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Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Known for her extraordinary and record-breaking trip around the world and her undercover investigation of a mental institution, Nellie Bly was one of the first female investigative reporters in the United States and a pioneer in the field of journalism"--
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A real-life adventure story follows two daring, American journalists who paved the way for equality as they race against each other—and the clock—circling the globe and proving that women are just as curious, capable and courageous as any man.
3) Ten days a madwoman: the daring life and turbulent times of the original "girl" reporter, Nellie Bly
Author
Publisher
Viking Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"A biography of Nellie Bly, the pioneering journalist whose showy but substantive stunts skyrocketed her to fame"--
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces the life of Nellie Bly who, as a "stunt reporter" for the New York World newspaper in the late 1800s, championed women's rights and traveled around the world faster than anyone ever had.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Born in 1857 and raised in oil country, Ida M. Tarbell was one of the first investigative journalists and probably the most influential in her time. Her series of articles on the Standard Oil Trust, a complicated business empire run by John D. Rockefeller, revealed to readers the underhanded, even illegal practices that had led to Rockefeller's success. Rejecting the term "muckraker" to describe her profession, she went on to achieve remarkable prominence...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Enter a world of shrunken heads, mystic holy men, shriveled aliens, and bizarre relics in the delightfully odd tale of Robert Ripley. Born in California, Ripley began his career as a sports cartoonist. He went on to chronicle global records and oddities in his weekly column, Believe It Or Not! After publishing mogul William Randolph Hearst took an interest in the column, it became a syndicated global success. Ripley spent his life traveling to more...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Born into slavery in 1862, Ida Bell Wells was freed as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1865. Yet she could see just how unjust the world she was living in was. This drove her to become a journalist and activist. Throughout her life, she fought against prejudice and for equality for African Americans. Ida B. Wells would go on to co-own a newspaper, write several books, help cofound the National Association for the Advancement of Colored...
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In 1888, a young, female reporter for New York World newspaper sets out to travel around the world in fewer than eighty days, while a Cosmopolitan magazine reporter tries to beat her to the goal.
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