Emma Carlson Berne
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
What are our civil rights, and how are they different from our legal rights? What do gender, age, discrimination, and the U.S. Constitution have to do with our civil rights? Using engaging, age-appropriate language and colorful photos, readers decipher our nation's civil rights laws and learn how they protect our citizens.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Elsa Roth is delighted with the sanctuary's five new river otters, but much less thrilled with the new volunteers, especially a sullen, troubled boy named Anson with a badly scarred face--and when the otters start going missing one of the other volunteers accuses him of stealing them, but Elsa is sure that he is not responsible, and she is determined to clear him, and find the real thief.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Elsa Roth and her best friend, Olivia, are accompanying Elsa's mother on an expedition to study the diet of orcas in the San Juan Islands in the Pacific Northwest, where they are soon caught up in the drama surrounding August, a young orca calf, who has gotten separated from his pod--the marine mammal sanctuary wants to rescue and rehabilitate him for a quick return to his own pod when they can be found, but the local Oceanarium wants to keep him...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Vote for me! It's election time, and campaign ads are everywhere. But what does fundraising, door knocking, and campaigning have to do with getting elected? Readers learn all about political campaigns and how they play a part in our elections"--
25) Oil-soaked wings
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
An oil spill spells trouble for Seaside Sanctuary and the birds and other marine animals that live along the beach, including a young pelican that Elsa and Olivia rescue; all the birds need to be carefully cleaned and given medical attention--but there is another problem: until the spill is cleaned up the birds cannot be released, and the company responsible for the spill does not seem interested in doing its part.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Seaside Sanctuary Marine Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina has a wild pen which is supposed to be healthier for the marine animals brought there, but the three new dolphins are getting sick and no one can explain why; Elsa Roth, whose parents work at the sanctuary, is convinced that a local chemical plant is to blame, but since the water tests do not show contamination she is having trouble getting the adults to believe her--and if she is going to...
28) Telling time
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"What time is it? Telling Time gives us clues! Hours and minutes are patterns of time that help us know what will happen now and later."--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Brenna Huckaby was diagnosed with bone cancer at 14 years old and had her right leg amputated above the knee. That could have been the end of her sports career. Instead, the former gymnast took a different route. She fell in love with snowboarding and went on to become a gold-medal Paralympian. Learn how she overcame obstacles to make it to the top of the podium in this inspiring biography"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Jyn --Ahsoka --Leia.
The new micro series highlights adventures with Star Wars heroines! Rey and her friend BB-8 faces danger in the sands of Jakku. Rebel Sabine Wren needs help to protect a precious cargo. And Padme Amidala faces off against a bounty hunter with the help of her Jedi Padawan friend Ahsoka.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"Melody Ellison is impressed by her sophisticated new friend, Leah Roth, but she wishes her cousin Val would stop being so standoffish to Leah! Melody meets Leah's grandfather, Dr. Roth, a botanist who escaped the Nazis and brought a rare and valuable Lady's Slipper orchid with him to America. When Melody's own grandfather becomes a suspect in a burglary, Melody turns to Val and Leah for help. Yet Leah seems to be hiding something, something to do...
38) Raccoons
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Introduces raccoons, describing their physical features, habitats, life cycle, and scavenger behavior.