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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
The former beauty pageant contestant and activist describes her childhood growing up with cerebral palsy, her decision to compete in beauty pageants against the odds, and her charity work helping other young women with physical disabilities.
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
From Condoleezza Rice, former secretary of state and New York Times bestselling author of Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom, comes a captivating memoir of her remarkable childhood.
Condoleezza Rice’s life began in Birmingham, Alabama in the 1950s, a place and time where black people lived in a segregated parallel universe away from their white neighbors. She grew up during the violent and shocking...
Condoleezza Rice’s life began in Birmingham, Alabama in the 1950s, a place and time where black people lived in a segregated parallel universe away from their white neighbors. She grew up during the violent and shocking...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
1250L
Language
English
Description
The life and career of the fiercely principled Supreme Court Justice, now a popular icon, with dramatic accounts of her landmark cases that moved the needle on legal protection of human rights, illustrated with black and white archival photographs.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Discover 25 women who dared to go where not one had before. They dared to conquer their dreams, win wars, discover sights unseen, and more. Readers will learn about bold women who were determined to achieve something great in the face of misfortune"--Back cover.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
Description
The teenage surfer who lost her arm in a shark attack in 2003 describes how she has coped with this life-altering event with the help of her faith, the changes in her life, and her return to the sport she loves.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of a Holocaust rescuer to reveal the formidable risks she took to her own safety to save some 2,500 children from death and deportation in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
1120L
Language
English
Description
An exploration of the life and achievements of Harper Lee that discusses her Southern upbringing, education, family, writing of "To Kill a Mockingbird," association with Truman Capote, and personality.
12) Helen Keller
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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