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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
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In New York City in 1872, fourteen-year-old Horace, a photographer's apprentice, becomes entangled in a plot to create fraudulent spirit photographs, but when Horace accidentally frees the real ghost of a dead girl bent on revenge, his life takes a frightening turn.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
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In 1888 New York City, sixteen-year-old governess Verity Newton agrees to become a spy, whatever the risk, after learning that the man for whom she has feelings sympathizes with rebels developing non-magical sources of power, via steam engines, in hopes of gaining freedom from British rule.
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Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 8
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Description
In 1893 New York, thirteen-year-old Maks, a newsboy, teams up with Willa, a homeless girl, to clear his older sister, Emma, from charges that she stole from the brand new Waldorf Hotel, where she works. Includes historical notes.
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Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Tea, Love ... and Revolution! The Rebel Mechanics arent the only group plotting revolution against the magical British Empire. There are rebel magisters, as well, and Verity Newton and her magister employer, Lord Henry, know that the only way for the revolution to succeed is if both groups work together. A diplomatic mission seems like the perfect opportunity for them to meet with rebels in other colonies and gather support - right under the governors...
Series
Life of faith violet travilla volume 3
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Fifteen-year-old Violet Travilla visits New York City in 1881 and learns how to be responsible for others.
Author
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Description
After two years in New York, Tony Petrosino speaks English and wants to stay in school, but his father insists he work full-time as a newsboy, where he battles an anti-Italian gang, sees even worse poverty than what his family experiences, and meets investigative reporter Jacob Riis.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
An 1888 blizzard has paralyzed much of New England, but twelve-year-old Milton Daub puts on a pair of homemade snowshoes and braves the storm to bring food and medicine to many of his neighbors in the Bronx, New York.
15) Naming Liberty
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Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In parallel stories, a Ukrainian Jewish family prepares to emigrate to the United States in the late 1800s, and Frederic Auguste Bartholdi designs, raises funds for, and builds the Statue of Liberty in honor of the United States' centennial.