Joe Giorello
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 3
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"This book should be in school libraries everywhere…" Amazon Top Ten Hall of Fame reviewer, 5 starsDoes your son play video games for hours but avoids picking up a book?Does he think history is just a bunch of boring old facts? What if you could give him all the excitement of screen time but also spark his love of reading and history? You can with these exciting tales of military battles written especially for boys who are reluctant readers. Popular...
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Does your son play video games for hours but dreads reading? Does he think history is just a bunch of boring old facts? What if you could give him the excitement of screen time and at the same time spark his love of reading and history?Now you can, with these exciting tales of World War II written especially for reluctant readers. In his highly acclaimed middle-school class "Great Battles for Boys," author Joe Giorello has ignited a love of military...
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Does your son play videogames for hours but hates reading?Does he think books are boring and history's just a "bunch of old facts"?What if you could give him all the excitement of screen time but also spark his love for reading and history?Now you can-with Great Battles for Boys, the #1 bestselling history series written especially for boys who struggle with reading.Each book in the series focuses on the battles, leaders, tactics, and weapons that...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Does your son spend hours playing video games but hates reading?What if you could give him all the excitement of screen time AND spark his interest in books?Now you can-with Great Battles for Boys, the series written specifically for reluctant readers. Quick and exciting chapters take boys to the front lines of history's most important military conflicts. Boys also get to see historic photographs, maps, and read biographies of heroic soldiers.Get...
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Unforgettable History! Great Battles for Boys is the bestselling history series that sends young readers "into the fight." Boys learn about military leaders, weapons, and strategies that won-or lost-history's most important battles.Want Boys to Read Books? Give them books they WANT to read!History leaps off the page through historic photographs, maps, and short, powerful chapters. Great Battles for Boys will capture the attention of even reluctant...
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In this seventh book in the series, boys learn about The Korean War (1950-53) also known as the "The Forgotten War." Despite more than 2 million casualties, most people-young and old-can not fully explain this international conflict or why the United States sacrificed so much treasure to fight it.
But your son will learn about stunning modern warfare-ensuring history is anything but "forgotten."
Here are some of the exciting chapters:
• The North...
7) World War I
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Great Battles for Boys takes kids to the front lines of iconic battles. In this volume of the popular history series, find out which strategies, weapons, and military leaders won — or lost — these famous American fights. And none of it's boring. Among the dozen battles covered here: Tannenburg: outnumbered German soldiers pull a sneak attack & destroy Russian forces, capturing 150,000 prisoners of war, Somme: Among military history's worst follies,...
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Does your child play video games for hours but dreads picking up a book? Do they think history is just a bunch of boring old facts? What if you could give them all the excitement of screen time but also spark their love of reading and history? You can with these exciting tales of military battles written especially for boys who are reluctant readers. Popular history teacher Joe Giorello's hugely successful class, "Great Battles for Boys" is now an...
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Great Battles for Boys takes kids to the front lines of iconic battles. In this volume of the popular history series, find out which strategies, weapons, and military leaders won — or lost — these famous American fights. And none of it's boring. In this installment, boys travel to the ancient world, following such famous figures as Alexander the Great & Hannibal, learning about the military battles that changed history. Beginning in Ancient Greece,...
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Great Battles for Boys takes kids to the front lines of iconic battles. In this volume of the popular history series, find out which strategies, weapons, and military leaders won — or lost — these famous American fights. And none of it's boring. In this volume, the story begins with Hitler's rise to power in 1930s Germany. Listeners are then plunged into the devastating invasion of Poland which launched World War II. In chronological order, the...
11) The Civil War
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Great Battles for Boys takes kids to the front lines of iconic battles. In this volume of the popular history series, find out which strategies, weapons, and military leaders won — or lost — these famous American fights. And none of it's boring. More Americans died in the Civil War than all other US wars combined — about 600,000 soldiers. And yet, many people still don't understand the history behind this four-year conflict that tore apart the...
