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1) 1970s
Author
Series
Publisher
Raintree/Steck-Vaughn
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Covers such worldwide news stories from the 1970s as the United States involvement in Vietnam, the civil war in Lebanon, the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, and Mother Teresa's winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
2) 1980s
Author
Series
Publisher
Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Examines the top news stories of the 1980s, including war in Iran and Iraq, AIDS, and the opening of the Berlin Wall.
3) Challenger
Author
Series
Publisher
Artesian Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
Describes the events surrounding the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle and remembers those onboard.
Author
Series
Publisher
Artesian Press
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Description
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was the hope of Russia for energy in the region. After a 1986 explosion and fire in one of the reactors, Ukraine is still feeling the effects of the radiation. And the rest of the world is still learning the full truth of the accident.
6) Touchdown
Author
Series
Publisher
Artesian Press
Pub. Date
c2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
College students Butch, who is deaf, and Ben, who is blind, suspect foul play when one of their friends, a star athlete, has a heart attack during a football game and dies soon after.
Author
Series
Take ten books volume Mystery
Publisher
Artesian Press
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
A loud train awakens two teenagers even though the tracks haven't been used for generations.