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1) Chile
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Publisher
Children's Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Located along the Pacific Coast of South America, Chile is a long, narrow country that is home to a striking variety of landscapes. From the Atacama Desert in the north to rainy Patagonia in the south to the snowy peaks of the Andes mountains in the east, there are stunning views everywhere you look. Readers will explore this beautiful nation in depth as they learn about its history and culture. They will find out how Chile is governed, what kinds...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
After the death of her beloved grandfather, nineteen-year-old Maya Vidal, turning to drugs, alcohol, and petty crimes, becomes trapped in a war between assassins, the police, the FBI, and Interpol, until her grandmother helps her escape to a remote island off the coast of Chile where she tries to make sense of her life.
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English
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"In the late 1930s, civil war gripped Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life irreversibly intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. In order to survive, the two must unite in a marriage...
4) Chile
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Developed by literacy experts for students in grades three through seven, this book introduces young readers to the geography and culture of Chile"--Provided by publisher.
5) Chile
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Pack your bags! We're headed to Chile. On this whirlwind tour, you'll learn all about the country's landscape, culture, people, and more. We'll explore Chile's dry deserts, visit a volcano, and take a trip to Easter Island. We'll also see ancient murals and try an empanada pastry. A special section introduces Chile's capital, language, population,...
Publisher
Fodor's Travel
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Each full-color book highlights the best of the best of a particular travel destination, including must-see attractions, hotels for every budget, restaurants for a range of tastes, special features, travel tips, insider perspectives, photos, maps and more.
"Squeezed between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, Chile offers something for everyone. Whether travelers are interested in first-rate vineyards, glittery beach resorts, desert adventures,...
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English
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Born into a poor family Spanish family in the sixteenth century, Inés leaves Spain for the New World to find her missing husband. There she discovers that he's been killed and soon begins a love affair with Pedro de Valdivia, a war hero and field marshall to Francisco Pizarro. Together Inés and Pedro build the new city of Santiago and wage a bloody, ruthless war against the native Chileans.
10) Chile
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English
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The world's longest country, the ribbon-like Republic of Chile extends for about 2,650 miles (4,265 km) along the Pacific coast of southwestern South America. A land of great beauty and contrasts, Chile features the snow-capped volcanic peaks of the Andes to the east, the extremely dry Atacama Desert to its north, and rainy, thick forests to the south. Most of the approximately 18 million Chileans live in the mild climate of the Central Valley, where...
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English
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As through a crack in the wall, By Night in Chile's single night-long rant provides a terrifying, clandestine view of the strange bedfellows of church and state in Chile. This wild, eerily compact novel-Roberto Bolaño's first work available in English-recounts the tale of a poor boy who wanted to be a poet, but ends up a half-hearted Jesuit priest and conservative literary critic, a sort of lapdog to the rich and powerful cultural elite, in whose...
14) Chile
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Engaging images accompany information about Chile. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
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English
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Augusto Pinochet was the most important Third World dictator of the Cold War, and perhaps the most ruthless. In The Dictator's Shadow, United Nations Ambassador Heraldo Munoz takes advantage of his unmatched set of perspectives -- as a former revolutionary who fought the Pinochet regime, as a respected scholar, and as a diplomat -- to tell what this extraordinary figure meant to Chile, the United States, and the world.
Pinochet's American backers...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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This fascinating book describes the geological makeup and history of the Atacama Desert in Chile. One of the driest areas of the world- some parts never receive any rain- the desert's climate can be cold, sometimes producing snow and fog. Readers will be fascinated to learn that the Atacama's soil is so similar to soil samples from Mars that NASA goes to this desert to test its exploration instruments. NASA has also set up its Earth-Mars Cave Detection...
18) Chile
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
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Welcome to Chile! Readers will travel to this amazing country without ever leaving their homes or classrooms. During their journey, they will learn all about Chile's land, history, cities, food, and more. They'll even learn how to speak a few words in Spanish!
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Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Español
Description
An ad executive comes up with a campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile's 1988 referendum.