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Archives of Sexuality & Gender includes gay and lesbian newspapers from more than 35 countries, reports, policy statements, interviews, personal letters, and other documents related to gay rights and health, including the worldwide impact of AIDS. Part of Gale’s Archives of Sexuality & Gender.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Children's Biographies: 150+ pages
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies and Memoirs for 5th Graders
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies and Memoirs for 5th Graders
Description
"I Am Malala. This is my story. Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They said music was a crime. They said women weren't allowed to go to the market. They said girls couldn't go to school. Raised in a once-peaceful area of Pakistan transformed by terrorism, Malala was taught to stand up for what she believes. So she fought for her right to be educated. And on October 9, 2012, she nearly lost her life...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
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"My name is Jose Antonio Vargas. I was born in the Philippines. When I was twelve, my mother sent me to the United States to live with her parents. While applying for a driver's permit, I found out my papers were fake. More than two decades later, I am still here illegally, with no clear path to American citizenship. To some people, I am the "most famous illegal" in America. In my mind, I am only one of an estimated 11 million human beings whose uncertain...
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Publisher
Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Before Odom landed the role Aaron Burr in the Broadway musical Hamilton, he put in years of hard work as a singer and an actor. Now he asks the questions that will help you unlock your true potential and achieve your goals even when they seem impossible. What work did you put in today that will help you improve tomorrow? How do you surround yourself with people who will care about your dreams as much as you do? How do you know when to play it safe...
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Children's Biographies: 150+ pages
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies and Memoirs for 5th Graders
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies and Memoirs for 5th Graders
Description
As a baby he flipped himself upside down in his jolly jumper. As a kid he rode his Big Wheel into traffic. When he discovered skateboarding, his life was changed forever. So how did Andy Macdonald go from death-defying stunts in his jolly jumper to world champion skateboarder? In his own words, Andy shares all the ups and downs and the spills and thrills, from driving to California in a broken-down car and dressing up as Shamu at Sea World to setting...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Children's Awards: C. S. King Award for Afr. Amer. Author/Illustrator
Children's Awards: National Book Award for Young People's Literature
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
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Children's Awards: National Book Award for Young People's Literature
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
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Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child's soul as she searches for her place in the world. Woodson's...
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Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
©2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies and Memoirs for 5th Graders
Children's Special Topics: Christmas
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies and Memoirs for 5th Graders
Children's Special Topics: Christmas
Description
A famous American author of children's books presents fifteen Christmas memories, spanning six decades, that detail the path his life has taken.
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Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Children's Biographies: 150+ pages
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies and Memoirs for 5th Graders
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies and Memoirs for 5th Graders
Description
"Mariano Rivera never dreamed of becoming a professional athlete. He didn't grow up collecting baseball cards, playing Little League, or cheering on his home team at the World Series. He had never heard of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, or Mickey Mantle. One day, that all changed. From a childhood playing pickup games in Panama to an epic career with the New York Yankees, Mariano's rise to greatness has been anything but ordinary. He's the guy...
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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Children's Awards: Pura Belpre Medal for Latino Literature
Children's Biographies: 150+ pages
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
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Children's Biographies: 150+ pages
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
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Description
In this poetic memoir Engle, the first Latina woman to receive a Newbery Honor, tells of growing up as a child of two cultures during the Cold War. Her heart was in Cuba, her mother's tropical island country, a place so lush with vibrant life that it seems like a fairy tale kingdom. But most of the time she lived in Los Angeles, lonely in the noisy city and dreaming of the summers when she can take a plane through the enchanted air to her beloved...
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Publisher
Crown Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Children's Biographies: 150+ pages
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
Children's Special Topics: Nonfiction with Lexile Over 1000
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
Children's Special Topics: Nonfiction with Lexile Over 1000
Description
Adapted from the memoir of NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent a record-breaking year in space.
Author
Publisher
Skyscape
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
Recounts the author's experiences fleeing Iran as a young boy during the Iran-Iraq war, and making his way on his own in the unfamiliar city of Istanbul in hopes of attaining a visa in England.
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Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
An autobiography detailing Sasha's discovery of ice skating at the age of 7, her comeback from the injury that almost ended her career, and the lows and wins of her career.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Biographies: 150+ pages
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies and Memoirs for 5th Graders
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies and Memoirs for 5th Graders
Description
"The Middle Grade Memoir of a Girl Boxer and Future Olympian. In this Lean-In style inspirational memoir, twelve-year-old Jesselyn Silva offers a ringside seat to girl power and what it takes to win in the ring and in life: punch by punch. Girl Boxer shows kids what it means to be true to yourself and stick with your dreams even when facing adversity and ridicule. Supported by her single dad, Jesselyn (JessZilla in the ring) first donned her boxing...
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Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Children's Biographies: 150+ pages
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies and Memoirs for 5th Graders
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies and Memoirs for 5th Graders
Description
"Aaron Philip's memoir chronicles his extraordinary journey from happy baby in Antigua to confident teen artist in New York City. His honest, often funny stories of triumph-- despite physical difficulties, poverty, and other challenges-- are as inspiring as they are eye-opening"--
16) Born just right
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies and Memoirs for 5th Graders
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies and Memoirs for 5th Graders
Description
When Jordan Reeves was born without the bottom half of her left arm, the doctors reassured her parents that she was "born just right." And she has been proving that doctor right ever since! With candor, humor, and heart, Jordan's mother, Jen Lee Reeves, helps Jordan tell her story about growing up in an able-bodied world and family, where she was treated like all of her siblings and classmates--and where she never felt limited. Whether it was changing...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Biographies: 150+ pages
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies and Memoirs for 5th Graders
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Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies and Memoirs for 5th Graders
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Description
Carli Lloyd is the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team captain who helped win a FIFA championship in 2015 with a hat trick in the first sixteen minutes of the final game. Yet she nearly quit the sport in 2003. Here is the inspirational story of how she rose from near defeat to the ultimate triumph.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Biographies: 150+ pages
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
Children's Biographies: Famous Californians
Children's Special Topics: Fiction with Lexile 900 to 999
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
Children's Biographies: Famous Californians
Children's Special Topics: Fiction with Lexile 900 to 999
Description
The Olympic gold medal-winning soccer player details her path to success, from her childhood in California to her time on the United States' National team.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies and Memoirs for 5th Graders
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies and Memoirs for 5th Graders
Description
I was born in a small city near the East Sea, when the Great Cultural Revolution began. My name is Little Green, my country Zhong Guo, the Middle Kingdom. When I was ten years old, our leader died and the revolution ended. And this is how I remember it. When Chun Yu was born in a small city in China, she was born into a country in revolution. The streets were filled with roaming Red Guards, the walls were covered with slogans, and reeducation meetings...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
A follow-up to Drawing From Memory recounts the author's coming-of-age at a military academy, where he endured harsh racism before embarking on a journey to discover himself as a Japanese-American artist.
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