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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
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A collection of biographical sketches about the lives and achievements of fifty famous women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, from the ancient world to the present, profiling each notable individual.
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Lexile measure
1300L
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English
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"Susan Casey gives 20 remarkable girls and women the spotlight they deserve in this lively collection of biographical profiles. These women took action in many ways: as spies, soldiers, nurses, water carriers, fundraisers, writers, couriers, and more. Women Heroes of the American Revolution brings a fresh new perspective to their stories resulting from interviews with historians and with descendants of participants of the Revolution and features ample...
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List (Forde) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
HL 600L
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English
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Letta, charged with collecting and saving words, uncovers a sinister plan to suppress language, robbing the people of Ark of the power of speech, and realizes she must also save the culture, itself.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 1060L
Language
English
Description
"Throughout history, in every sport and at all levels of play, woman athletes have been told they were never going to be fast enough, strong enough or good enough. In this book, Chelsea Clinton introduces readers to woman athletes who have excelled in their sports because of their passion, their skills and their persistence" --
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
"I Am Malala. This is my story. Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They said music was a crime. They said women weren't allowed to go to the market. They said girls couldn't go to school. Raised in a once-peaceful area of Pakistan transformed by terrorism, Malala was taught to stand up for what she believes. So she fought for her right to be educated. And on October 9, 2012, she nearly lost her life...
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English
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"This book tells the story of how women won the right to vote, and what happened next. Told by historian Bridget Quinn and illustrated throughout by 100 women artists"--
From the first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation to the first woman to wear pants on the Senate floor, Quinn shines a spotlight on the women who broke down barriers. She shows how, in the hundred years since the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, women have continued...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Description
The teenage phenoms behind viral video game Tampon Run share the story of their experience at Girls Who Code and their rise to fame, plus a savvy look at start-ups, women in tech, and the power of coding. This book includes bonus content to help you get started coding.
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Lexile measure
1190L
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English
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"Reporting on a range of historical and contemporary female builders and designers, this educational book strives to inspire a new generation of girls in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and math. With many of the profiles set against the backdrop of such landmark events as the women's suffrage and civil rights movements and the Industrial Revolution, and with original interviews from a number of current architects and engineers,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1090L
Language
English
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Soon after the sexual misconduct allegations against film producer Harvey Weinstein became public in late 2017, the #MeToo movement went viral, opening up an explosive conversation about rape culture around the globe. In the US, someone is sexually assaulted every 98 seconds. More than 320,000 Americans over the age of twelve are sexually assaulted each year. Men are victims too. One in thirty-three American men will be sexually assaulted or raped...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
Description
Gold medal-winning Olympic gymnast and Dancing with the Stars favorite Laurie Hernandez shares her story in her own words in this debut book for fans of all ages. At sixteen years old, Laurie Hernandez has already made many of her dreams come true--and yet it's only the beginning for this highly accomplished athlete. A Latina Jersey girl, Laurie saw her life take a dramatic turn last summer when she was chosen to be a part of the 2016 US Olympic gymnastics...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
580L
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English
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Elizabeth Cotten was only a little girl when she picked up a guitar for the first time. It wasn't hers (it was her big brother's), and it wasn't strung right for her (she was left-handed). But she flipped that guitar upside down and backwards and taught herself how to play it anyway. By age eleven, she'd written "Freight Train," one of the most famous folk songs of the twentieth century. And by the end of her life, people everywhere from the sunny...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Malala presents true stories of the refugee experience interwoven with her own story of her displacement in this incredibly moving follow up to her internationally bestselling memoir. Nobel Peace Prize winner and bestselling author Malala Yousafzai introduces some of the faces behind the statistics and news stories we read or hear every day about the millions of people displaced worldwide. Malala's experiences visiting refugee camps caused her to...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published twenty years ago, she has written a poetry memoir that is as vulnerable as it is rallying, as timely as it is timeless. In free verse, Anderson shares reflections, rants, and...
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Lexile measure
1020L
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English
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"When these 15 women coders and engineers face impossible problems, they don't quit--they find solutions. They are all doing amazing work in technical fields while overcoming unique challenges not equally faced by male colleagues. Engineering and coding have typically been considered men's fields of study, but these innovative women are showing that problem solving with science and math is everyone's field, and it's time for the world to see powerful...
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