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Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Traces the childhood, friendships and dangers experienced by Buffalo Bird Woman, a Hidatsa Indian born in 1839, whose community along the Missouri River in the Dakotas transitioned from hunting to agriculture.
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Meet Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician who worked at NASA in the early 1950s until retiring in 1986. Katherine's unparalleled calculations (done by hand) helped plan the trajectories for NASA's Mercury and Apollo missions (including the Apollo 11 moon landing). She is said to be one of the greatest American minds of all time.
9) Sacagawea
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Tells the story of the Shoshoni Indian girl who served as interpreter, peacemaker, and guide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the Northwest in 1805-1806.
12) Pocahontas
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Examines the life of the Indian princess Pocahontas and her contact with English settlers, especially John Smith.
14) Katarina Witt
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Discusses the skating career of German figure skater, Katarina Witt, who won two Olympic gold medals before going on to skate professionally.
15) Harriet Tubman
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Reference
Pub. Date
2002, c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Using a variety of primary sources, this biography of Harriet Tubman describes the life of a former slave who was responsible for helping many other slaves to freedom.
Author
Series
Publisher
Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Commemorates sixteen lesser-known women of valor who served in World War I, including Allies guide and first-aid teen Emilienne Moreau, Imperial Russian Army peasant Maria Bochkareva, and American journalist Madeleine Zabriskie Doty.
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