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Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Instead of the usual fairy tale, Abby finds herself in the middle of a book, Alice in Wonderland, with two of her friends, plus bossy Penny (who is definitely not a friend), and in order to get back to reality she must solve a curious riddle, find one of her friends who is missing, and somehow avoid getting her head cut off by the Red Queen--and figure out what she is going to tell the other girls if they ever get out of Wonderland.
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Description
Woodrow Wilson arrived in Washington, DC in March 1913, a day before he took the presidential oath of office. There was only a modest turnout--the crowds and reporters were blocks away, watching a parade of eight thousand suffragists on Pennsylvania Avenue in a first-of-its-kind protest organized by an activist named Alice Paul and led by a woman riding a white horse. Cassidy weaves together the trajectories of Alice Paul and Woodrow Wilson, two apparent...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"Would you kill for love? In 1974 Alice, a desperate young mother in a gritty Wyoming boomtown, kills her husband and dumps his body where it will never be found, then slips away and starts a new life with Gerald Uden. But when her new man's ex-wife and two kids start demanding more of him, Alice delivers an ultimatum: Fix the problem or lose her forever. With Alice's help, Gerald 'fixes' the problem in an extraordinary ghastly way...and they live...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Description
"In the Victorian age, when few children escaped tradition, Alice Pleasance Liddell inspired the greatest children's story of all time, 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.' This book brought Alice and Lewis Carroll together for their lifetimes and forever. The story behind the story is a rich history of a very creative, curious and magnetic young girl who grew up to become a cultural icon and one of the most celebrated women of the last 100 years....
Author
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A biography of the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, from her childhood in segregated Albany, Georgia, in the 1930s, through her recognition at the 1996 Olympics as one of the hundred best athletes in Olympic history. Includes bibliographical references.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Middle school student Sam is comfortable with their nonbinary identity, and their family has accepted it too (as long as they do their homework and chores), so when their history teacher assigns as a project coming up with a proposal for the new statue honoring a historical Staten Islander (there is a contest involved) they and their friend TJ decide to focus on Alice Austen, a lesbian photographer, whose house on Staten Island is a museum--but they...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Mary-Alice Daniel's family moved from West Africa to England when she was a very young girl, leaving behind the vivid culture of her native land in the Nigerian savanna. They arrived to a blanched, cold world of prim suburbs and unfamiliar customs. So began her family's series of travels across three continents in search of places of belonging. A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing ventures through the physical and mythical landscapes of Daniel's...
80) Meet Alice
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Meet Alice, the great-granddaughter of the original Alice in Wonderland, and her diverse community of Wonderland friends in this 32-page Level Pre-1 World of Reading book. With a sprinkle of creativity, a dash of curiosity, and a can-do attitude, Alice is ready to confront any kitchen challenge, from catering a mad tea party to baking an un birthday cake for the Queen of Hearts. Her friends Dad Hatter and his son Hattie, Fergie the White Rabbit, Alice's...