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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Hailing from the Tremé neighborhood in New Orleans, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews got his nickname by wielding a trombone twice as long as he was high. A prodigy, he was leading his own band by age six, and today this Grammy-nominated artist headlines the New Orleans Jazz Fest.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Jovita didn't want to cook and clean like her sisters, and she especially didn't want to wear the skirts her abuela gave her. She wanted to race her brothers and climb the tallest mesquite trees in Rancho Palos Blancos, ride horses, and wear pants! When her father and brothers joined the Cristeros War to fight for the right to practice religion, she wanted to help. She wasn't allowed to fight, but that didn't stop her from observing how her father...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In a letter to his daughters, President Barack Obama offers a tribute to thirteen historically important Americans and the ideals that have shaped the nation--from the artistry of Georgia O'Keeffe to the courage of Jackie Robinson and the patriotism of George Washington.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Describes how Juan Garca̕ Esquivel, a Mexican composer popular in the 1950s and 1960s, developed his experimental style of music, based on mariachi and other Mexican music, jazz, the human voice, and the use of unusual instruments.
11) Dizzy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Breaking all the rules of jazz, Dizzy Gillespie found a way to make his mark in music using his instincts and talents in order to survive a difficult childhood and become one of the most famous musicians of his time.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In 1843, 14-year old Hanson Gregory left his family home in Rockport, Maine and set sail as a cabin boy on the schooner Achorn, looking for high stakes adventure on the high seas. Little did he know that a boat load of hungry sailors, coupled with his knack for creative problem-solving, would yield one of the world's most prized pastries. At long last, here's the hole truth about the invention of the doughnut!--
13) Malala Yousafzai
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Presents the life of Malala Yousafzai, the incredible activist for girls' education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Mary Golda Ross designed classified projects for Lockheed Aircraft Corporation as the company's first female engineer. Find out how her passion for math and the Cherokee values she was raised with shaped her life and work"--Provided by publisher.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! Getting the facts behind the fiction has never looked better. Track the facts with Jack and Annie!!
When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #23: High Time for Heroes, they had lots of questions. How did Florence Nightingale change nursing? Who helped women get the vote?...
When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #23: High Time for Heroes, they had lots of questions. How did Florence Nightingale change nursing? Who helped women get the vote?...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Ready to Fly is the true story of Sylvia Townsend, an African American girl who falls in love with ballet after seeing Swan Lake on TV. Although there aren't many ballet schools that will accept a girl like Sylvia in the 1950s, her local bookmobile provides another possibility. A librarian helps Sylvia find a book about ballet and the determined seven-year-old, with the help of her new books, starts teaching herself the basics of classical ballet....
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