(0)Richard Thomas
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1140L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author's book Hatchet, this story portrays what would have happened to Brian had he been forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with only his survival pack and hatchet.
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
In the small city of Strattenburg there are many lawyers, and thirteen-year-old Theo Boone thinks he is one of them, but his inside knowledge of the justice system means trouble when a cold-blooded killer is about to go free and only Theo can stop him.
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
When his best friend disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, thirteen-year-old Theo uses his legal knowledge and investigative skills to chase down the truth and save April.
Author
Language
English
Description
This multiple biography is centered on Lincoln's mastery of men and how it shaped the most significant presidency in the nation's history. Historian Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius, as the one-term congressman rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals to become president. When Lincoln emerged as the victor at the Republican National Convention, his rivals were dismayed. Throughout the turbulent 1850s, each had energetically...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
Theodore Boone is the thirteen year old who knows more about the law than most adult lawyers. He certainly never expected to be the victim of crime himself. But then his bike is vandalised, he's attacked while doing his homework and, worst of all, framed for a robbery. When stolen computer equipment turns up in Theo's school locker, the police start leaning on him hard. And he is the only suspect. What if he is found guilty? What about his dreams...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
On a field trip to Washington, DC, Theo spots a familiar face on the Metro: Duffy, who jumped bail and was never seen again. Theo's quick thinking helps bring Duffy back to Strattenburg to stand trial. But now that Duffy knows who he is, Theo is in greater danger than he's ever been in before. Even when everything is on the line, Theodore Boone will stop at nothing to make sure a killer is brought to justice.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
Future lawyer Theodore Boone finds himself in the middle of a cheating scandal when an anonymous tip leads the Strattenberg school board to investigate suspicious standardized testing scores at another local middle school.
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 7
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
"When his best friend Woody is arrested--an unwitting accomplice to a robbery--Theodore Boone must work to prove his innocence"--
Theodore Boone is back on the case in an all-new adventure! Bestselling author John Grisham delivers a page-turning legal thriller for a new generation of readers. Theo has been worried about his good friend Woody Lambert. Woody is struggling at school and making bad choices. But when Woody is arrested--an unwitting accomplice...
Author
Language
English
Description
Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the leader make the times or do the times make the leader? Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin draws upon the four presidents she has studied most closely -- Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson (in civil rights) -- to show how they recognized leadership qualities within themselves and were recognized...
12) Animal reunions
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Presents stories of animal reunions that show that animals are capable of emotional connections.
14) The Easter story
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Seen through the eyes of the Apostle Mark, this beautifully animated recreation begins with Jesus' joyful entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Then follows the drama of Christ's betrayal, arrest, and crucifixion - and His triumphant resurrection.
15) Annie's Point
Publisher
Crown Media United States
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Penniless and just a step ahead of the law, a feisty grandmother and her reluctant granddaughter embark upon a spontaneous road trip and discover it isn't about where they go, as long as the journey ends at "Annie's Point."
17) Annie's Point
Publisher
Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A recently widowed grandmother is determined to grant her husband's last wish, that she set his ashes free over the idyllic bluff they called Annie's Point. When her son Richard refuses to let his mother make the two thousand-mile trip, she takes off anyway with her free-spirited granddaughter in tow.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Richard Thomas plays the key role of John-Boy Walton, a youth on the verge of manhood during the Great Depression and a fledgling writer whose observations are filled with the growing-up lessons and love he receives from his family.
