John Stephens
Author
Series
Books of beginning volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
Formats
Description
Kate, Michael, and Emma have passed from one orphanage to another in the ten years since their parents disappeared to protect them, but now they learn that they have special powers--and a fearsome enemy--and embark on a prophesied quest to find a magical book.
Author
Series
Books of beginning volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 18
Formats
Description
"In the final book of the Books of Beginning trilogy, Kate and Michael must help the magical world prepare for the final war against the Dire Magnus, while Emma must travel to find the final book--the Book of the Dead"--
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
By and about the greatest celebrities of the Wild West, these are the stories of their adventures told in their own words through excerpts from autobiographies, articles they wrote, newspaper interviews, private journals, personal letters, and court testimony. These glimpses into the worlds of these legendary figures as they describe their own personal experiences, impressions, what life in the Wild West was like, reveal the roles they played in notable...
Author
Series
Books of beginning volume 2
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16
Formats
Description
"In the second book in the Books of Beginning Trilogy, Michael and Emma must track down the Chronicle of Life, while Kate must find a way back to present day from the year 1899"--
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
By and about the most famous names in America, these are the stories of their exploits told in their own words through excerpts from autobiographies, articles they wrote, newspaper interviews, and private journals. The accounts span Daniel Boone's exploration of the Appalachian wilderness in the 1700s to the bloody massacre at Wounded Knee near the dawn of the twentieth century.
Pub. Date
1992.
Description
A beautiful wild Australian mare gives birth to Thowra, an exceptional cream-colored foal, with a mane and tail that gleam silver in the moonlight. As Thowra grows through several seasons in the mountains the herd find survival difficult. The summer is worse, for that is when Man comes to try and capture Thowra, and becomes an obsession of mythic proportions.