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Fusion
Raintree Fusion, has an interest level of grades 4-7, and a reading level of grade 2, making it accessible to struggling readers. Each title uses engaging photographs and illustrations. Background knowledge of subject matter is also incorporated into the text. All vocabulary is defined at point of use.

Each Fusion title has a clean, clear design that supports readability along with clear, predictable text structures. Other features include:

Carefully leveled text allows each student to access and understand curriculum topics attention
Striking images provide a focal learning point on each spread and immediately engage the reader
Text incorporates features that best support struggling readers, while glossary bars explain difficult concept words on he spot, aiding comprehension and fluency
Carefully leveled text allows each student to access and understand curriculum topics

Complete list of titles:

AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH PRIMARY SOURCES: America Has Fun : The Roaring Twenties, Benjamin Franklin : A Life Well Lived, Cherokee Rose : The Trail of Tears, Climbing Out of the Great Depression : The New Deal, Counting Coup : Customs of the Crow Nation, Crooks, Cowboys, and Characters : The Wild West, Designing America : The Constitutional Convention, Digging Up Dirt : The Muckrakers, Following Freedom : The Underground Railroad, George Washington : Revolution and the New Nation, How Did This Happen Here? : Japanese Internment Camps, Jackie Robinson : Breaking the Color Barrier, Mathew Brady : Photographing the Civil War, Rebirth of a People : Harlem Renaissance, Rosie the Riveter : Women in World War II, Route 66 : America’s Road, Salem Witch Trials : Colonial Life, Smokestacks and Spinning Jennys : Industrial Revolution, Strike It Rich in Cripple Creek : Gold Rush, Tenement Stories : Immigrant Life (1835-1935), The Art of War : The Posters of World War II, The Birth of a State : California Missions, The Dirty Thirties : Documenting the Dust Bowl, Top Secret : Spy Equipment and the Cold War, Varian Fry : A Hero of the Holocaust, When Will I Get In? : Segregation and Civil Rights, Working for Change : The Struggle for Women's Right to Vote, Yanks in World War I : Americans in the Trenches

RAINTREE FUSION: EARTH SCIENCE: Alien Neighbors? : The Solar System, Earthquakes and Volcanoes - a Survival Guide : Earth's Physical Processes, Journal of a Fossil Hunter : Fossils, Storm Tracker : Measuring and Forecasting Weather, The Day the Earth Stood Still : Earth's Movement in Space, The Disappearing Mountain and Other Earth Mysteries : Erosion and Weathering, The Life and Times of a Drop of Water : The Water Cycle, The Moon Exposed : The Moon, To the Core! : Earth's Structure

RAINTREE FUSION: LIFE SCIENCE: Animal Secrets : Animal Life Processes, Blame Your Parents : Inherited Traits, Body Warriors : The Immune System, Does a Worm Have a Girlfriend? : Reproduction, Has a Cow Saved Your Life? : The Scientific Method, Mexico or Bust! : Migration Patterns, Rotters! : Decomposition, Safari Adventure : Charts, Graphs, and Tables, Shark Snacks : Food Chains and Webs, Skin Deep : Functions of Skin, Super-Flea and Other Animal Champions : Cells, Tissues, and Organs, The War in Your Backyard : Life in an Ecosystem, Who's in Control? : Brain and Nervous System, World's Worst Germs : Microorganisms and Disease, You Scratch My Back

RAINTREE FUSION: PHYSICAL SCIENCE: 10 Experiments Your Teacher Never Told You About : Gravity, A Matter of Survival : Properties of Matter, Castle Under Siege! : Simple Machines, Dive! Dive! Dive! : Buoyancy, Feel the Noise : Sound Energy, Fighter Jet : Atoms and Molecules, Fireworks! : Chemical Reactions, Forensic Investigator : Measurement, Panning for Gold : Mixtures and Solutions, Potato Clocks and Solar Cars : Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy, Roller Coaster! : Motion and Acceleration, Search and Rescue : Heat and Energy Transfer, State of Confusion : Solids, Liquids, and Gases, The Extreme Zone : Forces and Motion, Voyage of a Light Beam : Light Energy, Wackiest Machines Ever! : Forms of Energy, What Color is an Orange? : Light and Color, What's the Attraction? : Magnetism

RAINTREE FUSION: SOCIAL STUDIES: Birth and Death of a City : Settlement Patterns, Did You Hear the News? : History of Communication, Follow that Food : Distribution of Resources, Going Underground : City Infrastructure, Lost! : Map Skills, Where Are Your Manners? : Cultural Diversity, World's Wonders : Landforms, X Marks the Spot : Mapping the World

RAINTREE FUSION: WORLD HISTORY: Blood and Celebration : Aztec Beliefs, On to Valhalla! : Viking Beliefs, Reach for the Stars : Ancient Egyptian Pyramids, Staying Alive in Ancient Rome : Life in Ancient Rome, Trading Up : Indus Valley Trade, Welcome to the Ancient Olympics! : Ancient Greek Olympics