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Kane Miller, A Division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The story of a girl who refused to be silenced. Malala Yousafzai was born in a beautiful valley and spent her childhood playing and learning with her family and friends. When she was a teenager, she boarded her school bus and was attacked by the Taliban for daring to stand up for girls' education. Today, she is a voice for the oppressed and an inspiration for people fighting for justice all over the world.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kane Miller, A Division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The story of a woman whose brainpower changed our world. Katherine Johnson was a child who loved numbers, who went on to become one of the most important people in the history of space travel. Katherine proved that her knowledge and hard work were absolutely essential, when the odds were stacked against her. And when the time came, Katherine was the mathematician who sent the very first humans to the moon.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kane Miller, A Division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The story of a woman whose defiance sparked a revolution. Rosa Parks changed the lives of millions of people by refusing to give up her seat on a bus, an act that took on a life of its own and became a crucial moment in the fight for equal rights. Growing up in Alabama, she could not have known what her small act of defiance would do-or how she would eventually become known as the mother of the civil rights movement.
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Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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In 2001, when Madeleine Albright was leaving office as America’s first female secretary of state, interviewers asked her how she wished to be remembered. “I don’t want to be remembered,” she answered. “I am still here and have much more I intend to do. As difficult as it might seem, I want every stage of my life to be more exciting than the last.”
In that time of transition, the former Secretary considered the possibilities: she could...
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In 2013, twenty-nine-year-old Edward Snowden shocked the world when he broke with the American intelligence establishment and revealed that the United States government was secretly pursuing the means to collect every single phone call, text message, and email. The result would be an unprecedented system of mass surveillance with the ability to pry into the private lives of every person on earth. Six years later, Snowden reveals for the very first...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother's dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called calorie restriction, eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, Your eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn't tint hers? She was...
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English
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“Once the empress of the stage, the indomitable 19th-century superstar Charlotte Cushman has been lost to us. Tana Wojczuk resurrects her here, charisma and originality intact. A brisk, beautifully crafted life of a pioneering actor who—on and off the stage—indeed seems to have been, as Wojczuk puts it, ‘a better man than most men.’” —Stacy Schiff, bestselling author of The Witches and Cleopatra
For fans of Book of Ages and American...
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Series
Big buddy pop biographies volume set 4
Pub. Date
t201
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
10) David Bowie
Author
Pub. Date
s201
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Bengali
Description
As a child, young David had a head full of songs and ideas. He was inspired by the pop and mod scenes in Britain to pick up the saxophone. After earning his stripes in some of the coolest bands in London, David splashed onto the solo scene. His songwriting talent and musical skill made him one of rock and roll's all-time greatest artists.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt & Co
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The late Civil Rights attorney and activist shares a poignant moment from her childhood beside her wise grandmother, who taught Roundtree the values of self-worth, strength and justice that inspired the co-author's boundary-breaking career.
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Publisher
ArchwayPub
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
John Doran wrote to the United States Bureau of Pensions toward the end o f his life with a pleading message: I have been compelled to cease all work, ad I am unable to support myself and family on the small pension allowed me. I am a broken-down old man and pray for an increase. It was a sad end for an Irishman who had come to America in 1857 looking for a better life0someone who learned the trade of iron molding before enlisting in the First Regiment...
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Pub. Date
s202
Language
English
Description
This is the story of my forty-four year inspirational journey with dealing with epilepsy on a daily basis. It tells how I overcame all obstacles in my way and finally got cured., it tells how I went from being sick daily to being cured. I found the rainbow at the end of the tunnel. I did support groups and taught seizure first aid for the Epilepsy Foundation of Central New Jersey and the Epilepsy Foundation of Western Pennsylvania. I was also president...
Author
Pub. Date
s201
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Bengali
Description
From the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Vivienne Westwood, the flame-haired fashion designer and impresario.
When Vivienne was a young woman, she wasn't sure how a working class girl from England could make a living in the art world. But after discovering her passion for design and jewelry making, she erupted onto the fashion scene with a bang. Vivienne's designs became iconic, and she became famous for...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
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Longtime Jeopardy! host and television icon Alex Trebek reflects on his life and career--
Longtime Jeopardy! host and television icon Alex Trebek reflects on his life and career.
Since debuting as the host of Jeopardy! in 1984, Alex Trebek has been something like a family member to millions of television viewers, bringing entertainment and education into their homes five nights a week. Last year, he made the stunning announcement that he had been...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
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Learn about Sidney Crosby's early life, career, biggest sports moments, and what makes him a champion. The top-scoring champion in basketball! The record-setting slugger! The career-record holder in touchdown passes! Only a few professional players have excelled in legendary ways. The series Today's MVPs and Champions features some of the biggest stars and teams. Each book in the series will hook young readers with fascinating facts, exciting action...
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Pub. Date
s201
Language
English
Description
Few people have had a better front-row seat to hockey history than Kelly Hrudey. And in Calling the Shots, he delivers the same insider view as he takes us on a roller-coaster ride through the NHL over the last thirty years, alongside his Hall of Fame teammates Mike Bossy, Denis Potvin, Jari Kurri, Paul Coffey and Wayne Gretzky.
This is Kelly Hrudey at his best—candid, funny and opinionated. He takes us on the ice for the 1987 Easter Epic, where...
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Pub. Date
s202
Language
Slave
Description
Queens. Warriors. Witches. Revolutionaries. History is full of sisters making their mark. Meet incredible women in this nonfiction book for kids, from Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret to tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams. Authors (and sisters!) Olivia Meikle and Katie Nelson have scoured history for jaw-dropping stories of amazing siblings, including: Why Egyptian ruler Cleopatra went to war against her younger sister Arsinoe How...
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