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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Jane Austen's witty comedy of manners features splendidly civilized sparring between the proud Mr. Darcy and the prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet as they play out their spirited courtship in a series of 18th-century drawing-room intrigues.
Publisher
Versify/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
132 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"This exciting collaboration with the New York Times will reveal the untold stories of the diverse heroines who fought for the 19th amendment. On the 100th anniversary of the historic win for women's rights, it's time to celebrate the names and stories of the women whose courage helped change the fabric of America"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The inspiring autobiography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who helped launch Apollo 11"--
"As a young girl, Katherine Johnson showed an exceptional aptitude for math. In school she quickly skipped ahead several grades and was soon studying complex equations with the support of a professor who saw great promise in her. But ability and opportunity did not always go hand in hand. As an African American and a girl growing up in an era of brutal...
Author
Series
Publisher
Norwood House Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Talks about the history and sexism of the sport cycling. It goes from the invention of bikes, to present day mentioning trailblazing women athletes in cycling in the text"--
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"Standing Up Against Hate tells the stories of the African American women who enlisted in the newly formed Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in World War II. They quickly discovered that they faced as many obstacles in the armed forces as they did in everyday life. However, they refused to back down. They interrupted careers and left family, friends, and loved ones to venture into unknown and sometimes dangerous territory. They survived racial prejudice...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
When four twelve-year-olds, including Logan, who has grown up never leaving his parents' Life Is Sweet candy factory, compete in the Confectionary Association's annual contest, they unexpectedly become friends and uncover secrets about themselves during the process.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman explores the extraordinary life and scientific discoveries of Maria Merian, who discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented the science behind the mystery in this visual biography that features many original paintings by Maria herself."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
31 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the lives and experiences of women in the nineteenth-century American west, including immigrants, African Americans, and Native Americans.
Author
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"In this adaptation for middle graders based on her bestselling adult memoir, My Beloved World, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor's extraordinary life inspires. Her achievement serves as a true testament to the fact that no matter the obstacles, dreams can come true. Includes an 8-page photo insert. Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States, was a young girl when she...
Author
Publisher
Rosen Pub., Group
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Relates interviews Sojourner Truth had with Olive Gilbert and Frances Titus which later became published in two books describing Truth's life as a slave, her escape to freedom, and her fight to end slavery and win rights for women.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin tells the story of the 1929 Women's Air Derby, the first official all-female air race in the U.S."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
75 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"What if tornadoes could be stopped or slowed down? In this addition to the critically-acclaimed Scientist in the Field series, scientist Robin Tanamachi and her team are trying to come up with a way to predict tornadoes with even greater accuracy, and save countless lives across America's heartland."--
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
153 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A biography of the famous astronaut drawing on personal and family photographs from her childhood, school days, college, life in the astronaut corps, and afterward."--
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury/Walker
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
146 p., [8] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Ten-year-old Samantha "Sweet Feet" Gordon isn't just a girl who plays football. She's also the best player in a league full of boys and has become an online sensation. Known for flying past the defense to reach the end zone 35 times while racking up almost 2,000 yards in one season, Sam's YouTube highlight reel made her an overnight sensation. Appearing in her own Super Bowl commercial and on ESPN, Good Morning America, and Cartoon Network, Sam's...