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Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
"Even as a kid, everyone thought Jeff Kinney was talented. People loved his drawings, and when he went to college, his comic strip Igdoof was so popular that it spread to other universities! Still, Jeff faced challenges. His cartoons were rejected by syndicates that claimed his art was unprofessional. Then, an idea struck: Jeff would write a journal from the perspective of a child, illustrated with doodles just like a kid might do. And so, the Diary...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
Malala Yousafzai was a girl who loved to learn but was told that girls would no longer be allowed to go to school. She wrote a blog that called attention to what was happening in her beautiful corner of Pakistan and realized that words can bring about change. She has continued to speak out for the right of all children to have an education. In 2014 she won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
In 1995, on a four-hour-delayed train from Manchester to London, J.K. Rowling conceived of the idea of a boy wizard named Harry Potter. Upon arriving in London, she began immediately writing the first book in the saga. Rowling's true-life, rags.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Description
"Today, LeBron James is an international superstar who has won four NBA Championships, earned two Olympic gold medals, written books, and starred in blockbuster movies. He has played for the Los Angeles Lakers, the Miami Heat, and the Cleveland Cavaliers, and has gained fans across the country as he led each of those three teams to victory. Many basketball lovers consider LeBron James to be one of the greatest players of all time. But how did LeBron...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
Description
Who is Neil deGrasse Tyson? A young boy who felt the universe call to him during a grade-school planetarium visit. A teenager who gave lectures on astronomy. One of hte most well-known astrophysicists in the world and the director of the Hayden Planetarium.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
"On November 7, 2020, Kamala Harris, a senator from California, became the first woman and the first African American and South Asian American person to be elected to the vice presidency. While her nomination for this position was not unexpected, her rise to national prominence was one filled with unexpected turns and obstacles. After failing her first bar exam to become a lawyer, she tried again and passed. From there, she quickly rose through the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
"Bill Gates, born in Seattle, Washington, in 1955, is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. In this Who Was...? biography, children will learn of Gates' childhood passion for computer technology, which led him to revolutionize personal computers. Through the success of his now-world-famous software company, Microsoft, Bill Gates became one of the wealthiest philanthropists in history.This fascinating story of a child...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Just in time for the third North American total solar eclipse of the twenty-first century, this book explains how to safely observe solar eclipses, how long eclipses last, and why they result in a blackout period during the day. Young armchair astronomers and astronauts will be inspired by the wonders of outer space and what exists beyond our atmosphere as they learn more about the moon, the sun, and our earth. What really happens during a solar...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
Description
"Reader beware! The biography of R. L. Stine, author of the hugely popular Goosebumps series, is a scary-good time! R. L. Stine began writing stories at the age of nine, after finding a typewriter in his family's attic. (Was it a haunted typewriter? Who can be sure?) Often referred to as the 'Stephen King of children's literature,' R.L. has created some of the scariest books to have ever been passed around a campfire, leaving readers wide awake at...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, An Imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
Describes the lives and careers and the tennis stars and sisters, discussing their Grand Slam wins, Olympic success, trend-setting, and rivalry.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
This biography of professional baseball player Derek Jeter discusses his childhood, career highlights, years with the New York Yankees, and other related topics.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
"No one was surprised when Dale Earnhardt Jr. began his racing career at age seventeen. His father and grandfather were professional racers, and he spent most of his childhood servicing cars at his dad's dealership. Now Dale was ready for his own turn in the driver's seat. He started out racing in the Street Stock division but would go on to win several NASCAR championships before retiring from driving full time in 2017. Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s passion...
18) Who is Pelé?
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
A brief biography of Brazilian soccer player Pelé, and how he started out as a boy from a poor neighborhood to become a professional soccer player and a national hero in Brazil.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
"Get to know the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader and one of the most popular world leaders today. Two-year-old Lhamo Thondup never imagined he would be anything other than an ordinary child, but after undergoing a series of tests, he was proclaimed the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. By age 15, he found himself the undisputed leader of six million people who were facing the threat of a full-scale war from the Chinese. After the defeat of the Tibetan...
20) Who is RuPaul?
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
RuPaul Andre Charles always knew he was meant to be a performer. Even as a young child, he loved to dress up and imitate the glamorous women he saw on television. When he turned fifteen, he began studying theater in a performing arts school in Atlanta and never looked back. Ru developed his drag-queen personality and launched his career in the 1980s. He now hosts and judges the widely popular and long-running show RuPaul's Drag Race, which has raised...
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