploration. In the early 1500s, Ponce de Leon was one of the most important Spanish military figures in the Caribbean. He made his first voyage across the Atlantic with Christopher Columbus and then, after years of battle with the native Taino, became the first governor of Puerto Rico. Although the story of his...
Author
Series
Publisher
Madison Press Books
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Uses the discovery of the temple in Mexico City, what was the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, to introduce the story of the Spanish conquest of Moctezuma and his empire in the sixteenth century.
16) Fort Mose: and the story of the man who built the first free black settlement in Colonial America
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Fort Mose, the first free African settlement to legally exist in what is now the United States, established in St. Augustine, Florida, in 1738, and includes over forty images, as well as notes on the uncovering of the fort.
Author
Publisher
Harpercollins Espaol
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
Español
Description
Mexican-American Stef Soto is hoping to break free from her overprotective parents and embarrassing reputation from her family's taco truck business, but she soon learns that family, friendship, and the taco truck are important and wonderful parts of her life.
Estefania "Stef" Soto, slo quiere ser una tpica chica de sptimo grado. Quiere tener amigos, ser aceptada, y tener un poco de independencia de sus sobreprotectores padres inmigrantes. Stef sabe...
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the life of the Spanish explorer who first came to the New World with Columbus and went on to become governor of Puerto Rico and later came to Florida looking for the Fountain of Youth.
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In 1739, having escaped from slavery under the British, thirteen-year-old Jem finds himself in the custody of sharp-tongued Phaedra at Fort Mose in Spanish Florida, but his efforts to break free of Phaedra's will have surprising results.
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