Christopher Collier
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Discusses the settling of the area between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains and the conflicting interests of the different groups involved--the Indians, cowboys, farmers, sheepherders, and railroad barons.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Covering American history from the founding of Jamestown through present day, these volumes explore far beyond the dates and events of a historical chronicle to present a moving illumination of the ideas, opinions, attitudes and tribulations that led to the birth of this great nation.
Author
Series
Arabus family saga volume 1
Pub. Date
1987, c1983
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Description
A free thirteen-year-old black girl in Connecticut is caught up in the horror of the Revolutionary War and the danger of being returned to slavery when her patriot father is killed by the British and her mother disappears.
Author
Series
Arabus family saga volume 2
Pub. Date
c1981
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Description
In 1787 a fourteen-year-old slave, anxious to buy freedom for himself and his mother, escapes from his dishonest master and tries to find help in cashing the solidier's notes received by his father for fighting in the Revolution.