Krystyna Poray Goddu
Author
Pub. Date
2016
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Summary
Long before Europeans came to the harsh landscape of the Great Basin, many nations of American Indians lived in the region. They had their own languages and cultures, and they knew how to survive in an area with extreme weather and little food. The Shoshone made powerful bows that could shoot an arrow through a bison.
The Paiute created duck decoys from reeds to help them hunt birds.
The Washoe weaved baskets from reeds and willow. ...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile Measure
530L
Summary
"A dark street curves around Lake Michigan to a cemetery. A cold wind blows. Mist rises from the lake. Suddenly, you feel you are not alone. Is somebody?or something?hiding in the mist? Get ready to read four chilling tales about Chicago's spookiest spots."--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017][
Lexile Measure
800L
Summary
"Few people are aware that in the aftermath of German and Soviet invasions and division of Poland, more than 1.5 million people were deported from their homes in Eastern Poland to remote parts of Russia. Half of them died in labor camps and prisons or simply vanished, some were drafted into the Russian army, and a small number returned to Poland after the war. Those who made it out of Russia alive were lucky--and nine-year-old Krystyna Mihulka was...