Marissa Moss
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When fourteen-year-old Talibah and her ten-year-old brother, Adom, visit modern-day Egypt with their historian-father, they become involved in a mystery surrounding Hatshepsut, a woman pharoah, and Senenmut, architect of her mortuary tomb, as well as their own deceased mother.
Author
Series
Max Disaster volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Did aliens build the pyramids? Will a magic love potion bring Mom and Dad back together? And what do school science, mummified apples, and alien erasers have to do with it? In a second zany, jam-packed graphic novel, Max jots down his worst fears and best brainstorms.
Author
Series
Publisher
Silver Whistle/Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In the Russian shtetl where she and her family live, Hannah is given a diary for her tenth birthday, and in it she records the dramatic story of her journey to America.
Author
Publisher
Creston Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Emily Soper avoids her mother's efforts to make her more ladylike by watching her father and his workers build fine carriages in Washington, D.C., but 1908 is a turbulent time and her father's livelihood is threatened by racist neighbors and the growing popularity of automobiles. Includes historical note and recipes.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
''Tween actress Mia Armstrong celebrates her fun, funny, beautiful childhood living with Down syndrome in this debut picture book. Mia likes many of the things other people like--going to the beach, the color blue, drawing. But she doesn't like when strangers stare at her because she looks different from them. Down syndrome allows Mia to see and understand the world in a way that may not make sense to others. She considers it her superpower--and...