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A New Mother

Thomas Owens (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613847831

After Daniel Purcell's mother dies in childbirth, his father soon brings home a young woman, named Katherine, as his new wife.

A Letter for Mr. Lincoln

Alvin Robert Cunningham (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613847572

Elizabeth is a girl who might have lived next to the boardinghouse where President Lincoln died after being shot at Ford's Theatre. This book is the story of what Elizabeth saw that fateful night.

A Dream Come True: Coming to America from Vietnam--1975

Cosson, M.J. (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613847237

Cammy's dad retells the story of his experiences in the Vietnam War and the fate of a baby girl he found alive under a mat in a ransacked village.

A Pirate Tale

L.L. Owens (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613847879

This fact-based account tells how Mary Read spent a year working and fighting side-by-side with pirates.

Abraham Lincoln: A Great American Life

L.L. Owens (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613846964

Profiles the self-educated man who arose from poverty to become the sixteenth president of the United States.

America's Civil War

L. L. Owens (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613846971

What was life like before the Civil War? Why did the war begin? How did it end? This book answers these and other questions.

On Both Sides of the Civil War

Thomas S. Owens (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622993802

When the Confederacy threatens to call 14-year-old Daniel Mayfield into service, the Mayfield family contemplates traveling north to Kentucky, a neutral state.

India

Joanne Mattern (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622993710

This book discusses the climate, geography, animals, and culture of India.

The Star-Spangled Banner

Thomas S. Owens (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622993901

Mary Young Pickersgill sewed the Star-Spangled Banner, which later inspired Francis Scott Key to write the song that became the country's national anthem.

United Kingdom

Joanne Mattern (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622993949

This book looks at the geography, history, resources, and people of the United Kingdom.

The Northeast

Martha Sias Purcell (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622993796

This book looks at the geography, history, resources, and people of the Northeast region of the United States.

The Southeast

Martha Sias Purcell (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622993871

This book looks at the geography, history, resources, and people of the Southeast region of the United States.

Immigrants and Neighbors

Thomas S. Owens (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622993703

The fictional Domato family came to the United States from Italy to find a new life. The family came to realize that as immigrants, they were not welcomed by all Americans.

Egypt

Stephen Hanks (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622993635

This book discusses life in ancient Egypt.

Courage on the Oregon Trail

Dorothy Francis (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622993611

The fictional chapters of this book tell the story of Luke Fletcher and his family as they make their journey along the Oregon Trail. The book's nonfiction chapters detail the realities of life on the Oregon Trail.

South Africa

Joanne Mattern (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622993864

This book discusses the climate, geography, animals, and culture of South Africa.

Yellowstone

Sara Louise Kras (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622994021

This book discusses the creatures, plants, and geysers of Yellowstone National Park.

Canada

Joanne Mattern (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622993567

This book discusses the climate, geography, animals, and culture of Canada.

Conrad Elroy, Powder Monkey

Alvin Robert Cunningham (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622993604

This book begins with a factual introduction to the Civil War and then continues with a fictional story of Conrad Elroy, a 13-year-old powder monkey for the Union navy.

Traveling on the Freedom Machines of the Transportation Age

Thomas S. Owens (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622993932

When the only family Joshua has ever known passes away, he decides to leave his life of slavery behind. He takes a covered wagon, a steamboat, and a train on his journey north to freedom.

Mexico

Joanne Mattern (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622993758

This book discusses the climate, geography, animals, and culture of Mexico.

Rome

Jarrett A. Lobell (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622993833

This book discusses the religion, language, and food of ancient Rome.

Washington, D.C.

Thomas S. Owens (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622993994

The origins of today's capital city began with George Washington, who hired Pierre Charles L'Enfant to design the capital. Washington, D.C. has been the sight of many historical events.

Russia

Joanne Mattern (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622993840

This book looks at the geography, history, resources, and people of Russia.

Spies of the American Revolution

Martha Sias Purcell (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622993895

This book gives an overview of the American Revolutionary War. As Commander in chief of the Continental army, George Washington set up a system of espionage. This book details the lives of several of these spies.