David Smith
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Comparing the world population of 7 billion, 50 million people to a village of 100 persons, the author reveals such facts as the languages of the village, how much each earns, if the person is literate, has a television and has enough to eat.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This book uses a simple metaphor to create a snapshot--past, present and future--to help readers imagine America as a village of 100 people, exploring their lives to help children and readers of all ages to discover a whole new vision of America.
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Author has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one hundred coins), to size differences (the planets shown as different types of balls).
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
When he was seventeen years old, Audie Murphy falsified his birth records so he could enlist in the Army and help defeat the Nazis. When he was nineteen, he single-handedly turned back the German Army at the Battle of Colmar Pocket by climbing on top of a tank with a machine gun, a moment immortalized in the classic film To Hell and Back, starring Audie himself. In the first biography covering his entire life-including his severe PTSD and his tragic...
14) Hairy Hezekiah
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Description
"Hezekiah is a very hairy camel. He lives a quiet life in his enclosure at the zoo and seems to be the only animal without a friend. So Hezekiah decides to escape, and breaks into a safari park! There he meets another hairy character -- and finally makes a friend." -- Container
15) Harry's Mad
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Description
"Harry Holdsworth had never heard of his Great-Uncle George until he inherited the old man's most cherished possession: an African Grey parrot named Madison. Harry's first reaction was one of dismay. Who wants a big pet bird -- one that could live for another 40 years? But when Mad introduces himself in perfect American, Harry discovers he has found a friend -- and more. For Mad is an ace at board games and crosswords, a fund of useful information,...
17) Adrift
Pub. Date
2018.
Formats
Description
Based on the true story of survival, a young couple's chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history.