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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"From the fearless to the feared, discover 25 women who dared. Dared to conquer their dreams, win wars, discover sights unseen, and more. Readers will learn about bold women who were determined to achieve something great in the face of adversity"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
Español
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"From the fearless to the feared, discover 25 women who dared. Dared to conquer their dreams, win wars, discover sights unseen, and more. Readers will learn about bold women who were determined to achieve something great in the face of adversity. Fully translated Spanish text."--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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As the only African American soloist dancing with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre, Misty Copeland has made history. But when she first placed her hands on the barre at an after-school community center, no one expected the undersized, anxious thirteen-year-old to become a ground-breaking ballerina.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Discusses how in the 1950s, black women made critical contributions to NASA by performing calculations that made it possible for the nation's astronauts to fly into space and return safely to Earth.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Shares the story of how the daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie discovered artificial radioactivity and won a Nobel Prize in spite of being denied an advanced education, inspiring physicist Lise Meitner to make a vital discovery about nuclear fission.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"The only graphic biography of Anne Frank's diary that has been authorized by the Anne Frank Foundation and that uses text from the diary--it will introduce a new generation of young readers to this classic of Holocaust literature. This adaptation of Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl into a graphic version for a young readership, maintains the integrity and power of the original work. With stunning, expressive illustrations and ample direct quotation...
12) Wilma Mankiller
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Presents the biography of Wilma Mankiller against the backdrop of her political, historical, and cultural environment"--Provided by publisher.