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Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"1938, Italy. Six-year-old Lia loves to build sandcastles at the beach and her biggest problem is her shyness and quiet, birdlike voice -- until prime minister Mussolini joins forces with Hitler in World War II, and everything changes. Now there are laws saying Jewish children can't go to school, Jews can't work, or go on vacation. It's difficult for Lia to understand why this is happening to her family. When her father loses his job, they must give...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Shaquille O'Neal discovered his love of basketball while spending time in an afterschool program called the Boys & Girls Club of America. Standing over six feet tall by the time he turned eleven years old, Shaq--as he is affectionately known--continued to practice the game and stunned the country with his phenomenal skills. From leading his high-school team to its first-ever state title to becoming the first pick in the 1992 NBA Draft and going on...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Here are the life stories of such diverse figures as Vivaldi, Mozart, Scott Joplin, Nadia Boulanger, and Woody Guthrie. Readers will learn of both their musical natures and the personal, humorous characteristics that make their lives so fascinating. Living, breathing anecdotes--the stuff of which the best biography is made
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Most people can name some famous artists and recognize their best-known works. But what's behind all that painting, drawing, and sculpting? What was Leonardo da Vinci's snack of choice while he painted Mona Lisa's mysterious smile? Why did Georgia O'Keeffe find bones so appealing? Who called Diego Rivera "Frog-Face"? And what is it about artists that makes both their work and their lives so fascinating-to themselves, to their curious neighbors, and...
6) Squanto
Author
Publisher
Cavendish Square, Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"From kidnap victim to slave to world traveler to helper, Squanto's story is far bigger than what is typically told at Thanksgiving. The Native American famous for enabling the Pilgrims to survive also helped establish a peace between European settlers and Native Americans that lasted forty years. This book takes young readers into Squanto's life and world as it describes his tribe and contrasts his culture with the ways of the newcomers to his land....
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Not all governments have been run by men. Lives of Extraordinary Women turns the spotlight on women who have wielded power, revealing their feats-and flaws-for all the world to see. Here you'll find twenty of the most influential women in history: queens, warriors, prime ministers, first ladies, revolutionary leaders. Some are revered. Others are notorious. What were they really like?
In this grand addition to their highly praised series, Kathleen...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Painter and sculptor Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899) led a highly nontraditional life, especially for a woman in the nineteenth century. She kept lions as pets, was awarded the Legion of Honor by Empress Eugénie, and befriended "Buffalo Bill" Cody. She became a painter at a time when women were often only reluctantly educated as artists. Her unconventional artistic work habits, including visiting slaughterhouses to sketch animal anatomy and wearing mens...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt Children's Books
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Profiles many of history's most noteworthy scientists, from Zhang Heng and Isaac Newton to Albert Einstein and Barbara McClintock, sharing lesser-known facts about their favorite activities, relationships, and eccentricities.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press, A Capstone Imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Standing over 6 feet tall while in middle school, Kevin Durant seemed destined for basketball greatness. He was heavily recruited after high school and never folded to the pressure. From NBA rookie of the year to the NBA finals MVP, Durant has proven himself time and time again. This fresh biography from the Stars of Sports series breaks down his extraordinary list of accomplishments"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press, a Capstone Imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"As a kid Khalil Mack loved basketball, not football. He didn't even start playing football until his senior year of high school. That season he racked up 140 tackles, an amazing total. From then on, football became Mack's focus, and he proved to be a force on the gridiron. In the National Football League, he was named defensive player of the year in 2016, and today he is widely recognized as one of the most dominant players in the pro game. It's...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"By building his own microscope, Antony van Leeuwenhoek advanced humanity's understanding of the oft-invisible world around us. Microbes are everywhere: in the soil and oceans, in snow, and inside our bodies. But in Antony van Leeuwenhoek's time, people believed that what they saw with their own eyes was all that existed in the world. How did a simple tradesman -- who didn't go to college or speak English or Latin like all the other scientists --...
15) Into the wild
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 12
Description
A true story expanded from Krakauer's article about a young man who starved to death in Denali National Park in Alaska. In a compelling book that evokes the writings of Thoreau, Muir, and Jack London, Krakauer recounts the haunting and tragic mystery of 22-year-old Chris McCandless who disappeared in April 1992 into the Alaskan wilderness in search of a raw, transcendent experience. His emaciated corpse was discovered four months later.
16) Who was Jesus?
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
A biography that covers what is known historically about Jesus and places in his life in the context of his world when Jerusalem was part of the Roman Empire. This volume also explains the early origins of Christianity and how it became a major religion"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman explores the extraordinary life and scientific discoveries of Maria Merian, who discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented the science behind the mystery in this visual biography that features many original paintings by Maria herself."--
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace & Co
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Benjamin Banneker was born free when most blacks were still enslaved. A self-taught mathematician and astronomer, he was the author of the first published almanac written by a black man. Throughout his life Bannecker was troubled that all blacks were not free. So, in 1791, he sent a letter to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. Here is the extraordinary correspondence between the two men.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"August Wilson (1945-2005) was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who had a particular talent for capturing the authentic, everyday voice of Black Americans. As a child, he read off soup cans and cereal boxes, and when his mother brought him to the library, his whole world opened up. After facing intense prejudice at school from both students and some teachers, August dropped out. However, he continued reading and educating himself independently....
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