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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
It started as an assignment. Everyone in Caitlin's class wrote to an unknown student somewhere in a distant place. All the other kids picked countries like France or Germany, but when Caitlin saw Zimbabwe written on the board, it sounded like the most exotic place she had ever heard of -- so she chose it. Martin was lucky to even receive a pen pal letter. There were only ten letters, and forty kids in his class. But he was the top student, so he got...
Author
Series
Publisher
Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
96 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Since the 1950s, video games have become a billion dollar industry. Find out what it takes to have a successful career as a video game designer and if it's the right job for you."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Although news outlets are meant to be impartial, they have never been perfectly unbiased. Another layer was added to the ongoing debate over the role of news media after the 2016 U.S. presidential election, when allegations of fake news surfaced. How can people know which news sources to trust? This volume explores the fake news phenomenon and offers readers tips on how to be critical of what they see reported. Full-color photographs, engaging sidebars,...
Author
Series
Publisher
MASON CREST
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Of all the threats to peace and democracy in the world today, few are more disturbing than that of biological or chemical warfare. These weapons are cheap to make and easy to use, which has made them the ideal choice for a new and sinister breed of terrorists. Protecting against Biological and Chemical Attack is a fascinating introduction to the main types of biological and chemical weapons, including their history, applications, and limitations....
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
pages cm.
Language
English
Description
Although racism still exists in the United States, it has generally become more subtle, leading some to deny that it is still a problem. Now that institutional segregation is no longer considered acceptable, some people argue that racism as a whole has been eradicated. Readers discover that this mindset ignores covert, or hidden, racism, which often deals with assumptions: for example, that a black mother does not have a husband or that all Hispanic...
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
80 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
America has always been a nation of immigrants. In addition to the approximately 1 million immigrants who enter the United States legally each year, millions more enter without documentation or overstay their visas. It is the job of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to help hard working immigrants in search of a better life to enter the U.S. legally while keeping out terrorists and other foreign nationals who would seek to harm the nation. CBP,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Following the al Qaeda terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the U.S. government convened a special commission to investigate the intelligence failure that allowed the attacks to happen. Known informally as the 9/11 Commission, its report concluded among other things that "none of the measures adopted by the U.S. government before 9/11 disturbed or even delayed the progress of the al Qaeda plot." An important step toward addressing this failure...
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001-the worst ever on U.S. soil-highlighted a dangerous vulnerability in America's protection strategies. The big question everyone was asking was how could a country with the world's most formidable armed forces have found itself so defenseless against determined-but relatively poorly equipped-enemies? Formed in direct response to the 2001 attacks, the Department of Homeland Security was intended to make sure...