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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a memoir written with his brother, the popular author describes how the two of them dealt with their grief over the untimely deaths of their parents and only sister by embarking on a three-week odyssey around the world.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
228 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A #1 New York Times best-selling author and Newbery Medalist offers a memoir that poetry, letters, recipes and other personal artifacts that provide an intimate look into his life and the loved ones he shares it with"--
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
1995
Physical Desc
261 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Follows the popular children's author through college years during the Depression; jobs including that of librarian; marriage; and writing and publication of her first book, "Henry Huggins."
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The author traces the story of his grandmother, an African-American attorney who, in spite of social and political barriers, devised the strategy that sent mafia chieftain Lucky Luciano to prison in the 1930s.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
Traces the personal crisis the author endured after the death of her mother and a painful divorce, which prompted her ambition to undertake a dangerous 1,100-mile solo hike that both drove her to rock bottom and helped her to heal.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
282 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The authors describe their introspective journeys to Greece and France, during which they reconnected while Sue grappled with midlife challenges and writer's block and Ann struggled with heartbreak and post-college career questions.
11) El deafo
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The author recounts in graphic novel format her experiences with hearing loss at a young age, including using a bulky hearing aid, learning how to lip read, and determining her "superpower."
"Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Presents an account of E.B. White's life and career through personal letters, photographs, family ephemera, and original artwork, while offering glimpses into the origins of his iconic works.
Author
Publisher
Spring Street Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
386 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
An illustrated memoir based on the diaries the author has kept since she was in her twenties describes her decision to move from California to Martha's Vineyard and her adjustment to the New England lifestyle.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 314 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Documents the story of 1970s Alabama serial killer Willie Maxwell and the true-crime book on the Deep South's racial politics and justice system that consumed Harper Lee in the years after "To Kill a Mockingbird."