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Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Michelle Obama grew up on the south side of Chicago. After her father was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Michelle worked to better the lives of others. When she met Barack Obama, she was already a trailblazing lawyer and activist. As an advocate for women, girls and those less fortunate, she became a powerful First Lady.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 450L
Language
English
Description
"On May 10, 1940, the Nazi Army invaded Belgium, setting into motion the refugee story of Cary Fagan's father, Maurice. Maurice was only 12 at the time, and he and his family had no idea they would never again return to Brussels, the city of his birth. Instead, they would travel through France, Spain, and Portugal, running from war. Every time they thought they might be safe, Maurice would try to restart his studies--he was determined to become a...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Jennifer Walters is...the She-Hulk! A stalwart member of the Avengers and the FF, she's also a killer attorney with a pile of degrees and professional respect. But juggling cases and kicking bad guy butt is a little more complicated than she anticipated. With a new practice, a new paralegal and a mounting number of super villains she's racking up as personal enemies, She- Hulk might have bitten off more than she can chew! When Kristoff Vernard, the...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
GN 690L
Language
English
Description
"Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel-a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
One of the most courageous and esteemed presidents of the United States of America, Abraham Lincoln is known mainly for abolishing slavery and his leadership during the Civil War. He grew up in a single-room log cabin on the Sinking Spring Farm in Hardin County, Kenrucky. His mother died when he was nine, and his relationship with his father was often strained. He had an insatiable desire to learn, which his stepmother nutured by encouraging young...
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A moving graphic memoir following Eddie Ahn, an environmental justice lawyer and activist striving to serve diverse communities in San Francisco amidst environmental catastrophes, an accelerating tide of racial and economic inequality, burnout, and his family's expectations" --
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Jennifer Walters is...the She-Hulk! A stalwart member of the Avengers and the FF, she's also a killer attorney with a pile of degrees and professional respect. But juggling cases and kicking bad guy butt is a little more complicated than she anticipated. With a new practice, a new paralegal and a mounting number of super villains she's racking up as personal enemies, She- Hulk might have bitten off more than she can chew! When Kristoff Vernard, the...
10) Cassidy's secret
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When a comet lands on Earth, it brings a child who will become Earth's most powerful hero. Sounds familiar? Well, it also brings an ultra-virus that bestows powers to a select genetically pre-disposed few. In a world where those with superpowers invoke fear and awe, some become celebrities, others become scapegoats - and some exploit these new abilities for their own agenda. Who will defend the powered few when the many seek to cage and/or control...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c[2016]
Language
English
Description
"At Tenbin Elementary, there is only one way to settle a dispute--in a court of law! All quarrels bypass the teachers and are settled by some of the best lawyers in the country...who also happen to be elementary school students. The accused this time is a boy named Tento. His crime? The murder of a beloved member of the classroom! Luckily for him, the state has sent him a defense attorney--Abaku Inugami. But is this wild young lawyer skilled enough...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"At Tenbin Elementary, there is only one way to settle a dispute--in a court of law! All quarrels bypass the teachers and are settled by some of the best lawyers in the country...who also happen to be elementary school students. Tento once again finds himself in a tight spot when he's accused of trying to murder the school's Madonna, Reiko Shiratori, and locking her unconscious body in a shed. Can Abuka ronpa his friend to freedom? Meanwhile, the...
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Pearl finds a stray cat that leads our hero to the site of yet another murder. Did Phoenix's client really trigger her abusive father's deadly allergic reaction, or did her mother come back from the dead to do the deed? Together, Phoenix and Edgeworth will uncover the truth. --From back cover.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Phoenix Wright, ace attorney, takes up the case of the spider fanatic and recluse Bobby Wolfe, accused of arson--and murder! In the conclusion of the case, Phoenix stands up to his arch nemesis, Miles Edgeworth, to fight for Bobby's innocence in the courtroom!" --p.[4] of cover.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Phoenix and Maya's occult-loving friend Russi Clover has gotten herself in trouble once again. She has converted to the Great Tengu Society, a cult that claims to give its followers supernatural powers. Soon, an enemy of the cult is found dead. Was it divine retribution...or just murder?" --p.[4] of cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2012-
Language
English
Description
Stop the performance-- murder is afoot! It will take all of genius prosecutor Miles Edgeworth's cunning powers of deduction to uncover the truth behind a murder at a masquerade and a rocker's riotous on-stage demise in this volume of original stories based on the hit Capcom video game!
Author
Pub. Date
c2014.
Language
English
Description
The Serpent Society has been buying off the New York justice system and using it to their own sinister means. The only man that stands in their way? Matt Murdock, the man known as DAREDEVIL! It's Daredevil versus the Sons of the Serpent in an all-out battle for the soul of truth and justice in New York City!
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