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41) Hailee Steinfeld
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IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Hailee Steinfeld decided she wanted to be an actress when she was just a little girl. After a few years of playing small parts, she tried out for a big role in a famous film called True Grit. Hailee not only got the part, she became one of the most respected and popular young actresses of her time! Follow Hailee's life and career in both movies and music in this fact-filled biography of a bright young talent.
42) Selena Gomez
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Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
44) Wildflower
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English
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"Award-winning actress Drew Barrymore shares funny, insightful, and profound stories from her past and present told from the place of happiness she's achieved today. Wildflower is a portrait of Drew's life in stories as she looks back on the adventures, challenges, and incredible experiences of her earlier years. It includes tales of living on her own at 14 (and how laundry may have saved her life), getting stuck in a gas station overhang on a cross...
45) Finding me
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English
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This is Viola Davis' story, in her own words, and spans her incredible, inspiring life, from her coming-of-age in Rhode Island to her present day. Hers is a story of overcoming, a true hero's journey.
"In my book, you will meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life changing decision to stop running forever. This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in New York City, and...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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This title explores the life and career of Zendaya. Learn about Zendaya's childhood, family, and career, including how she got her start and her rise to fame. Dynamic photos give readers a behind-the-scenes look at this popular actor. Other features include a table of contents, fun facts, enlightening quotations, a timeline, and an index.
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A collection of interrelated personal stories by the actress best known for her work on such productions as "Chicago Hope" and "The Blacklist" focuses on the milestones of her childhood, early career, and midlife while reflecting on the realities of being a woman in Hollywood.
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English
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The entire world knows Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, the teenage sidekick of Doc Brown in Back to the Future; as Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties; as Mike Flaherty in Spin City; and through numerous other movie roles and guest appearances on shows such as The Good Wife and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Diagnosed at age 29, Michael is equally engaged in Parkinson’s advocacy work, raising global awareness of the disease and helping find a cure through The Michael...
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2023.
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English
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If you would have told a young John Stamos flipping burgers at his dad's fast-food joint that one day he'd be a household name and that, at the height of his success, he'd be living alone, divorced, with no kids, high on a cocktail of forgetting, he might've asked, "You want fries with that?" John burst onto the scene in General Hospital, propelling him into the teen idol stratosphere, a place that's often a point of no return. But Stamos beat the...
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"Fearlessly Different is the moving, inspirational memoir of autistic actor Mickey Rowe, who pushed beyond the stereotypes and obstacles so many disabled individuals face to shine on Broadway's biggest stage. Fearlessly Different opens up the world of autism to those who feel locked out and helps those with autism feel seen and understood"--
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"With the release of his first memoir, Not My Father's Son, Alan Cumming felt the power that came with sharing his truth. Shocking fans and readers with the reality of his childhood trauma, Not My Father's Son was a #1 New York Times bestseller and universally landed for its searing honesty and the way in which Alan relentlessly sought answers to questions about his family and his past. And, as an added and perhaps unexpected benefit, he inspired...
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Legendary actress and two-time Academy Award winner Olivia de Havilland is best known for her role as Melanie Wilkes in Gone with the Wind (1939). She often inhabited characters who were delicate, elegant, and refined. At the same time, she was a survivor with a fierce desire to direct her own destiny on and off the screen. She fought and won a lawsuit against Warner Bros. over a contract dispute that changed the studio contract system forever. She...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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This title explores the life and career of Chadwick Boseman. Learn about Boseman's childhood, family, and career, including how he got his start and his rise to fame. Dynamic photos give readers a behind-the-scenes look at this popular actor. Other features include a table of contents, fun facts, enlightening quotations, a timeline, and an index.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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You probably know Idina Menzel as the amazing singer of ""Let It Go"" and the voice of Elsa in the movie Frozen. But did you know that she: Dreamed of playing the title character in the musical Annie? Sang at weddings and bar mitzvahs before making it big on Broadway? Started a summer camp for kids? Want to know more about the life of this singing superstar? Read on to learn all about Idina's road to stardom, Broadway breakthrough, television debut,...
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"Brings the man and his comic genius into focus as never before. Drawing upon a mountain of original research--interviews with family and friends, court transcripts, unpublished journals, screenplay drafts--Scott Saul traces Pryor's rough journey to the heights of fame: from his heartbreaking childhood, his trials in the Army, and his apprentice days in Greenwich Village to his soul-searching interlude in Berkeley and his ascent in the New Hollywood...
58) Jordan Peele
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Jordan Peele is an award-winning movie director. His movies combine humor, horror, and important lessons. Learn how his childhood impacted his career!
59) Unqualified
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English
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A hilarious, honest memoir—combined with just the right amount of relationship advice—from the popular actress and host of the hit podcast Anna Faris is Unqualified.
Anna Faris has advice for you. And it's great advice, because she's been through it all, and she wants to tell you what she's learned.
After surviving an awkward childhood (when she bribed the fastest boy in the third grade with ice cream), navigating...
Anna Faris has advice for you. And it's great advice, because she's been through it all, and she wants to tell you what she's learned.
After surviving an awkward childhood (when she bribed the fastest boy in the third grade with ice cream), navigating...
60) Dwayne Johnson
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"In Dwayne Johnson, early readers will learn about the life, accomplishments, and contributions of wrestling and movie star Dwayne Johnson. Vibrant, full-color photos, and carefully leveled text will engage emergent readers as they learn about his life"--