Don Nardo
7) Poof! a bot!
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Illustrations and simple text relate how Zip, the unlucky alien magician, zaps a bot and tells it what to do, but the bot does not listen. Includes note to parents, introduction to the books vocabulary, and reading comprehension questions.
8) Cloning
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
This book is an introduction to cloning, examining the debate over cloning and discussing the potential future uses and effects based on ongoing research.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Description
"When thirteen-year-olds T.E. and Audrey meet at a wilderness camp in the desert, they think their quirks are enough to prevent them from ever having friends. But as they trek through the challenging and unforgiving landscape, they learn that they each have what it takes to make the other whole"--
11) Rats
Author
Pub. Date
c 1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Description
When mutant rats threaten to take over Staten Island, which has become a huge landfill, fourteen-year-old Sarah and her younger brother Mike try to figure out how to stop them.
12) Cleopatra
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.9 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Examines the life and reign of the woman who ruled Egypt from 51 to 30 B.C. and discusses her relationship with two powerful Roman leaders, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.
Author
Pub. Date
©2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.7 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Explores the roots of the Declaration of Independence, the process of writing, revising, and signing the document, and its impact not only at the time, but to the present day as American democratic values continue to spread worldwide.
Author
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
"The Romans were the greatest builders of the ancient world, and among their most impressive achievements were their vast systems of roads and aqueducts. The roads, which featured inns and other amenities at intervals, carried soldiers, messengers, traders, and religious pilgrims far and wide. Meanwhile, the aqueducts brought life-giving water to cities and towns, making Rome's mighty urban civilization possible"--From the publisher's web site.
16) France
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, language, sports, arts, religions, culture, and people of France.
19) The Roman empire
Author
Pub. Date
©2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 4
Description
A history of the Roman Empire, discussing its creation by Augustus in about 30 B.C., exploring the Roman army, public games, and leaders, and looking at what archaeological research has revealed about the ancient civilization.