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Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist, a biography in verse and prose of science fiction visionary Octavia Butler. Acclaimed novelist Ibi Zoboi illuminates the young life of the visionary storyteller Octavia E. Butler in poems and prose. Born into the Space Race, the Red Scare, and the dawning Civil Rights Movement, Butler expereinced an American childhood that shaped her into the groundbreaking science-fiction...
5) J.K. Rowling
Author
Publisher
Rosen Central
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Discusses the life, novels, and writing habits of J.K. Rowling, author of the popular "Harry Potter" novels.
7) Tomas Rivera
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As a young Mexican American boy in a migrant worker family in Texas, future author Tomas Rivera enjoys going to the library and listening to his grandfather's stories.
10) Maya's song
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This unforgettable picture book introduces young readers to the life and work of Maya Angelou, whose words have uplifted and inspired generations of readers. The author of the celebrated autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya was the first Black person and first woman to recite a poem at a presidential inauguration, and her influence echoes through culture and history. She was also the first Black woman to appear on the United States...
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books/Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Documents the life and achievements of the nineteenth-century Northern Paiute leader, examining how her aptitude for languages and diplomacy enabled her to advocate on behalf of her tribe.
14) Maya Angelou
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Maya Angelou spent much of her childhood in Stamps, Arkansas. After a traumatic event at age eight, she stopped speaking for five years. However, Maya rediscovered her voice through wonderful books, and went on to become one of the world's most beloved writers and speakers. This inspiring story of her life features a facts and photos section at the back."--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Morgan Reynolds Pub
Pub. Date
©2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
A new biography about the groundbreaking author of The House on Mango Street and other works that describe the experiences of women and Mexican Americans. A Home in the Heart: The Story of Sandra Cisneros. Brackett's lively account, one of the first for YAs on this landmark writer, shows Cisneros crossing borders not only as a Chicana traveling between Chicago, San Antonio, and Mexico and as a woman who defies traditional family roles but also as...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Creative icon, visionary, and dreamer, Stan Lee co-created many of pop culture's most significant characters, including Spider-Man, Black Panther, and the Avengers. This young adult edition of Stan Lee: The Man Behind Marvel is the definitive YA biography of the Marvel legend, celebrating the centennial of his birth"--
Stan Lee, a creative icon, visionary, and dreamer, co-created many of pop culture's most significant characters. Becoming the editor...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Studio, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
This book profiles twenty-six authors with original and distinctive approaches to literature and language. From a man who used vanity license plates to tell stories and a woman who made new poems by subtracting letters from published works, to people who studied word origins and variations, this is a celebration of the adventurers who have explored language with a sense of curiosity and playfulness. -- Adapted from provided information and jacket....
Author
Publisher
Piñata Books
Pub. Date
2005
Language
Español
Description
Product Description: First ever Spanish-language edition of the critically acclaimed collection of short stories for young adults by a master of Latino literature."We're all walking stars," the eighty-four year old guide tells Victor Villasenor as he travels to his mother's birthplace, La Lluvia de Oro. "Don't you know what we all are? We are all stars that come from the heavens." In Estrellas peregrinas, the Spanish-language edition of his critically...
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