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Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Tells the story of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, discussing their boyhoods and their experiences as leaders of an expedition to explore the western part of North America in an attempt to find a trade route to the Pacific Ocean.
3) Marie Curie
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2003].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Examines the life of the Polish-born scientist who, with her husband Pierre, was awarded a 1903 Nobel Prize for discovering radium.
5) Sitting Bull
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This book introduces the life of Lakota Sioux warrior and holy man Sitting Bull, who led his people to victory at Little Bighorn and brought them to safety in Canada before surrendering so that they would not starve.
9) Jane Goodall
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Offers a brief biography of Jane Goodall. Describes her personal life as well as her research. Also includes a timeline of Goodall's life.
11) Harry Houdini
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This book tells of the life of Harry Houdini, who became the most famous escape artist in history.
12) Ruby Bridges
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A biography of Ruby Bridges, the first African American student to attend William Frantz Public School in New Orleans and the subject of a 1964 Normal Rockwell painting.
13) Anne Hutchinson
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A biography of Massachusetts Bay colonist and Puritan Anne Hutchinson who is remembered as an early proponent of civil rights and religion freedom in colonial America
14) Jackie Robinson
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Presents the life of the first African American to play Major League baseball, from his childhood to his role as a hero of the Civil Rights Movement.
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