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Author
Series
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Pub. Date
1952.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Santiago is a Cuban fisherman who encounters a giant marlin in the Gulf Stream and the battle for his catch becomes one of survival against a band of marauding sharks.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"I find it so easy to forget / that Im just a girl who is expected / to live / without thoughts." Opposing slavery in Cuba in the nineteenth century was dangerous. The most daring abolitionists were poets who veiled their work in metaphor. Of these, the boldest was Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, nicknamed Tula. In passionate, accessible verses of her own, Engle evokes the voice of this book-loving feminist and abolitionist who bravely resisted an...
3) Metro girl
Author
Publisher
Harpercollins
Pub. Date
©2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When her wild and womanizing younger brother goes missing in southern Florida, Alexandra Barnaby endures humidity, sunburn, and bugs in her search for him alongside Sam Hooker, who believes Barnaby's brother has stolen his boat.