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83) Anne Frank
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents information about Anne Frank, including her childhood in Holland, her years in hiding, her death, and her legacy.
Author
Publisher
Disney, Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
The young actress and singer known for her role in the Disney Channel series "Hannah Montana" discusses her life before fame, her relationship with her parents and siblings, her experiences on the show, and her goals in life.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
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Description
"Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the civil rights movement, and the space race, [this book] follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA's greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances, and used their intellect to change their own...
Author
Publisher
Enslow
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Library ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces the life of Phoebe Ann Moses, later known as Annie Oakley, who began shooting game after her father's death to feed her family and became the star sharpshooter of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Primera edición.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
"En 1848, Mary Walker nació siendo esclava. A los 15 años fue liberada. A los 20, se casó y tuvo su primer hijo. A los 68 aún trabajaba y recogía dinero para su iglesia. A los 114, era el último miembro de su familia que aún vivía. A los 116 años, Mary Walker aprendió a leer. Nunca es demasiado tarde para aprender."--
"A picture book biography sharing the inspiring and incredible true story of the nation's oldest student, Mary Walker, who...
93) The Lobster Lady
Author
Publisher
Charlesbdridge
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"At 102-years-old, Virginia Oliver, or "The Lobster Lady," is the oldest person hauling lobster in Maine and possibly the world ; and she still remembers life as a little girl--working along the rocky coast, enjoying time well spent with family"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Life, like a poem, is a series of choices." In her memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of her marriage and her renewed commitment to herself in lyrical vignettes that shine, hard and clear as jewels. The book begins with one woman's personal, particular heartbreak, but its circles widen into a reckoning with contemporary womanhood, traditional gender roles, and the power dynamics that persist...
Author
Series
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A biography of astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who helped build a radio telescope that helped her discover pulsars, a new type of star. Some scientists consider it the greatest astronomical discovery of the twentieth century. Despite this achievement, she was overlooked in favor of two male colleagues when the Nobel Prize for physics was awarded. Bell is still working and teaching today, with recognition"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Florida Everglades are made up of nine different ecosystems supporting an astonishing variety of wildlife-panthers, manatees, snails, frogs, and a rainbow of bird species. But for years, the Everglades were threatened. They needed a voice to speak upfor them. Marjory Stoneman Douglas became that voice. Her book "A River of Grass" helped the world see the irreplaceable beauty and value of the Everglades. Marjory's activism led to the creation...
98) Rosa Parks
Author
Publisher
Mason Crest Publishers
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life of the civil rights heroine and suffrage activist describes how she repeatedly risked her life to save dozens of slaves and became an equal rights icon in post-Civil War.
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