Nathan Hale
Author
Series
The Mighty Bite volume 1
Publisher
Abrams Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
What happens when a couple of prehistoric creatures want to become internet stars? Trilobite and Amber (a walking whale) dream of fame and fortune. They don't realize that most of the world thinks that they're extinct. When a wandering paleo-newscaster introduces them to the world of internet videos, they hop at the chance to get behind the camera. The competition for internet fame will be fierce - Trilobite and Amber will face off against sea creatures,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In a future where alien beings consume technology as a few humans try to preserve it, Strata, her brother, and a friend are separated from their caravan and, with a wonderful robotic horse, must fight their way back.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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Description
Nathan Hale, the author's historical namesake, was America's first spy, a Revolutionary War hero who famously said "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" before being hanged by the British. In the Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales series, author Nathan Hale channels his namesake to present history's roughest, toughest, and craziest stories in the graphic novel format.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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2025 Elementary Reading Olympics
Historical Fiction and History for Grades 3 to 5
Readalikes for I Survived
Historical Fiction and History for Grades 3 to 5
Readalikes for I Survived
Description
An illustrated introduction to the life and achievements of Harriet Tubman depicts her escape from slavery in the mid-nineteenth century and her life-risking dedication to helping runaway slaves find freedom north of the Mason-Dixon line.
Author
Series
Nathan Hale's hazardous tales volume 6
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
"Remember the Alamo!" That rallying cry has been a part of Texas lore for generations. But what, exactly, should we remember? Who were the ragtag group of adventurers behind the famous slogan, and how did they end up barricaded in a fort against a Mexican army? Who survived, who died, and how? This sixth book in the bestselling Hazardous Tales series tracks the Lone Star State's bloody fight for independence from the Mexican government. It features...
Author
Series
Nathan Hale's hazardous tales volume 3
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The Donner Party expedition is one of the most notorious stories in all of American history. It's also a fascinating snapshot of the westward expansion of the United States, and the families and individuals who sacrificed so much to build new lives in a largely unknown landscape. From the preparation for the journey to each disastrous leg of the trip, this book shows the specific bad decisions that led to the party's predicament in the Sierra Nevada...
Author
Series
Nathan Hale's hazardous tales volume 11
Publisher
Abrams Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A good reporter will do anything to shed light on the truth. When the North Korean army crossed the border with Soviet tanks in 1950, it was war. Marguerite Higgins, a reporter with the New York Herald Tribune, was there when the communists captured Seoul. She fled with the refugees heading south, but when the bridges were blown over the Han River, she was trapped. Still, she reported on everything she saw of the invasion and the war, risking her...
Author
Series
Nathan Hale's hazardous tales volume 13
Publisher
Abrams Fanfare
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
"Bones and Berserkers is the unlucky 13th book in the New York Times bestselling Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales series, and you know what that means? It's time to gather around the gallows and tell the spookiest stories in US history! In this chilling collection, learn about the devil baby who terrorized New Jersey; a haunted well full of restless Confederate soldiers; a demon cat whose appearance has been an omen for some of the darkest days in American...
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
The Louisiana Purchase (1803) is today seen as one of history s greatest bargains. But why did Napoleon Bonaparte sell this seemingly prosperous territory? At the time, France controlled Haiti, and there, slaves were used to harvest sugar. But in 1791, Toussaint Louverture led the largest slave uprising in human history, the Haitian Revolution (1791 1804). Napoleon had originally wanted to use Louisiana for trade, but with Haiti out of his control,...
Author
Series
Nathan Hale's hazardous tales volume 12
Publisher
Abrams Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"The first American pilots to fight in World War I flew for the French military. France created a squadron of volunteer Americans called the Lafayette Escadrille (named after the great Marquis de Lafayette). Follow this squadron on their high-flying adventures: How they got into the French military. How they learned to fly. How they fought--and died. And how these American pilots would go down in history with other legendary flying aces, like the...
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, officially bringing the United States into World War II. A new generation of pilots were recruited to fly bombing missions for the United States, and from that group, volunteers were requested for a dangerous secret assignment. For the first time in American history, Army bombers would be launched from an aircraft carrier.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Rapunzel, having grown up in a lovely castle with the woman she thought was her mother, is placed in a very tall hollow tree as punishment after her curiosity prompts her to climb the castle wall and look at the ruin of the world beyond her home, but she is able to escape and, with the help of Jack, embarks on a plan to free the land from the grip ofthe witch.
18) The jungle book
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Adaptations of the classic stories by Rudyard Kipling. The adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves and the wild animals of the jungle, and other short stories set in India.
20) Animal house
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Jeremy's teacher tells him he belongs in a zoo, but when she pays a home visit she learns how close that is to the truth as she sees the floormingos, a refrigergator, armapillows, and other living things that make up his house.

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