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Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman and Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
All William Ellsworth Hoy wanted to do was play baseball. After losing out on a spot on the local deaf team, William practiced even harder--eventually earning a position on a professional team. But his struggle was far from over. In addition to the prejudice Hoy faced, he could not hear the umpires' calls. One day he asked the umpire to use hand signals: strike, ball, out. That day he not only got on base but also changed the way the game was played...
Author
Publisher
Creston Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"Growing up in the late 19th century, Laura Wheeler Waring didn't see any artists who looked like her. She didn't see any paintings of people who looked like her, either. So when she was offered a commission to paint portraits of accomplished African Americans, she jumped at the chance. Writers, singers, political activists, and thinkers all posed for her. Now her portraits hang in Washington, D.C.'s National Portrait Gallery, where children of all...
Author
Publisher
Creston Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Reflects upon the parallels drawn between the lives of Martin Luther King Jr. and Anne Frank, both born in 1929, and how their legacies of kindness, love, and peace have changed the world today.
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