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Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
When life gets your goat, bring in the herd
Jennifer McGaha never expected to own a goat named Merle. Or to be setting Merle up on dates and naming his doeling Merlene. She didn't expect to be buying organic yogurt for her chickens. She never thought she would be pulling camouflage carpet off her ceiling or rescuing opossums from her barn and calling it "date night." Most importantly, Jennifer never thought she would only
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Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been fighting for women's rights for over 40 years. As a lawyer, a professor, and a Supreme Court Justice, Ginsburg has worked tirelessly for women's issues on a national level. Her life story is presented to readers through accessible text meant to encourage them to fight for what they believe in as Ginsberg has. Detailed sidebars, a biographical timeline, and direct quotes from Ginsburg provide additional information. Full-color...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xviii, 377 pages : map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jennifer Coburn has always been terrified of dying young. It's the reason she drops everything during the summers on a quest to travel through Europe with her daughter, Katie, before it's too late. Even though her husband can't join them, even though she's nervous about the journey, and even though she's perfectly healthy, she spends three to four weeks per trip jamming Katie's mental photo album with memories. In this heartwarming generational love...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
This inspiring story is about an extraordinary woman who changed America forever because she wouldn't take no for an answer.
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Documents the educational pursuits of the Nobel Peace Prize nominee who became an international symbol of hope and inspiration when she challenged the traditions of her Pakistan community, offering insight into the influential role of her courageous father.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
259 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Profiles notable LGBTQ figures and highlights their contributions to society and their community, including Kristina Vasa, Frida Kahlo, Alan Turing, Glenn Burke, and George Takei.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The highest-rated drama in BBC history, Call the Midwife will delight fans of Downton Abbey
Viewers everywhere have fallen in love with this candid look at post-war London. In the 1950s, twenty-two-year-old Jenny Lee leaves her comfortable home to move into a convent and become a midwife in London's East End slums. While delivering babies all over the city, Jenny encounters a colorful cast of women—from the plucky, warm-hearted...
Viewers everywhere have fallen in love with this candid look at post-war London. In the 1950s, twenty-two-year-old Jenny Lee leaves her comfortable home to move into a convent and become a midwife in London's East End slums. While delivering babies all over the city, Jenny encounters a colorful cast of women—from the plucky, warm-hearted...
89) Open book
Author
Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Jessica reveals for the first time her inner monologue and most intimate struggles. Guided by the journals she's kept since age fifteen, and brimming with her unique humor and down-to-earth humanity, Open Book is as inspiring as it is entertaining. This was supposed to be a very different book. Five years ago, Jessica Simpson was approached to write a motivational guide to living your best life. She walked away from the offer, and nobody understood...
90) Settle for more
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Since her show The Kelly File premiered on the Fox News Channel, Megyn Kelly has cemented her reputation as one of the most respected and hardest hitting journalists in America. Now in her debut book, Kelly goes behind the scenes of the stories and struggles that landed her in the anchor chair. From growing up in a tough love family, to her father's sudden, tragic death, Megyn traces the values and experiences that shaped her professional ascent....
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
The ten Booms, who had recently celebrated the one-hundred-year anniversary of their Haarlem watch shop, lived a quiet life. That changed in 1940 when the Nazis occupied the Netherlands and Jewish citizens began to disappear. Corrie and her family, devout Christians, joined the Dutch Resistance and built a secret room in their house to hide Jews and refugees. The Gestapo applied unrelenting pressure on Haarlem, continually raiding homes to snatch...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
The #1 New York Times bestselling (mostly true) memoir from the hilarious author of Furiously Happy.
“Gaspingly funny and wonderfully inappropriate.”—O, The Oprah Magazine
When Jenny Lawson was little, all she ever wanted was to fit in. That dream was cut short by her fantastically unbalanced father and a morbidly eccentric childhood. It did, however, open up an opportunity for Lawson to find...
“Gaspingly funny and wonderfully inappropriate.”—O, The Oprah Magazine
When Jenny Lawson was little, all she ever wanted was to fit in. That dream was cut short by her fantastically unbalanced father and a morbidly eccentric childhood. It did, however, open up an opportunity for Lawson to find...
93) Going there
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Heartbreaking, hilarious, and brutally honest, Going There is the deeply personal life story of a girl next door turned household name.
For more than forty years, Katie Couric has been an iconic presence in the media world. In her brutally honest, hilarious, heartbreaking memoir, she reveals what was going on behind the scenes of her sometimes tumultuous personal and professional life - a story she’s never shared, until now. Of the medium she loves,...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
Forget everything you thought you knew about princesses...
Welcome to Bad Princess by Kris Waldherr (author of Doomed Queens), where you'll discover what really happens after "Happily Ever After." From the war-torn Dark Ages of Medieval Europe to America's Gilded Age, and all the way up to Kate Middleton, Bad Princess explores more than 30 true princess stories, going beyond the glitz and glamour to find out what life was really like for young royals...
95) Dolly Parton
Author
Series
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
This biography highlights the life and accomplishments of Dolly Parton. Readers learn about Parton's early life, her award-winning success in both country and pop music and in film, and her philanthropic work for children through her Dollywood Foundation. Features include a timeline, glossary, fun facts, online resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Glossary of key words Index Infographics Informative...
96) LeBron James
Author
Series
Publisher
Kaleidocope Publishing
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This title introduces readers to LeBron James, covering his early life, career, and life off the court. This title features informative sidebars, detailed infographics, vivid photos, and a glossary.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
vi, 290 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Recounts definitive moments from the author's career as a Navy SEAL, discussing the missions that had the greatest personal meaning for him and explaining the lessons and values he hopes to pass on to the next generation.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
This is the story of how Les Paul created the world's first solid- body electric guitar, countless other inventions that changed modern music, and one truly epic career in rock and roll. How to make a microphone? A broomstick, a cinderblock, a telephone, a radio. How to make an electric guitar? A record player's arm, a speaker, some tape. How to make a legendary inventor? A few tools, a lot of curiosity, and an endless faith in what is possible. Featuring...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"What happens when a person's reputation has been forever damaged? With archival photographs and text among other primary sources, this riveting biography of Mary Mallon by the Sibert medalist and Newbery Honor winner Susan Bartoletti looks beyond the tabloid scandal of Mary's controversial life. How she was treated by medical and legal officials reveals a lesser-known story of human and constitutional rights, entangled with the science of pathology...
Author
Language
English
Description
In September 1776, the vulnerable Continental Army under an unsure George Washington (who had never commanded a large force in battle) evacuates New York after a devastating defeat by the British Army. Three weeks later, near the Canadian border, one of his favorite generals, Benedict Arnold, miraculously succeeds in postponing the British naval advance down Lake Champlain that might have ended the war. Four years later, as the book ends, Washington...