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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...
2) Bad sister
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Meet Charise. She's energetic, helpful, a model pet owner and full of inventions. But she's also a bad sister. When she goes too far and breaks little brother Daniel's tooth, can she redeem herself? Is an accident really an accident if you could have stopped it? But most importantly... What does it mean to be a good sister?
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
A mix of royal biography, pop culture, art, style, and pure fun, Bad Princess is a whip-smart, tongue-in-cheek spin on the traditional princess narrative, proving that it takes more than a pretty crown to be a great leader.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
©2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
"History doesn't just happen! It is made by real-life superstars. Read about the good deeds of Abraham Lincoln, Gandhi, and Nelson Mandela, the evildoings of Genghis Khan, Hitler, and Stalin, and the superbrainy thinking of Archimedes, Marie Curie, and Einstein."
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt Brace & Co
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Focuses on the lives of presidents as parents, husbands, pet-owners, and neighbors while also including humorous anecdotes about hairstyles, attitudes, diets, fears, and sleep patterns.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In this picture book biography, young readers will learn all about Elizebeth Friedman (1892-1980), a brilliant American code breaker who smashed Nazi spy rings, took down gangsters, and created the CIA's first cryptology unit. Her story came to light when her secret papers were finally declassified in 2015. From thwarting notorious rumrunners with only paper and pencil to "counter-spying into the minds and activities of" Nazis, Elizebeth held a pivotal...
8) Walt Whitman
Author
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
An illustrated collection of twenty-six poems and excerpts from longer poems by the renowned nineteenth-century poet. Walt Whitman changed American poetry forever. He wrote poems that were open, flowing, charged with bold, passionate energy. He broke all the rules, and though this made him the target of criticism during his lifetime, he quickly emerged as one of America's best known and loved poets. Here, a Columbia University professor of literature...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"When young Tybre Faw discovers Congressman John Lewis and his heroic march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in the fight for the right to vote -- Tybre is determined to meet him. Tybre's two grandmothers take him on the seven-hour drive to Selma, Alabama, where Lewis invites Tybre to join him in the annual memorial walk across the Bridge. And so begins a most amazing friendship! In rich, poetic language, Andrea Davis Pinkney weaves the true story...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Maya Angelou, one of the best-loved authors of our time, shares the wisdom of a remarkable life in this best-selling spiritual classic. This is Maya Angelou talking from the heart, down to earth and real, but also inspiring. This is a book to treasured, a book about being in all ways a woman, about living well, about the power of the word, and about the power spirituality to move and shape your life. Passionate, lively, and lyrical, Maya Angelou's...
13) Through my eyes
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 16
Description
One of the best quarterbacks in the history of college football traces his path to success, discussing his childhood as the son of Christian missionaries and how his faith combined with his drive to succeed have made him the person he is today.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Description
The classic American memoir of twelve kids, two parents, and a world of laughter and love Translated into more than fifty languages and adapted into two classic motion pictures, Cheaper by the Dozen is the unforgettable story of the Gilbreth clan as told by two of its members. In this endearing, amusing memoir, siblings Frank Jr. and Ernestine capture the hilarity and heart of growing up in an oversized family. Mother and Dad are world-renowned...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
For the first 128 years of our country's history, not a single woman served in the Senate or House of Representatives. All of that changed, however, in November 1916, when Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congress--even before the Nineteenth Amendment gave women across the U.S. the right to vote. Beginning with the women's suffrage movement and going all the way through the results of the 2012 election, Ilene Cooper deftly...
Author
Publisher
Zest Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 9
Description
"Teen Innovators celebrates the determination and ingenuity of ten young people who created their own original inventions. From water testing to windmills, these youth use unique methods to overcome real world problems"--
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"Celebrating the invention of vehicles, this collective biography tells the inspiring stories of the visionaries who changed the way we move through air, water, and land. Perfect for fans of Mistakes that Worked and Girls Think of Everything"--
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A biography of the Afro-American farmer and self-taught mathematician, astronomer, and surveyor for the new capital city of the United States in 1791, who also calculated a successful almanac notable for its preciseness.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 6
Description
From his humble beginnings in rural South Africa to his tragic death at age 95 in 2013, Nelson Mandela's life is a tale of inspiration and courage. The most up-to-date biography of Nelson Mandela.
This powerful biography provides an in-depth look at Nelson Mandela who grew up in a rural village in South Africa under racist apartheid rule--a regime heultimately helped overthrow.Denenberg explores the history of South Africa and its often violent struggle...
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