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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Experience the thrilling and true story of Lt. Robert Grimes as he runs for his life to evade being captured by Nazi soldiers. Readers will follow Grimes as he escapes danger with help from the Comet Line, a resistance group that rescued Allied soldiers during WWII.
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This thrilling new series of books has everything middle school readers long for: action, adventure, danger, and young heroes!
Great Escapes explores real historical events and shows children how kids just like them learn how to work together in order to change the world for the better. Historical figures are interwoven into the stories, offering readers the chance for further exploration on these people and their places in history. In Mount St....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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This is the true story of one man's bravery, ingenuity, and daring determination as he trekked thousands of feet up in the mountains. Readers will learn about the struggles Sven Somme endured as he eluded 900 German soldiers set out to capture him.
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This thrilling new series of books has everything middle school readers long for: action, adventure, danger, and young heroes!
The Great Escapes series explores real historical events and shows children how kids just like them learn how to work together in order to change the world for the better. Historical figures are interwoven into the stories, offering readers the chance for further exploration on these people and their places in history. In...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Engages readers with incredible stories of people who made daring escapes from prisoner of war camps. From the Revolutionary War to the Vietnam War, these soldiers who were captured behind enemy lines had to use their courage and wits to escape. Additional features include a Fast Facts spread, informative infographics, critical-thinking questions, a phonetic glossary, a selected bibliography, an index, information about the author, and sources for...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Engages readers with incredible stories of people who made daring escapes from sinking ships. Thousands of people on board fought for their lives as these ships sank to the depths of the ocean, and only some survived. Additional features include a Fast Facts spread, informative infographics, critical-thinking questions, a phonetic glossary, a selected bibliography, an index, information about the author, and sources for further research. Throughout...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Engages readers with incredible stories of people who made daring escapes from Alcatraz. This notorious island prison was home to hundreds of inmates, dozens of whom risked their lives to escape captivity. Additional features include a Fast Facts spread, informative infographics, critical-thinking questions, a phonetic glossary, a selected bibliography, an index, information about the author, and sources for further research. Throughout history, people...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Engages readers with incredible stories of people who made daring escapes from war-torn East Germany. From the early 1960s to the late 1980s, thousands of people fled the communist regime in East Germany to the freedom of West Germany. Additional features include a Fast Facts spread, informative infographics, critical-thinking questions, a phonetic glossary, a selected bibliography, an index, information about the author, and sources for further research....
12) Escaping Hitler
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Engages readers with incredible stories of people who made daring escapes from the dark shadow of Adolf Hitler. After Hitler and the Nazis rose to power, they captured and murdered millions of Jews, a fate only some were able to escape. Additional features include a Fast Facts spread, informative infographics, critical-thinking questions, a phonetic glossary, a selected bibliography, an index, information about the author, and sources for further...
13) Escaping Slavery
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Engages readers with incredible stories of people who made daring escapes from slavery. With clever plans and the help of the Underground Railroad, these people escaped enslavement to find freedom. Additional features include a Fast Facts spread, informative infographics, critical-thinking questions, a phonetic glossary, a selected bibliography, an index, information about the author, and sources for further research. Throughout history, people have...
14) Escaping Space
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Engages readers with incredible stories of people who made daring escapes from life-or-death situations in space. Facing circumstances ranging from space station fires to damaged space shuttles, these astronauts had to escape danger in outer space and return back to Earth alive. Additional features include a Fast Facts spread, informative infographics, critical-thinking questions, a phonetic glossary, a selected bibliography, an index, information...
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Great escapes) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Captured by the Confederate Army in 1863 during the American Civil War, Union soldiers Colonel Thomas Rose and Major A.G. Hamilton are sent to infamous Libby Prison, where they resolve to escape tortuous conditions.
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Are you ready for some of the most exciting, death-defying escape stories ever told? The third installment in the unputdownable Great Escapes series is here—perfect for fans of the I Survived series!
Civil War, 1863. Virginia. Union soldiers Colonel Thomas Rose and Major A. G. Hamilton were captured by the Confederate Army and taken to Libby Prison—one of the most horrific prisons ever run.
Few ever made it out of the overcrowded, vermin-infested...
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Great escapes volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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In this retelling of an episode from Uncle Tom's Cabin, the slave Eliza Harris resolves to escape with her two-year-old son across the frozen Ohio River to prevent her master from selling the boy. Includes historical notes on Harriet Beecher Stowe, slavery in America, the Fugitive slave laws, and the Underground Railroad.
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Great escapes volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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"In December 1920, three US Navy officials boarded a hot air balloon for a routine training flight, but end up stranded in the Canadian wilderness"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Are you ready for some of the most exciting, death-defying escape stories ever told? The sixth installment in the Great Escapes series is here-perfect for fans of the I Survived series!
June, 1942-Libya. Free French Officer Susan Travers was one of the few women on the frontlines in Africa during World War Two. After the Germans surrounded the military camp of Bir Hakeim, a shocking order was issued. The French troops were going to break out in the...
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