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1) Brown girl dreaming

Author

Woodson, Jacqueline

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

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"Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and...

2) Emma's poem: the voice of the Statue of Liberty

Author

Glaser, Linda

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Presents the story of Emma Lazarus who, despite her life of privilege, became a tireless advocate for the immigrants who arrived in New York City in the 1880s and wrote a famous poem for the Statue of Liberty.

3) Me-- Jane

Author

McDonnell, Patrick

Publisher

Little, Brown

Pub. Date

2011

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Holding her stuffed toy chimpanzee, young Jane Goodall observes nature, reads Tarzan books, and dreams of living in Africa and helping animals. Includes biographical information on the prominent zoologist.

4) Hana's suitcase: a true story

Author

Levine, Karen

Publisher

Albert Whitman

Pub. Date

2003

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2

Language

English

Description

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A biography of a Czech girl who died in the Holocaust, told in alternating chapters with an account of how the curator of a Japanese Holocaust center learned about her life after Hana's suitcase was sent to her.

5) Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope

Author

Grimes, Nikki

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

6) The story of Ruby Bridges

Author

Coles, Robert

Publisher

Scholastic

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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For months six-year-old Ruby Bridges must confront the hostility of white parents when she becomes the first African American girl to integrate Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960.

7) George Washington: a photo-illustrated biography

Author

Usel, T. M

Series

Read and discover photo-illustrated biographies

Publisher

Bridgestone Books

Pub. Date

1996

Language

English

Description

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Presents the life story of the first president of the United States.

8) A picture book of Rosa Parks

Author

Adler, David A

Series

Picture book biography

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

1993

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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A biography of the Alabama black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped establish the civil rights movement.

9) Sacajawea: her true story

Author

Milton, Joyce

Series

All aboard reading Level 2

Publisher

Grosset & Dunlap

Pub. Date

2001

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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A biography of the Shoshoni Indian woman who acted as an interpreter, nurse, and guide for the Lewis and Clark expedition.

10) Benedict Arnold: American hero and traitor

Author

Burgan, Michael

Series

Graphic library. Graphic biographies

Publisher

Capstone Press

Pub. Date

2007

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

11) Blockhead: the life of Fibonacci

Author

D'Agnese, Joseph

Publisher

Henry Holt

Pub. Date

2010

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Biography of the Italian mathematician who discovered things in nature follow a mathematical pattern.

12) The story of Harriet Tubman

Author

Koestler-Grack, Rachel A

Series

Breakthrough biographies

Publisher

Chelsea Clubhouse

Pub. Date

2004

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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A biography of American abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery and led others to freedom as a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

13) Henry Ford

Author

Joseph, Paul

Series

Inventors

Publisher

Abdo & Daughters Pub

Pub. Date

1996.

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Sketches the life of the inventor and businessman who with hard work and an innovative mind changed the car industry in ways that will never be duplicated.

14) The story of Helen Keller

Author

Koestler-Grack, Rachel A

Series

Breakthrough biographies

Publisher

Chelsea Clubhouse

Pub. Date

2004

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Introduces Helen Keller and tells of her childhood struggles with deafness and blindness which led her to a successful career as a public speaker, writer, and champion of rights for the disabled.