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Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
NC 860L
Language
English
Description
As a young boy, Theodore "Teedie" Roosevelt was small, had weak eyes, and frail muscles. But Teedie was also inquisitive, brave, and self-sufficient. Determined to overcome his childhood ailments, Teedie changed from a timid homebody into an adventurous man. He explored the Wild West, fought in the Spanish-American War, served as president of the United States, and helped build the Panama Canal.
Author
Series
Young patriots volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Description
Describes the female pilot's childhood fascination with airplanes and interest in flying lessons before she became the first pilot to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean.
Author
Series
Young patriots volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Juliette Low's early life, from her childhood in Georgia during the Civil War to her wedding day in 1886, and describes her inspiration for creating the Girl Scouts in America.
Author
Series
Young patriots volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
Provides a fictional account of the childhood of the "Children's Poet," who wrote more than one hundred poems including "Little Orphant Annie" and "The Old Swimmin' Hole."
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
Description
"Forget the moon landing, the Nobel prizes, and the famous inventions. When the world's most brilliant scientists were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Albert Einstein daydreamed instead of paying attention in class. Jane Goodall got in trouble for bringing worms and snails in her house. And Neil deGrasse Tyson had to start a dog-walking business to save up money to buy a telescope. Kid Scientists tells these stories and more...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
Author Walter Dean Myers describes his childhood in Harlem in the 1940s and 1950s, discussing his loving stepmother, his problems in school, his reasons for leaving home, and his beginnings as a writer.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
Blends the personal testimony of Holocaust survivor, Jack Mandelbaum, with the history of his time, documented by photos from the archives of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. What was the secret to surviving the death camps? How did you keep from dying of heartbreak in a place of broken hearts and broken bodies? "Think of it as a game, Jack," an older prisoner tells him. "Play the game right and you might outlast the Nazis." Caught up in Hitler's...
14) Brahms
Author
Language
English
Description
A biography of the nineteenth-century German composer with emphasis on his childhood and early musical training.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Rex Ogle's companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother's legacy. In his award-winning memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle's abuela features as a source of love and support. In this companion-in-verse, Rex captures and celebrates the powerful presence a woman he could always count on-to give him warm hugs and ear kisses, to teach him precious words in Spanish, to bring him...
16) Ugly
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
a"Robert Hoge was born with a tumor the size of a tennis ball in the middle of his face and short, twisted legs, but he refused to let what made him different stand in the way of leading a happy, successful life. This is the true story of how he embraced his circumstances and never let his "ugly" stop him from focusing on what truly mattered."--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
The celebrated story of an Inivialuk girl's resistance and strength at residential school -- now in an updated 10th anniversary edition, with updates to the text, reflections on the book's impact, and a bonus chapter from the acclaimed follow-up, A Stranger at Home. New content includes a foreword from Dr. Debbie Reese, noted Indigenous scholar and founder of American Indians in Children's Literature, while Christy Jordan-Fenton, mother of Margaret's...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
A look at the early life of Israel's first female prime minster shares a story from her childhood in which, at age nine, she organized her friends to raise money to buy textbooks for immigrant classmates.
20) Chopin
Author
Language
English
Description
Examines the childhood and early musical training of the nineteenth-century Polish composer.
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