Thomas Hoobler
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"In this addition to the What Was? series, kids will experience what it was like to be in San Francisco in 1906 when the ground buckled in a major, catastrophic earthquake. One early April morning in 1906, the people of San Francisco were jolted awake by a mammoth earthquake--one that registered 7.8 on the Richter Scale. Not only was there major damage from the quake itself but broken gas lines sparked a fire that ravaged the city for days. More than...
Author
Series
Samurai detective series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Formats
Description
While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's son who longs to be a samurai, joins a group of kabuki actors in eighteenth-century Japan.
3) Confucianism
Author
Pub. Date
[1993]
Description
Describes how the teachings of Confucius evolved from a social order to a religion, infusing all phases of Chinese life for 2000 years.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Returning home to investigate the possible connection of his family's tea shop with smugglers, Seikei, now a samauri in eighteenth-century Japan, becomes involved in murder at a local puppet theater and saving the life of his sister's accused boyfriend.
Author
Series
Samurai detective series volume 6
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Samurai Seikei and Judge Ooka, his foster-father, seek seven men who have seven maps on their backs in order to locate a cache of dangerous weapons before they fall into the wrong hands.
Author
Series
Samurai detective series volume 2
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Description
In eighteenth-century Japan, fourteen-year-old Seikei, a merchant's son in training to be a samurai, helps his patron investigate a series of murders and arson in the capital city of Edo, each of which is associated in some way with a popular geisha.
14) Cleopatra
Author
Pub. Date
[1986]
Description
A biography of the Egyptian queen who gained and maintained power over her kingdom through her alliance with Julius Caesar and later Marc Antony.
15) Confucianism
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Examines Cufucianism in conjunction with its resurgence in China a nd the rest of the world. Presents its history, basic beliefs, and evolutionin response to historical events in China.