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Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Description
Aly Raisman first stepped onto a gymnastics mat as a toddler in a "mommy & me" gymnastics class. No one could have predicted then that sixteen years later, she'd be standing on an Olympic podium, having achieved her dreams. But it wasn't an easy road to success. Aly faced obstacle after obstacle, including naysayers who claimed that she didn't have the talent to compete at an elite level and classmates who shamed Aly for her athletic body. Through...
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Suicide is among the top three causes of death for young people ages 15 to 24. In fact, this global epidemic claims 41,000 lives per year in the United States alone. Suicide touches people of all ages—from those who consider and attempt suicide to those who lose a loved to suicide. Yet silence often surrounds these deaths and makes suicide difficult to understand. Looking beyond common myths and misconceptions, author Connie Goldsmith examines common...
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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“[A] superb history.... In these thrilling, highly readable pages, we meet Rasputin, the shaggy, lecherous mystic...; we visit the gilded ballrooms of the doomed aristocracy; and we pause in the sickroom of little Alexei, the hemophiliac heir who, with his parents and four sisters, would be murdered by the Bolsheviks in 1918.” —The Wall Street Journal
Here is the tumultuous, heartrending, true story of the Romanovs—at...
Here is the tumultuous, heartrending, true story of the Romanovs—at...
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Catherine Reef brings history vividly to life in this sumptuously illustrated account of a confident, strong-minded, and influential woman.
Victoria woke one morning at the age of eighteen to discover that her uncle had died and she was now queen. She went on to rule for sixty-three years, with an influence so far-reaching that the decades of her reign now bear her name—the Victorian period. Victoria is filled with the exciting comings...
Victoria woke one morning at the age of eighteen to discover that her uncle had died and she was now queen. She went on to rule for sixty-three years, with an influence so far-reaching that the decades of her reign now bear her name—the Victorian period. Victoria is filled with the exciting comings...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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“A compelling look at the origins of and the ongoing unique relationship between humans and dogs . . . [a] lively blend of science and history.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
We know dogs are our best animal friends, but have you ever thought about what that might mean?
Fossils show we’ve shared our work and homes with dogs for tens of...
We know dogs are our best animal friends, but have you ever thought about what that might mean?
Fossils show we’ve shared our work and homes with dogs for tens of...
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
Birds are disappearing.
Birds are nature's essential workers, and they are crucial members of ecosystems around the world. Hummingbirds pollinate our flowers; cardinals munch on beetles, grasshoppers, and other pests that damage crops; owls eat rodents that can spread disease; vultures clean up roadkill and other waste. Beyond their practical aspects, birds bring us joy through their songs and beautiful feathers.
But since 1970, nearly 30 percent...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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When Mildred and Richard Loving are arrested, jailed, and exiled from their home simply because of their mixed-race marriage, they must challenge the courts and the country in order to secure their civil rights.
Richard Perry Loving and Mildred Jeter Loving wanted to live out their married life near family in Virginia. However, the state refused to let them—because Richard was white and Mildred was black. After being arrested and charged...
Richard Perry Loving and Mildred Jeter Loving wanted to live out their married life near family in Virginia. However, the state refused to let them—because Richard was white and Mildred was black. After being arrested and charged...
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
A Booklist Editor's Choice
On the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor comes a harrowing and enlightening look at the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II— from National Book Award finalist Albert Marrin
Just seventy-five years ago, the American government did something that most would consider unthinkable today: it rounded up over...
A Booklist Editor's Choice
On the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor comes a harrowing and enlightening look at the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II— from National Book Award finalist Albert Marrin
Just seventy-five years ago, the American government did something that most would consider unthinkable today: it rounded up over...
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
Oil is not pretty, but it is a resource that drives the modern world. It has made fortunes for the lucky few and provided jobs for millions of ordinary folks.
Thick and slippery, crude oil has an evil smell. Yet without it, life as we live it today would be impossible. Oil fuels our engines, heats our homes, and powers the machines that make the everyday things we take for granted, from shopping bags to computers to medical equipment. Nations...
Thick and slippery, crude oil has an evil smell. Yet without it, life as we live it today would be impossible. Oil fuels our engines, heats our homes, and powers the machines that make the everyday things we take for granted, from shopping bags to computers to medical equipment. Nations...
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tracing Millay's life from her youth in Maine to the bohemian fervor of her early adulthood in Greenwich Village and Paris, this fancinating biography will captivate middle grade readers. Including photos, full-length poems, plentiful letter and diary excerpts, a time line, source notes, and bibliography, this is an indispensable resource for any young person interested in poetry, literature, or biographies of remarkable people in American history....
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
An "accessible and engaging" biography of the U.S. Supreme Court Justice, weaving together her life and influential work (School Library Journal).
The life and career of the fiercely principled Supreme Court Justice with dramatic accounts of her landmark cases that moved the needle on legal protection of human rights, illustrated with archival photographs.
Dramatically narrated case histories from Justice Ginsburg's stellar...
The life and career of the fiercely principled Supreme Court Justice with dramatic accounts of her landmark cases that moved the needle on legal protection of human rights, illustrated with archival photographs.
Dramatically narrated case histories from Justice Ginsburg's stellar...
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Written for a young audience, this intense memoir explores the harsh realities of life on the streets in contemporary North Korea.
Every Falling Star is the memoir of Sungju Lee, who at the age of twelve was forced to live on the streets of North Korea and fend for himself. To survive, Sungju creates a gang and lives by thieving, fighting, begging, and stealing rides on cargo trains.
Sungju richly recreates his scabrous story,...
Every Falling Star is the memoir of Sungju Lee, who at the age of twelve was forced to live on the streets of North Korea and fend for himself. To survive, Sungju creates a gang and lives by thieving, fighting, begging, and stealing rides on cargo trains.
Sungju richly recreates his scabrous story,...
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
In another unrelenting look at the iniquities of the American justice system, Lawrence Goldstone, acclaimed author of Unpunished Murder, Stolen Justice, and Separate No More, examines the history of racism against Japanese Americans, exploring the territory of citizenship and touching on fears of non-white immigration to the US — with hauntingly contemporary echoes.
On December 7, 1941 — "a date which will
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Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
A highly-acclaimed anthology about growing up NativeÑnow in paperback. *Best Books of 2014, American Indians in ChildrenÕs Literature *Best Book of 2014, Center for the Study of Multicultural Literature *2015 USBBY Outstanding International Book Honor List A collection truly universal in its themes, Dreaming in Indian will shatter commonly held stereotypes about Native peoples and offers readers a unique insight into a community often misunderstood...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
From the governor-elect of Maryland comes a story of two fatherless boys from Baltimore, both named Wes Moore. One is in prison, serving a life sentence for murder. The other is a Rhodes Scholar, an army veteran, and an author whose book is being turned into a movie produced by Oprah Winfrey.
The story of “the other Wes Moore” is one that the author couldn’t get out of his mind, not since he learned that another...
The story of “the other Wes Moore” is one that the author couldn’t get out of his mind, not since he learned that another...
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
A 2021 YALSA EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION FINALIST
America is the greatest democracy in the world . . . isn't it? Author Elizabeth Rusch examines some of the more problematic aspects of our government but, more importantly, offers ways for young people to fix them.
The political landscape has never been so tumultuous: issues with the electoral college, gerrymandering, voter suppression, and a lack of representation in the...
America is the greatest democracy in the world . . . isn't it? Author Elizabeth Rusch examines some of the more problematic aspects of our government but, more importantly, offers ways for young people to fix them.
The political landscape has never been so tumultuous: issues with the electoral college, gerrymandering, voter suppression, and a lack of representation in the...
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
While popularized by President Donald Trump, the term "fake news" actually originated toward the end of the 19th century, in an era of rampant yellow journalism. Since then, it has come to encompass a broad universe of news stories and marketing strategies ranging from outright lies, propaganda, and conspiracy theories to hoaxes, opinion pieces, and satire—all facilitated and manipulated by social media platforms. This title explores journalistic...
Author
Publisher
Astra Publishing House
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book
NEW FROM 2018 SIBERT MEDALIST LARRY DANE BRIMNER! Here is the story of 19 men from the film industry who were investigated for suspected communist ties during the Cold War, and the 10—known as the Hollywood Ten—who were blacklisted for standing up for their First Amendment rights and refusing to cooperate.
World War II is over, but tensions between the communist Soviet Union
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
This YA biography offers “a thorough, sensitive portrayal of one of literature’s most remarkable authors, illustrated with period portraits and engravings” (Kirkus).
Most famous for her iconic tale of gothic horror, Frankenstein, Mary Shelley led a life that could itself have been a gothic novel. This “fascinating, scandal-rich” biography recounts a story full...
Most famous for her iconic tale of gothic horror, Frankenstein, Mary Shelley led a life that could itself have been a gothic novel. This “fascinating, scandal-rich” biography recounts a story full...
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