Ilene Cooper
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 4
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For the first 128 years of our country's history, not a single woman served in the Senate or House of Representatives. All of that changed, however, in November 1916, when Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congress-even before the Nineteenth Amendment gave women across the U.S. the right to vote.
Beginning with the women's suffrage movement and going all the way through the results of the 2012 election, Ilene Cooper deftly...
3) Faith and Fury: The Temple Mount and the Noble Sanctuary: The Story of Jerusalem's Most Sacred Space
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Veteran author Ilene Cooper explores the turbulent history of one of Jerusalem's most sacred sites in this timely, illustrated nonfiction offering, Faith and Fury: The Temple Mount and the Noble Sanctuary.
Towering over the Old City of Jerusalem is a place where worlds meet, conflict arises, and history changes. Known to Jews as the Temple Mount, it was once the site of the great temples built by Solomon and Herod. To Muslims, it is the Noble Sanctuary...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
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When Bette finds an angel coin among the money collected in a carwash, she puts it in her pocket and forgets about it. But, things start to change, especially once Gabby, a mysterious and kind new neighbor, moves into Bette's Chicago building. Suddenly, Bette is able to face some big losses-her mother's recent death; her sister's departure for college-and move forward. And, once the angel coin falls into the hands of three other kids in Bette's class,...
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An inspiring history of all the women who have taken a seat in Congress!
For the first 128 years of America's history, only men served in the Senate and House of Representatives. All that changed in January 1917 when Jeannette Rankin was sworn in as the first woman elected to Congress. From the women's suffrage movement to the 2018 election, Ilene Cooper highlights influential and diverse female leaders who opened doors for women in politics. Women...
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Eleanor Roosevelt, Fighter for Justice shows young listeners how the former First Lady evolved from a poor little rich girl to a protector and advocate for those without a voice. Although now seen as a cultural icon, she was a woman deeply insecure about her looks and her role in the world. But by recognizing her fears and constantly striving to overcome her prejudices, she used her proximity to presidents and her own power to aid in the fight for...
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Absolutely Lucy volume 5
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Carve out family time for this Halloween read following Bobby and Lucy as they roll with the tricks and treats of the spookiest season! Tricks and treats-that's what Halloween is all about. This year, Bobby has lots of both! He has a special treat planned with his beagle puppy, Lucy. And the tricks? Bobby is getting those at school with the new kid, Jack. Bobby can't figure Jack out. And ever since Jack arrived, things have gone missing around the...
9) Little Lucy
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Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
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When Lucy the beagle goes to a lake with Bobby and his family, she does not want to go in the water and, instead, has an adventure on her own.
11) Thanks to Lucy
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[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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"Bobby Quinn has a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving--his grandmother's visit, an adopted baby brother or sister on the way--but what he's most thankful for is his beagle Lucy, who hasn't been acting like herself lately"--Provided by publisher.
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Absolutely Lucy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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When his beagle Lucy runs off chasing a big orange cat, Bobby must overcome his shyness in order to find them again.
13) The golden rule
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Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Grandpa explains that the golden rule is a simple statement on how to live that can be practiced by people of all ages and faiths, then helps his grandson figure out how to apply the rule to his own life.
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[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 6
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Describes the childhood and youth of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the thirty-fifth president of the United States, covering the years from his birth through prep school graduation, and includes photographs, family letters, grade reports, and ancedotes.
15) Look at Lucy!
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Series
Absolutely Lucy volume 3
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Entering his beagle, Lucy, in a contest to be "spokespet" for Pet-O-Rama helps shy, nine-year-old Bobby get over his anxiety about speaking in front of groups of people, from his third-grade classmates to the contest judges.
20) Trick or trouble
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c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
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Lia makes four new friends at summer camp, but when they come to her house in Maple Park, Illinois, at Halloween, she worries that they will discover that she is not so popular in her seventh grade class.