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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Notorious RBG takes the reader behind the scenes for an intimate, irreverent look at the justice's life and work. As America struggles with the unfinished business of gender equality and civil rights, Ginsburg stays fierce.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Born out of wedlock on a small island in the West Indies and orphaned as a teenager, Alexander Hamilton nonetheless rose to a position of power and influence in colonial America.. His military career brought him fame; his groundbreaking and enduring policy continues to shape American government today; his salacious and scandalous personal life and his heartrending end have made him immortal.
Author
Publisher
Hudson Street Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
xiv, 413 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Challenges intellectual stereotypes while counseling girls on the core concepts of high school geometry, combining personality quizzes and real-life testimonials with topics ranging from congruent triangles and quadrilaterals to proofs and theorems.
12) Immigration
Author
Publisher
Thomson Gale
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
224p
Language
English
Description
Current Controversies
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
The World we knew is gone. The world of commerce and frivolous necessity has been replaced by a world of survival and responsibility. An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to start living. Alexandria has been destroyed. Can Rick rally the other communities against Negan's army?
14) The radioactive boy scout: the frightening true story of a whiz kid and his homemade nuclear reactor
Author
Publisher
Villard
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st.
Physical Desc
209 p.
Language
English
Description
A portrait of a gifted boy whose science experiments with nuclear reactors got him into a great deal of trouble.
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Young readers edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Adapted from the memoir of NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent a record-breaking year in space.
How does a boy struggling in school become an American hero and a space pioneer? Daredevil behavior? Check. Whether it is sailing leaky boats in the Atlantic Ocean or joining an ambulance corps to race to the rescue, living on the edge is required behavior for an astronaut. Sibling rivalry? Check. An identical twin brother who both cheers you on and...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
vi, 182 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this autobiographical narrative, Howard Wasdin discusses how he overcame a tough childhood to become a U.S. Navy SEAL sniper.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"The star of Orange Is the New Black and Jane the Virgin, Diane Guerrero presents her personal story in this middle grade memoir about her parents' deportation and the nightmarish struggles of undocumented immigrants and their American children"--
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
xix, 231 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the elite military sniper program through the personal experiences of a covert operations specialist describes its requirements, what inspired the author to become a SEAL, and his work as a trainer of American snipers.