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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Notorious RBG takes the reader behind the scenes for an intimate, irreverent look at the justice's life and work. As America struggles with the unfinished business of gender equality and civil rights, Ginsburg stays fierce.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Jane Austen's witty comedy of manners features splendidly civilized sparring between the proud Mr. Darcy and the prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet as they play out their spirited courtship in a series of 18th-century drawing-room intrigues.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Documents the educational pursuits of the Nobel Peace Prize nominee who became an international symbol of hope and inspiration when she challenged the traditions of her Pakistan community, offering insight into the influential role of her courageous father.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
106 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is famous for her stylish collars (called jabots) and her commanding dissents. This opera-loving New Yorker has always spoken her mind; as a young lawyer, RBG advocated for gender equality and women's rights when few others did. She gained attention for the cases she won when arguing in front of the Supreme Court, before taking her place on the bench in 1993. Author Patricia Brennan Demuth answers all the question about...
Author
Publisher
Marvel
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
324 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After Doreen uses her extraordinary powers to stop a group of troublemakers, she becomes a full-fledged superhero called Squirrel Girl.
Author
Series
Publisher
Norwood House Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Talks about the history and sexism of the sport cycling. It goes from the invention of bikes, to present day mentioning trailblazing women athletes in cycling in the text"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"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...
14) The Candymakers
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
Four children have been chosen to compete in a national competition to find the tastiest confection in the country. Who will invent a candy more delicious than the Oozing Crunchorama or the Neon Lightning Chew?
Logan, the Candymaker's son, who can detect the color of chocolate by touch alone?
Miles, the boy who is allergic to merry-go-rounds and the color pink?
Daisy, the cheerful girl who can lift a fifty-pound lump of taffy like...
Logan, the Candymaker's son, who can detect the color of chocolate by touch alone?
Miles, the boy who is allergic to merry-go-rounds and the color pink?
Daisy, the cheerful girl who can lift a fifty-pound lump of taffy like...
15) Susan B. Anthony
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the life of the woman known for her struggles for women's rights.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
1996
Edition
1st Voyager Books ed. (2000)
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[42] p. : col. ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the African-American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics.
18) Simone Biles
Author
Series
Publisher
Fly!/Abdo Zoom
Pub. Date
c2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill., map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This title focuses on Simone Biles and gives information related to her early life, her time in the pros, and the legacy she leaves behind. This hi-lo title is complete with vibrant photographs, simple text, glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards"--Provided by the publisher.
19) Mia Hamm
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First Great Americans in Sports Edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
177 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
20) Sarah's Song
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Sarah knows first-hand the heartache that results from making wrong choices. But will she be able to convince a troubled young woman before time runs out? For when the twelve days of Christmas have passed, it is possible that the melody of Sarah's song might bring out not one, but two miracles.