Kate Hannigan
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"In 1859, eleven-year-old Nell goes to live with her aunt, Kate Warne, the first female detective for Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. Nell helps her aunt solve cases, including a mystery surrounding Abraham Lincoln, and the mystery of what happened to Nell's own father. Includes author's note and bibliographic references"--
2) Cape
Author
Series
League of Secret Heroes volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
"Soon after being recruited by the mysterious Mrs. Boudica to join a secret military intelligence operation, Josie, Mae, and Akiko discover their superhero abilities and use them to thwart a Nazi plot to steal the ENIAC computer"--Verso page.
4) Mask
Author
Series
League of Secret Heroes volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Akiko, Mae, and Josie, also called the Infinity Trinity, spring into action after learning that a spy is betraying secrets to the Japanese military--and that Akiko's mother may be involved.--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In History Comics: The Great Chicago Fire, writer Kate Hannigan and illustrator Alex Graudins tell the true story of how a city rose up from one of the worst catastrophes in American history, and how this disaster forever changed how homes, buildings, and communities are constructed. A deadly blaze engulfs Chicago for two terrifying days! A brother, a sister, and a helpless puppy must race through the city to stay one step ahead of the devilish inferno....
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
"Join two daredevil journalists, Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland, as they race against each other--and the ticking clock--to circle the globe in fewer than 80 days. And by any means possible--ship, train, even foot! Bly, energetic and scrappy, and Bisland, poetic and sophisticated, shared one common goal: to prove that women could not only travel the world but were just as curious, capable, and courageous as any man. Did it really matter who won...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
Activist Belva Lockwood never stopped asking herself the question "Are women not worth the same as men?" She had big dreams and didn't let anyone stand in her way--not her father, her law school, or even the U.S. Supreme Court. She fought for equality for women in the classroom, in the courtroom, and in politics.
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
During a family vacation at Lake Michigan, nine-year-old cousins Willow and Delia, desperate to avoid being flower girls in their aunt's wedding, try to demonstrate that they would do better as chefs for the reception.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
"Meet Josephine Garis Cochrane: entrepreneur, innovator, girlboss. Washing dishes is a pain, it leaves Josephine's cups cracked, her dishes dinged, and her chowder bowls chipped. She'd rather be picking flowers, frosting cakes, or playing piano than dealing with cracked crockery. What to do about a chore that's icky, destructive, and time-consuming? Josephine tackles this task the modern way: she makes a machine to do it for her! She tinkers and tests,...
10) Cape
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Readers...will be enamored by this blend of history, mystery, and superpowered action." —Booklist (starred review)
"Has the exciting pace of a superhero adventure." —Kirkus Reviews
Hidden Figures meets Wonder Woman in this action-packed, comic-inspired adventure about a brilliant girl puzzler who discovers she's part of a superhero team—the first in a new series!
Josie...
"Has the exciting pace of a superhero adventure." —Kirkus Reviews
Hidden Figures meets Wonder Woman in this action-packed, comic-inspired adventure about a brilliant girl puzzler who discovers she's part of a superhero team—the first in a new series!
Josie...
11) Boots
Author
Series
League of Secret Heroes volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
When Mae's Aunt Willa and Aunt Jane, both pilots, are kidnapped by evil Metallic Falcon, Josie, Mae, and Akiko, the Infinity Trinity, pursue them from Chicago to Sweetwater, Texas, to Paris, France.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
From 1941 to 1945, millions of Americans did whatever they could to support the troops and defeat the Nazis, and four curious kids take readers into the factories, farms and even kitchens to show what the fight on the homefront looked like up close.
13) Winter wonders
Author
Series
Cupcake cousins volume 03
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Cousins Willow and Delia must save the day when a blizzard threatens to ruin Cat and Mr. Henry's wedding in the third book in the illustrated Cupcake Cousins series.
14) Summer showers
Author
Series
Cupcake cousins volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
"Cousins Willow and Delia return to the kitchen as their family welcomes a new baby in the second book in the illustrated Cupcake Cousins series"-- Provided by publisher.
18) Mask Book Two
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
After defeating the Hissler and discovering their power as a team, the League of Secret Heroes is ready for the next adventure. When Akiko, Mae, and Josie learn that a spy is betraying secrets to the Japanese military, they join Room Twelve in San Francisco for important work with other code-cracking experts. But soon there is another very personal code to crack: Akiko is shocked to see her mom walking with the suspected spy, where Akiko's family...
19) 101 Dalmatians
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A special collector's edition-Over 100 full color photos from the movie.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Turn back the clock with History Comics! In The Great Chicago Fire you'll learn how a city rose up from one of the worst catastrophes in American history.
A deadly blaze engulfs Chicago for two terrifying days! A brother, a sister, and a helpless puppy must race through the city to stay one step ahead of the devilish inferno. But can they reunite with their lost family before it's too late?