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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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In this title, unwrap the life of talented Hershey's chocolate creator, Milton Hershey! Readers will enjoy getting the scoop on this Food Dude, beginning with his childhood near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Students can follow Hershey's success story from his apprenticeship at Royer's Ice Cream Parlor and Garden to his establishment of the Lancaster Caramel Company. Hershey's discovery of chocolate and determined creation of the Hershey bar also highlighted....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Meet the Robertsons in this personal behind-the-scenes look at the stars of the exploding A&E® show Duck Dynasty®.
What do faith, family, ducks, and money have in common? The well-known stars of A&E's hit show Duck Dynasty-Korie and Willie Robertson! From Louisiana's bayou comes the story of how the Robertson family went from eating fried bologna sandwiches to consuming fine filet mignon.
Part redneck logic, part humorous family stories, combined...
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Everyone knows Steve Madden's name and his shoes, but few are familiar with his story. Over the past thirty-years, Steve Madden has taken his eponymous shoe company from the fledgling startup he founded with $1,100 to a global multi-billion-dollar brand. In the 1990s, Madden's iconic designs, such as the Marilyn, the Mary Lou, and the Slinky, established him as the preeminent designer of shoes for young women. Along the way, he revolutionized the...
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When eleven-year-old Cornelius Vanderbilt began to work on his father’s small boat ferrying supplies in New York Harbor at the beginning of the nineteenth century, no one could have imagined that one day he would, through ruthlessness, cunning, and a pathological desire for money, build two empires—one in shipping and another in railroads—that would make him the richest man in America. His staggering fortune was fought over by his heirs after...
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