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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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The continuing autobiography of the author, known to his friends and family as Little Britches, in which he discusses his attempts to be the man of the house after his father's death, and relates how his many money-making schemes conflicted with his mother's strong desire for him to finish his education.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Ralph Moody, just turned twenty, had only a dime in his pocket when he was put off a freight in western Nebraska. It was the Fourth of July in 1919. Three months later he owned eight teams of horses and rigs to go with them. Everyone who worked with him shared in the prosperity—the widow whose wheat crop was saved and the group of misfits who formed a first-rate harvesting crew. But sometimes fickle Mother Nature and frail human nature made
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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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...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Showcases the work and achievements of 12 children who, despite their age, have had a great impact on the world. Each spread contains fascinating facts about each child and how their accomplishments helped change the world."--Amazon website.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Chris McCandless, a twenty-four-year-old who walked into the Alaskan wilderness on an idealistic journey and was found dead of starvation four months later. Attempts to discover what led the young man to that point.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Nine-year-old Piri describes the bewilderment of being a Jewish child during the 1939-1944 German occupation of her hometown (then in Hungary and now in the Ukraine) and relates the ordeal of trying to survive in the ghetto.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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"Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers a visually rich, intimate, unprecedented look at the Justice and how she changed the world. From Ginsburg's refusal to let the slammed doors of sexism stop her to her innovative legal work, from her before-its-time feminist marriage to her perch on the nation's highest court--with the fierce dissents to match--get to know RBG as never before. As the country struggles with the unfinished...
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2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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"I Am Malala. This is my story. Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They said music was a crime. They said women weren't allowed to go to the market. They said girls couldn't go to school. Raised in a once-peaceful area of Pakistan transformed by terrorism, Malala was taught to stand up for what she believes. So she fought for her right to be educated. And on October 9, 2012, she nearly lost her life...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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A collection of artworks inspired by the lives and achievements of fifty famous women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, from the ancient world to the present, profiles each notable individual. Full of art, this collection also contains infographics about relevant topics such as lab equipment, rates of women currently working in STEM fields, and an illustrated scientific glossary. The trailblazing women profiled include well-known...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Presents a memoir by two siblings from the Gilbreth clan in which they look at the lives of their parents, Frank Bunker Gilbreth and Lillian Moller Gilbreth, discuss Frank and Lillian's careers as industrial engineers and work with scientific management, and share the adventures the couple encountered raising a family of twelve children.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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"Simone takes you through the events, challenges, and trials that carried her from an early childhood in foster care to a coveted spot on the 2016 Olympic team" --
Through years of hard work and determination, Biles has relied on her faith and family to stay focused and positive, while having fun competing at the highest level and doing what she loves. In her own words she takes you through the events, challenges, and trials that carried her from...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Explores Buffalo Bill Cody, including his childhood; working as a scout, buffalo hunter, and Pony Express rider; the creation and performances of his Wild West Show and his legacy in American history"--Provided by publisher.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Peg Kehret, who told of her childhood battle with polio in Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio, now shares the story of her writing career. It began at the age of ten when she wrote and sold the Dog Newspaper. The paper was supposed to feature the tales of local dogs, but mostly it was about her own dog, B.J. After four issues, it folded. But, Peg learned a valuable lesson: If she wanted people to read what she wrote, she had to write something interesting....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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The award-winning author and artist recounts his childhood in Cold War-era Russia as a young boy desperate to understand his place in his family. With a masterful mix of comic timing and disarming poignancy, Newbery Honoree Eugene Yelchin offers a memoir of growing up in Cold War Russia.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Teen Innovators tells the stories of discovery and the inventions of nine young students. For example, twelve-year-old Gitanjali Rao, appalled by the tragedy in Flint, Michigan, found a cheaper, more effective way to test for lead in drinking water. Four undocumented teenagers from an underfunded high school in Phoenix built an underwater robot from spare and found parts. Substituting hard work and creative thinking for money and expensive equipment,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Rebeka Uwitonze was born in Rwanda with curled and twisted feet, which meant she had to crawl or be carried to get around. At nine years old, she gets an offer that could change her life. A doctor in the US might be able to turn her feet. But it means leaving her own family behind and going to America on her own.
Her Own Two Feet tells Rebeka's inspiring story through her eyes, with the help of one of her hosts. She travels from Rwanda to Austin,...
19) Marie Curie
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Describes the life and work of the scientist who won two Nobel Prizes and died of radiation poisoning from years of investigating the dangerous elements that she herself had discovered. Readers will learn about the dark side of a woman and her devotion to science--the politics of science, her depression, and the drive to succeed. It is a brutally honest portrayal of a woman in a field dominated by men.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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The first female African American principal dancer in American Ballet Theatre history recounts her road to stardom, from her first ballet class to her rise through the professional ranks while dealing with a challenging home life.
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