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"Ketanji Brown Jackson is no stranger to overcoming obstacles. When a high school guidance counselor told her she should set her sights lower than Harvard, she decided to go to Harvard for college and law school. When she became a public defender and saw inequalities in the justice system, she used her legal skills to advocate for people who needed help, but couldn't afford an attorney. Ketanji's path to the Supreme Court was unique: She's the only...
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2022.
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English
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"Ada and Bea are on a tour of Washington, DC, learning all about the US Supreme Court, from its founding in 1789 to today. Along the way, they hear from the Constitution, important justices, and key figures from landmark cases, such as Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education, gaining an understanding of how the Court has shaped our lives."--
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FBI files volume 3
Language
English
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"Stories of FBI cases from the point of view of the investigator"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"What does it mean to be fair and honest and uphold the law even in the most difficult cases? Just ask Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. This informative biography about Ginsburg's life tells how she became the second female appointed to the United States' highest court. Through accessible text, it explores her youth growing up in a low-income, working-class Brooklyn neighborhood and her difficult first years as a lawyer in a field dominated...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1010L
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English
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"Ketanji Brown Jackson is an American jurist and the first Black woman to serve on the US Supreme Court. Learn about her history of public service and how she rose to the highest court in the US"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
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"Ruth Bader Ginsburg led the Supreme Court in style and speech. But do you know what she was like as a child? Strong role models and encouragement to be herself led Ruth to speak her mind and to stand up for equality. Lessons from her childhood helped her become the second-ever female Supreme Court justice of the United States"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
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The People Who Keep Us Safe series introduces young readers to important figures who work hard to keep their communities safe. Easy-to-read text based on sight words is accompanied by exciting visuals to help encourage a love of reading in young audiences.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
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"A biography of Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American to be named to the U.S. Supreme Court, discussing his childhood and family, his college years and marriage, his career as a lawyer and Civil Rights champion, his appointment to the Court, and his legacy. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, informative captions and sidebars, a phonetic glossary, a time line, a Think-About-It section, and an index"--Provided...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 920L
Language
English
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"A picture book biography of Nancy Grace Roman, the astronomer who overcame obstacles such as weakening eyesight and teachers who did not believe astronomy was an appropriate career for a woman to lead the NASA team to build the Hubble Space Telescope. This is the empowering story of a female scientist's triumphs at a time when society discouraged women from pursuing scientific careers. It is also the story of an important milestone in the field of...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
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"Why is Lonnie Johnson important? He invented the Super Soaker! Readers follow his journey from a NASA engineer working on missions to Jupiter and Saturn to becoming the inventor of one of the most popular toys in the United States. This story of hard work is filled with engaging text and colorful images, all reviewed by Smithsonian experts"--
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
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"The daughter of Puerto Rican immigrants, Sonia Sotomayor won scholarships to Princeton and Yale before launching her impressive legal career. Follow Sotomayor's journey from the Bronx to the Supreme Court."--
19) Hidden figures
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Lexile measure
1120L
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English
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Before John Glenn orbited the Earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as "Human Computers," calculating the flight paths that would enable these historic achievements. Among these were a coterie of bright, talented African-American women. Segregated from their white counterparts by Jim Crow laws, these "colored computers," as they were known, used slide rules, adding machines, and pencil and paper to support America's...
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