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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
"Laura Ingalls is heading west! The Ingalls family packs up their covere wagon and sets off for the big skies of the Kansas Territory, where wide open land stretches as far as the eye can see. Just when they begin to feel settled, they are caught in the middle of a dangerous conflict"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the experiences of pioneers who settled the American West, discussing war with Native Americans, troubles such as harsh winters and grasshoppers, and the creation of towns.
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
Collects information about several pioneer women, including Narcissa Whitman, Caroline Quiner Ingalls, Bethenia Owens-Adair, Susan LaFlesche Picotte, Esther Morris, and Abigail Scott Duniway.
Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
Explores the experiences of women who lived on the American frontier as homesteaders, ranchers, outlaws, miners, and reformers, including Sacajawea, Narcissa Whitman, Calamity Jane, and Nellie Cashman.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
IG 860L
Language
English
Description
Examines various types of dwellings in western Northern America during the nineteenth century, discussing their construction and design as well as the lives of the settlers who lived in them.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
"Describes the people and events of the age of the Wild West in the year 1876. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from the perspective of an outlaw, a lawman, and a fortune-seeker in Deadwood, Dakota Territory"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book introduces kids to the adventures of a young girl named Olivia who keeps a diary as her family travels from Missouri along the famous Oregon Trail. It is a motivating introduction to using essential nonfiction reading skills, proving ideal for children ready to enter the riveting world of reading.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
Presents an account of frontier life for women in the American West through brief biographies of fifteen famous individuals, including Calamity Jane, Mary Fields, Mary Elizabeth Lease, Lola Montez, Lotta Crabtree, Dona Maria Gertrudes "La Tules" Barcelo, Annie Oakley, Belle Starr, Polly Pry, Sarah Winnemucca, Carry Nation, Mary Ellen Pleasant, The-Other-Magpie, Nellie Cashman, and Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack Morris.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
Describes the nineteenth century American gold rush, and includes information on gold rush "boomtowns," relations between Native Americans and gold rush pioneers, and the importance of the gold rush on American history.