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1) Every day I sing the blues: the story of B.B. King

Author

Shirley, David

Series

Impact biography

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

[1995]

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 5

Language

English

Description

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Traces the life of the dedicated and talented blues musician, from his birth in the Mississippi Delta in 1925 to the present.

2) Albert Einstein

Author

Goldberg, Jacob

Series

An Impact biography

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

[1996]

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 10.4 - AR Pts: 5

Language

English

Description

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Describes the life and work of the scientist whose theory of relativity revolutionized scientific thinking.

3) Martin Luther King, Jr: leader for civil rights

Author

Schuman, Michael

Series

African-American biographies

Publisher

Enslow Publishers

Pub. Date

c1996

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

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Examines the life and career of the Baptist minister who supported the use of nonviolent resistance to discrimination and describes his involvement in many important events in the civil rights movement.

4) Edwin Hubble: American astronomer

Author

Fox, Mary Virginia

Series

Book report biography

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

[1997]

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

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Traces the life and work of the man whose study of galaxies led to a new understanding of the universe.

5) John Wesley Powell: explorer of the Grand Canyon

Author

Bruns, Roger

Series

Historical American biographies

Publisher

Enslow Publishers

Pub. Date

[1997]

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

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A biography of the geologist who first explored the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon.

6) The legend of Jesse Owens

Author

Nuwer, Hank

Series

An Impact biography

Publisher

F. Watts

Pub. Date

c1998

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 7

Language

English

Description

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Explores the personal life, athletic accomplishments, and career of Jesse Owens.

7) Martha Washington: first lady

Author

McPherson, Stephanie Sammartino

Series

Historical American biographies

Publisher

Enslow Publishers

Pub. Date

[1998]

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

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Traces the life of the wife of the first president of the United States, from her childhood in Virginia through her marriage to George Washington to her role in the American Revolution and the early years of the new country's history.

8) American revolutionaries and Founders of the nation

Author

Meisner, James

Series

Collective biographies (Enslow Publishers)

Publisher

Enslow Publishers

Pub. Date

[1999]

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

Description

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Discusses the lives of John Adams, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, George Mason, William Paterson, Roger Sherman, Gouverneur Morris, and Richard Henry Lee.

9) Benjamin Banneker: astronomer and mathematician

Author

Litwin, Laura Baskes

Series

African-American biographies

Publisher

Enslow Publishers

Pub. Date

c1999

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

Description

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A biography of the eighteenth-century African-American who taught himself mathematics and astronomy and helped survey what would become Washington, D.C.

10) Holocaust rescuers: ten stories of courage

Author

Lyman, Darryl

Series

Collective biographies

Publisher

Enslow

Pub. Date

[1999]

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

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Holocaust Books for Kids

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Discusses the efforts of ten individuals who did what they could to save Jews from the Nazis, including Anna Borkowska, Varian Fry, Irene Gut Opdyke, Mustafa Hardaga, Jorgen Kieler, Oskar Schindler, Andrew Sheptitsky, Sempo Sugihara, Marion van Binsbergen Pritchard, and Raoul Wallenberg.

11) Hermann Goring: Hitler's second in command

Author

Ramen, Fred

Series

Holocaust biographies

Publisher

Rosen Pub. Group

Pub. Date

[2000]

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 2

Language

English

Description

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Chronicles the life of the powerful member of the Nazi party who was second in command to Adolf Hitler and leader of the German Air Force during World War II.