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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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"Lupe Wong is going to be the first female pitcher in the Major Leagues. She's also championed causes her whole young life. Some worthy ... like expanding the options for race on school tests beyond just a few bubbles. And some not so much...like complaining to the BBC about the length between Doctor Who seasons. Lupe needs an A in all her classes in order to meet her favorite pitcher, Fu Li Hernandez, who's Chinacan/Mexinese just like her. So when...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
The Taming of the Shrew is perhaps one of Shakespeare's most controversial plays by modern standards. Hinging on the courtship between the arrogant Petruchio and the "shrew" of the title Katherina, it is unclear whether Shakespeare's blatantly misogynistic themes were in earnest or tongue in cheek. The charming and tender Bianca is forbidden to marry until her elder sister, Katherine is spoken for. Bianca's suitors enlist Petruchio to woo
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English
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"Virginia Woolf's exuberant 'biography' tells the story of the cross-dressing, sex-changing Orlando who begins life as a young noble in the sixteenth century and moves through numerous historical and geographical worlds to finish as a modern woman writer in the 1920s. The book is in part a happy tribute to the 'life' that her love for Vita Sackville-West had breathed into Virginia Woolf's own day-to-day existence; it is also Woolf's light-hearted...
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English
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"Set in 1960s California, this blockbuster debut is the hilarious, idiosyncratic and uplifting story of a female scientist whose career is constantly derailed by the idea that a woman's place is in the home, only to find herself starring as the host of America's most beloved TV cooking show. Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it's the...
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English
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"Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development to health care to education and public policy, we rely on numbers to allocate resources and make crucial decisions. But because so much data fails to take into account gender, because it treats men as the default and women as atypical, bias and discrimination are baked into our systems. And women pay tremendous costs for this bias, in time, money, and often with their lives. Celebrated...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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"Twelve-year-old Lalani Sarita takes on the impossible task of traveling to the legendary Mount Isa, towering on an island to the north. Generations of men and boys have died on the same quest--how can a timid young girl in a tiny boat survive the epic tests of the archipelago?"-- Provided by publisher.
7) Herland
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Language
English
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One the eve of WWI, three American male explorers stumble onto an all-female society somewhere in the distant reaches of the earth. Unable to believe their eyes, they promptly set out to find some men, convinced that since this is a civilized country--there must be men. So begins this sparkling utopian novel, a romp through a whole world "masculine" and "feminine", as on target today as when it was written 65 years ago.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
From the expert team behind IT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL and IT'S SO AMAZING! comes a book for younger children about their bodies - a resource that parents, teachers, librarians, health care providers, and clergy can use with ease and confidence. Young children are curious about almost everything, especially their bodies. And young children are not afraid to ask questions. What makes me a girl? What makes me a boy? Why are some parts of girls' and boys'...
10) Just Ella
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In this continuation of the Cinderella story, fifteen-year-old Ella finds that accepting Prince Charming's proposal ensnares her in a suffocating tangle of palace rules and royal etiquette, so she plots to escape.
Author
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
Pub. Date
c1983
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While mending the awning over the pig pen, Sam discovers that he enjoys sewing the various patches together but meets with scorn and ridicule when he asks his wife if he could join her quilting club.
16) Meggie Moon
Author
Publisher
Good Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Normally, no one dares to play in the yard where Digger and Tiger spend all their time, but when a girl invades, they soon realize that she has some brilliant ideas for playing with the junk found there.
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Series
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
1986
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
On her first tour as a knight errant, Alanna assumes a position of influence with a fierce desert tribe, makes some changes in the role of women in the society, and continues her own emotional development.
19) Marriage that works: God's way of becoming spiritual soul mates, best friends, and passionate lovers
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Publisher
Baker Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Well-respected pastor and Bible teacher explores God's biblical design for marriage, challenging the status quo and offering clear, compelling help for couples that long for unity and fulfillment in their marriages"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Future scientist Kimmy eagerly shares information about dinosaurs during a school field trip until classmate Jake tells her "girls aren't scientists," but Mr. Tiffin sets him straight.
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