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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The wife of former Vice President and presidential candidate Joe Biden recounts his childhood in Scranton, Pennsylvania, his perseverance and leadership from his earliest years, his struggles to overcome stuttering, his relationships with his family, and his political career.
3) Barack
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A picture book biography of African-American senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama.
4) Barack Obama
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
©2008
Language
English
Description
Discusses the life of the Harvard Law School graduate, legislator, civil rights lawyer, and 2008 candidate for president of the United States.
Publisher
SVE
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Half-alligator and half-snapping turtle with a touch of earthquake thrown in, Davy Crockett is the ultimate American backwoods legend. This lively tale follows the original ring-tailed roarer of the western woods through a series of outlandish adventures including the Battle of the Alamo, where he literally brags himself into American history.
Author
Publisher
Harper/An Imprint of HapperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"John was a boy who lived for adventure, but as he grew older, he became interested in everything--chemistry, music and writing, government and politics. However, his adventurous spirit never went away. All he wanted to do was fly." -- back cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Morgan Reynolds Pub
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Profiles the civil rights leader who was active in the Freedom Rides and other major events in the battle against segregation and later became a long-term congressman from Georgia.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"A biography of Norman Mineta, from his internment as a child in Heart Mountain Internment Camp during World War II, through his political career including serving in Congress for ten terms during which time he was instrumental in getting the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 passed which provided reparations and an apology to those who were interned"--
13) Barack Obama
Author
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A brief biography of African-American president Barack Obama.
17) Gerald R. Ford
Author
Series
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Learn about the life of this unique president.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When young Tybre Faw discovers Congressman John Lewis and his heroic march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in the fight for the right to vote -- Tybre is determined to meet him. Tybre's two grandmothers take him on the seven-hour drive to Selma, Alabama, where Lewis invites Tybre to join him in the annual memorial walk across the Bridge. And so begins a most amazing friendship! In rich, poetic language, Andrea Davis Pinkney weaves the true story...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In a beautiful prose telling, the story of a groundbreaking civil rights leader, John Lewis. John Lewis left a cotton farm in Alabama to join the fight for civil rights. He was only a teenager. He soon became a leader of a moment that changed a nation. Walking at the side of his mentor, Dr. Martin Luther King, Lewis was led by his belief in peaceful action and voting rights. Today and always his work and legacy will live on"--
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