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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 21
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English
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"A nail-biting narrative, setting stark human dilemmas against a lush, exotic backdrop."— People
"Extraordinary. . . . Nothing is as it seems, and the ending is as shocking as it's satisfying." — Boston Globe
From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett, a provocative and assured novel of morality and miracles, science and sacrifice set in the Amazon rainforest
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Magic Tree House Fact Tracker volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Join Jack and Annie as they research rain forests and find out the facts behind the fiction.
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English
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Introduces the Amazon River and the rain forest that surrounds it, describing their physical characteristics and the plants and animals that live there, and discusses its people, their history, economic and social conditions, and other details. Supports the Common Core State Standards.
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager comes a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction “with all the pace and excitement of a movie thriller”(The New York Times) that unravels the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century—the story of the legendary British explorer who ventured into the Amazon jungle in search of a fabled civilization...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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"Pia has grown up in a secret laboratory hidden deep in the Amazon rain forest. She was raised by a team of scientists who have created her to be the start of a new immortal race. But on the night of her seventeenth birthday, Pia discovers a hole in the electric fence that surrounds her sterile home--and sneaks outside the compound for the first time in her life. Free in the jungle, Pia meets Eio, a boy from a nearby village. Together, they embark...
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After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, New Yorker writer David Grann set out to solve "the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century": what happened to British explorer Percy Fawcett. In 1925 Fawcett ventured into the Amazon to find an ancient civilization. For centuries Europeans believed the world's largest jungle concealed the glittering El Dorado. Thousands had died looking for it, leaving many convinced that the Amazon was...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Climb with monkeys. Swim with dolphins. Take a ride through the incredible Amazon! Featuring simple text and incredible full-color photography, the Planet Earth Reader series connects kids with all the facts they want to know in an easy-to-read format. This installment focuses on the habitat of the Amazon, examining the incredible biodiversity in the most famous rainforest on earth.
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Geronimo Stilton volume 14
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Thea, Trap, Benjamin and Geronimo are on the trail of the Ruby of Fire in the Amazon. But their quest soon turns into a race against time. Some pretty nasty rodents are also after the ruby.
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Children of the lamp volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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Djinn twins John and Philippa, along with their Uncle Nimrod, travel to the Amazon jungle to try to recover a stolen collection of rare Incan artifacts.
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An accidental adventure volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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All eleven-year-old twins Oliver and Celia Navel want to do is watch television, but their explorer father takes them in search of El Dorado, the Lost City of Gold, and their long-lost mother.
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Jack and the geniuses volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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When Jack and his genius foster siblings, Ava and Matt, discover inventor Hank Witherspoon is missing, they travel deep into the Amazon jungle, overcoming strange creatures, a raging river, and some very clever foes to find their friend and protect his big idea.
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Una inspiradora historia real sobre cómo una activista trabajó en la Amazonía con otras comunidades indígenas para proteger y preservar sus tierras y selvas sagradas.
"One activist's story shows how Indigenous communities can fight to protect their sacred lands-and win"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Español
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Explora las maravillas de la Amazonía con Zonia, una niña asháninka, cuyas alegres aventuras en la selva se interrumpen un día por un misterioso y desconcertante descubrimiento.
La selva es el hogar de Zonia. Es su jardín y su patio, su vecindario y su parque. Cada mañana, la selva llama a Zonia. Cada mañana, ella responde: le dice “hola” a la familia de perezosos, saluda al oso hormiguero, da una carrera con el veloz jaguar…
Una mañana,...
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