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1) Anne Frank
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of a young Jewish girl who became famous after her death in the Holocaust, when her diary was published.
4) Helen Keller
Author
Language
English
Description
Traces the life and accomplishments of the woman who struggled to overcome her deaf and blind handicaps, with the aid of her famous teacher, Annie Sullivan.
Author
Series
Publisher
Thameside Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An illustrated narrative of Nelson Mandela's fight against oppression in South Africa, from his imprisonment for public protest after the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960, to his release from prison and election as president in the 1990s.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In 399 B.C. in Athens, thirteen-year-old Pandora dreads her upcoming marriage to a man twice her age, but a chance meeting with the philosopher Socrates encourages her to question traditional female roles and to seek her own truth.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In ancient Rome, Atticus, a young slave purchased by a wealthy and powerful lawyer, finds that he is completely invisible to the people from whom he must gather information in order to help foil a plot against the Emperor.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bookwright Press
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
Presents a brief biography of the warrior and tribal chief of the Sioux Indians and surveys the history, culture, religion, and daily life of the Plains Indians, relations between Indians and white settlers, and the displacement of tribes onto reservations.
16) Georgia O'Keeffe
Series
Language
English
Description
Follows the life of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her tumultuous relationship with her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz. As their relationship suffers, Alfred takes a younger lover. Georgia's search for solace moves her west, where she finds new inspiration for her paintings, and ultimately her own voice, in the New Mexico landscape.
Author
Series
Publisher
Praeger Publishers
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
"This book will help modern readers envision the Victorian shopping experience by taking them inside the shops and up to the counters. Readers will learn how the shop was organized, what services and goods were available, and how goods made their way from the shop to the home. Graham's compelling account provides a vivid glimpse into a vital - but largely unappreciated - aspect of Victorian life."--BOOK JACKET.
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