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Author
Series
Time twisters volume 1
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Abby and her stepbrother, Doc, must persuade Abraham Lincoln to play his part in history after one too many comments about history being boring cause him to go on strike.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The United States president preserves, protects, and defends the U.S. Constitution. Each president's term influences events in America and around the world for years to come. This biography introduces young readers to the life of Abraham Lincoln, beginning with his childhood in Knob Creek, Kentucky. Information about Lincoln's early career as a lawyer as well as New Salem's postmaster and deputy county surveyor is discussed. In addition, his family...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
A true crime thriller -- the first book for teens to tell the nearly unknown tale of the brazen attempt to steal Abraham Lincoln's body. Reissued in Scholastic Focus, with an exciting new cover.
The action begins in October of 1875, as Secret Service agents raid the Fulton, Illinois, workshop of master counterfeiter Ben Boyd. Soon after Boyd is hauled off to prison, members of his counterfeiting ring gather in the back room of a smoky Chicago saloon...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When their grandfather invents a time machine, Matt and Emily, accompanied by their scientific genius friend Jonathan, journey back to the night when President Lincoln was shot, hoping to prevent the assassination.
Author
Series
Flashback Four volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Miss Z, a mysterious billionaire and a collector of rare photographs, is sending her four recruits back in time on a mission to capture, for the first time, one of the most important moments in American history-- Abraham Lincoln giving his famous Gettysburg address"--
16) The Emancipation Proclamation inkstand: what an artifact can tell us about the historic document
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"With the stroke of a pen, President Abraham Lincoln freed the South's enslaved people in the midst of the brutal U.S. Civil War. Or did he? Who did the Emancipation Proclamation really free? What effect did it have on the course of the Civil War? And what became of the inkstand with which he wrote the famous document? Find the answers to these questions and discover more of what an artifact can tell us about history." --Page 4 of cover.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"On April 14, 1865, only days after the Civil War had come to a close, a gunshot rang out in Ford's Theatre and President Abraham Lincoln slumped forward in his seat. Hours later, the United States had lost its leader. Now readers can step back in time to learn about what led up to the assassination plot, how the fateful evening unfolded, and the ways in which one tragic day changed America forever"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Looks at the political and moral issues that caused President Lincoln to issue the 1863 document that freed many slaves, and at the immediate and long-term consequences of his action.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Abraham Lincoln became president in March 1861, the United States was on the brink of the Civil War. Six states had already left the Union. The North and the South fought over the question of slavery. More than anything, Lincoln wanted to reunite the states. He refused to recognize the Confederacy as a separate country. Yet the Constitution didn't give the president the power to end slavery. But what could Lincoln do by law? Why was slavery so...