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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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The companion to Chelsea Clinton & Alexandra Boiger's #1 New York Times bestseller, She Persisted. Perfect for tiny activists, mini feminists and little kids who are ready to take on the world. Women around the world have long dreamed big, even when they've been told their dreams didn't matter. They've spoken out, risen up and fought for what's right, even when they've been told to be quiet. Whether in science, the arts, sports or activism, women...
2) Little women
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33
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English
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This story of a wife and her four daughters living outside Boston during the Civil War has captivated readers for decades. Louisa May Alcott's classic heroines offer something with which every reader can identify. Jo's independence, Meg's resourcefulness, Beth's sweetness, and Amy's impetuousness see the girls through countless adventures and the everyday struggles of life during the Civil War.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A lyrical biography of Harriet Tubman honors the woman of humble origins whose courage and compassion make her larger than life, discussing her roles as a slave, a conductor on the Underground Railroad, a nurse, a Union spy, and a suffragist.
A lush and lyrical biography of Harriet Tubman, written in verse. An evocative poem and opulent watercolors come together to honor a woman of humble origins whose courage and compassion make her larger than...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Malala Yousafzai was a girl who loved to learn but was told that girls would no longer be allowed to go to school. She wrote a blog that called attention to what was happening in her beautiful corner of Pakistan and realized that words can bring about change. She has continued to speak out for the right of all children to have an education. In 2014 she won the Nobel Peace Prize.
6) Space heroes
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Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Meet four amazing women - astronauts, scientists, and mathematicians - who helped make space travel a reality. Illustrated with photography from the new LEGO® Ideas Women of NASA set, this book for children learning to read is a fun way to discover the achievements of some of space travel's greatest pioneers. Read about Mae Jemison, the first African American women to travel in space. Find out how Sally Ride inspired future scientists after her career...
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Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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Features female figures of black history, including abolitionist Sojourner Truth, pilot Bessie Coleman, chemist Alice Ball, politician Shirley Chisholm, mathematician Katherine Johnson, poet Maya Angelou, and filmmaker Julie Dash.
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Bad Kitty (Picture books) volume 3
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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After destroying all of the gifts and decorations at home, Bad Kitty escapes from the car on Christmas Eve and finds a new friend, who helps her learn the true meaning of Christmas.
12) Hidden figures
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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English
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As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented...
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Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is famous for her stylish collars (called jabots) and her commanding dissents. This opera-loving New Yorker has always spoken her mind; as a young lawyer, RBG advocated for gender equality and women's rights when few others did. She gained attention for the cases she won when arguing in front of the Supreme Court, before taking her place on the bench in 1993. Author Patricia Brennan Demuth answers all the question about...
16) Gabby Douglas
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ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Discusses the life of the Olympian, including her family, how she started in gymnastics, and her Olympic success.
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Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This picture book biography focuses on critically acclaimed talk show host Oprah Winfrey, who used her struggles in childhood as motivation to become "Queen of All Media.""--
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Publisher
Frances Foster Books, Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Documents the life and achievements of the nineteenth-century Northern Paiute leader, examining how her aptitude for languages and diplomacy enabled her to advocate on behalf of her tribe, in a portrait complemented by hand-drawn maps and archival photographs.
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