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Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Denenberg presents the complete story of Anne Frank and her family's life, from Frankfurt, Germany, where Anne and Margot were born before the war, up through to their murders at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. When the Franks leave Frankfurt for Amsterdam, they are hoping to find a place where they can resume a normal life, but instead, the family's freedoms are taken away bit by bit. But it is when they see that other Jews are being taken...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Learn about Puerto Rico's 65th Regiment, one of the US Army's most decorated regiments. Author Talia Aikens-Nuęz shares the history of these soldiers and the discrimination they faced as they served their country during the largest court martial of the Korean War"--
483) Voices
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"David Elliott explores how Joan of Arc changed the course of history and remains a figure of fascination centuries after her extraordinary life and death in a fiery, evocative novel-in-verse."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
No Barriers is about my journey since coming down from Mt. Everest in 2001, and the path to where I am today. It is the story of my own life, the personal and professional struggles in the pursuit of growth, learning, and family, as well as a dream to kayak one of the world's great rivers as a blind athlete. It is also about the many people I've encountered along the way who possess what I call a "No Barriers" mindset, who live a No Barriers life....
485) Aung San Suu Kyi
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
Chronicles the life of the Burmese opposition figure who has spent much of her recent life under house arrest imposed by the country's military junta.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Sonia Sotomayor, born of Puerto Rican parents in the Bronx, New York, became a household name when President Barack Obama nominated her to the United States Supreme Court in 2009. Her confirmation made her the country's first Hispanic Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. But even before that, Sonia was an inspiration to others for her hard work and her accomplishments as a student, an attorney, and a judge.
490) Cleopatra
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1994]
Description
Examines the life and reign of the woman who ruled Egypt from 51 to 30 B.C. and discusses her relationship with two powerful Roman leaders, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.
491) Poe
Author
Pub. Date
1993
Description
Examines the life and work of the nineteenth-century author best known for his poetry and stories of terror, grief, revenge, and death.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
The true story of the all-black high school basketball team that broke the color barrier in segregated 1950s Indiana, masterfully told by National Book Award winner Phil Hoose. By winning the state high school basketball championship in 1955, ten teens from an Indianapolis school meant to be the centerpiece of racially segregated education in the state shattered the myth of their inferiority. Their brilliant coach had fashioned an unbeatable team...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
"In the nineteen fifties and early sixties, Birmingham, Alabama, became known as Bombingham. At the center of this violent time in the fight for civil rights, and standing at opposite ends, were Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull' Connor. From his pulpit, Shuttlesworth agitated for racial equality, while Commissioner Connor fought for the status quo. Relying on court documents, police and FBI reports, newspapers, interviews, and photographs,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"A highly personal collection documenting the early months of artist Julia Kaye's gender transition. Instead of a traditional written diary, Julia Kaye has always turned to art as a means of self-reflection. So when she began her gender transition in 2016, she decided to use her popular webcomic, Up and Out, to process her journey and help others with similar struggles realize they weren't alone. Julia's poignant, relatable comics honestly depict...
500) Leonardo da Vinci
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
With reproductions of art masterpieces in full color, this book examines the life and art of Leonardo da Vinci and focuses on the cultural developments of the era in which da Vinci lived.
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