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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Description
From Jezebel to Catherine the Great, from Cleopatra to Mae West, from Mata Hari to Bonnie Parker, strong women have been a problem for historians, storytellers, and readers. Strong females smack of the unfeminine. They have been called wicked, wanton, and willful. Sometimes that is a just designation, but just as often it is not. "Well-behaved women seldom make history," is the frequently quoted statement by historian and feminist Laurel Thatcher...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Delve into the life and career of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman justice appointed to the US Supreme Court. Ginsburg endured great adversity-from anti-Semitism to gender discrimination-to achieve her Supreme Court appointment. Follow her journey to Supreme Court Justice, and learn how she became a national spokesperson for treating people equally under the law. This revised edition uses primary and secondary sources, including quotes and childhood...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
No discussion of the Civil Rights Movement is complete without the story of Rosa Parks. But what was this activist like as a child? Following young Rosa from a fishing creek to a one-room schoolhouse, from her wearing homemade clothes to wondering what "white" water tastes like, readers will be inspired by the experiences that shaped one of the most famous African-Americans in history.
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Series
Publisher
Abdo Pub
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
History is shaped by people who work for change. Throughout history, those who have faced discrimination have made significant accomplishments while fighting to secure their rights. Some of these achievements have become well known, while others are more obscure. The books in the Freedom's Promise series detail many of these stories and perspectives. Discover important events and the people who have influenced society, science, culture, and the arts....
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Language
English
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Rosa Parks was a seamstress whose refusal to obey an unjust law lit the fuse that sparked the civil rights movement. Her arrest for failing to give up her seat on a bus started the Montgomery bus boycott, which launched Martin Luther King Jr. to prominence. Her lawsuit following her arrest tested the constitutionality of segregation laws, which were later overturned.
11) I am Jazz
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of a transgender child who traces her early awareness that she is a girl in spite of male anatomy and the acceptance she finds through a wise doctor who explains her natural transgender status.
13) Hillary
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Open this book and discover how a scrappy girl from a Chicago suburb became one of the most inspiring women in American history. From Johah Winter and Raul Colon comes and empowering picture-book biography about Hilliary Rodham Clinton, the extraordinary woman who has helped change the world into a place where a girl can grow up to be president.
15) Through my eyes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ruby Bridges recounts the story of her involvement, as a six-year-old, in the integration of her school in New Orleans in 1960.
17) I am Rosa Parks
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Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
This title focuses on United States Marine Corps and gives information related to their origin, interesting facts, and modern influence. This hi-lo title is complete with action-packed and colorful photographs, simple text, glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Fly! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents an introduction to the life and achievements of Clara Barton, from her childhood in Massachusetts and her early career as a schoolteacher to her accomplishments as a field nurse during the Civil War and her founding of the American Red Cross.
Author
Publisher
Artisan
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"What turns an ordinary person into a hero? What happens in the blink of an eye on a battlefield (or in any dangerous situation) to bring out true courage? The men and women who have been recognized by the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation know the answers to these questions deep in their hearts"--Amazon.com.
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