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Hey, Kiddo
Jarrett J. Krosoczka - Graphix
Format: Hardcover
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In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where... |
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Unsinkable: From Russian Orphan to Paralympic Swimming World Champion
Jessica Tatiana Long - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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The top Paralympic swimmer in the world, Jessica Long delivers an inspirational photographic memoir. Born in Siberia with fibular hemimelia, Jessica Long was adopted from a Russian orphanage at thirteen months old and has since become the second most decorated U.S. Paralympic athlete of all time.... |
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Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth
Richard Wright - HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Book
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Richard Wright grew up in the woods of Mississippi amid poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those around him; at six he was a "drunkard," hanging about in taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self-pitying, he was surrounded on one side by whites... |
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Alexander Hamilton, Revolutionary
Martha Brockenbrough - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
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Complex, passionate, brilliant, flawed -- Alexander Hamilton comes alive in this exciting biography.He was born out of wedlock on a small island in the West Indies and orphaned as a teenager. From those inauspicious circumstances, he rose to a position of power and influence in colonial... |
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Kenzie's Rules for Life: How to Be Happy, Healthy, and Dance to Your Own Beat
MACKENZIE ZIEGLER - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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An inspirational, upbeat collection of relatable lessons from the teen sensation, Mackenzie Ziegler - an award-winning dancer, singer/songwriter, and actress.Growing up is hard, but growing up in the spotlight is even harder. However, Mackenzie Ziegler is taking it all in stride, thanks... |
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America's Girl: The Incredible Story of How Swimmer Gertrude Ederle Changed the Nation
Tim Dahlberg - St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition
Format: Book
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America's Girl is an intimate look at the life and trials of Gertrude Ederle, who in 1926 not only became the first woman to swim across the English Channel, but broke the record set by men. The feat so thrilled America that it welcomed her home with a ticker tape parade that drew two million... |
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Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna
Joseph Lemasolai-Lekuton - National Geographic Children's Books
Format: Hardcover
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Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton gives American kids a firsthand look at growing up in Kenya as a member of a tribe of nomads whose livelihood centers around the raising and grazing of cattle. Readers share Lekuton’s first encounter with a lion, the epitome of bravery in the warrior tradition.... |
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How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child
Sandra Uwiringiyimana - HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio
Format: Audio CD
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[Young Adult Nonfiction (Ages 12-17) ] [*Read by the author - Sandra Uwiringiyimana] This profoundly moving memoir is the remarkable and inspiring true story of Sandra Uwiringyimana, a girl from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who tells the tale of how she survived a massacre, immigrated... |
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Ishmael Beah - Sarah Crichton Books; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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My new friends have begun to suspect I haven't told them the full story of my life."Why did you leave Sierra Leone?""Because there is a war.""You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?""Yes, all the time.""Cool."I... |
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