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Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 49
Language
English
Description
National Bestseller
In this nuanced and complex portrait of Barack Obama, Pulitzer Prize-winner David Remnick offers a thorough, intricate, and riveting account of the unique experiences that shaped our nation’s first African American president.
Through extensive on-the-record interviews with friends and teachers, mentors and disparagers, family members and Obama himself, Remnick explores the elite institutions that
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English
Description
This epic work tells the story of the Hemingses, whose close blood ties to our third president had been systematically expunged from American history until very recently. Now, historian and legal scholar Annette Gordon-Reed traces the Hemings family from its origins in Virginia in the 1700s to the family's dispersal after Jefferson's death in 1826. It brings to life not only Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson but also their children and Hemings's...
4) Barack
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed poet and award-winning children's author Jonah Winter-inspired by a political rally he attended during the historic 2008 presidential campaign, tells the moving story of Barack Obama. Beginning in Africa and Kansas, this enlightening biography describes Obama's life as an ongoing journey, from his birth in Hawaii to his election as president. Obama emerges as someone who, even from an early age, wondered where he belonged and who he might...
5) Tiger Woods
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Tiger Woods is not just the best golfer in the world. He is also one of the biggest celebrities on the planet. But Tiger has not let success go to his head. He is still one of the hardest-working golfers on the PGA tour. Follow Tigers career from when he first picked up a golf club at nine months old to his most recent major golf championship.
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English
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Barack Obama is arguably the most dynamic political figure to grace the American stage since John F. Kennedy. His meteoric rise from promise to power has stunned even the cynics and inspired a legion of devout followers.
For anyone who wants to know more about the man, David Mendell's Obama is essential reading. Mendell, who covered Obama for the Chicago Tribune, had far-reaching access to the Chicago politician as Obama climbed the ladder to the...
7) Barack Obama
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English
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Born to a white mother and an African father, Barack Obama struggled to understand his place in the world. He found it in the gritty streets of South Side Chicago. There, his talent as a community organizer made him a voice for the voiceless. As his voice grew stronger, he rose from the Illinois State Senate to the U.S. Senate. In 2009, he became the first African American President of the United States. Obamas story is that of the American Dream,...
9) Barack Obama
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Publisher
ABDO
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Language
English
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Description
June Cross was born in 1954 to Norma Booth, a glamorous, aspiring white actress, and James "Stump" Cross, a well-known black comedian. Sent by her mother to be raised by black friends when she was four years old and could no longer pass as white, June was plunged into the pain and confusion of a family divided by race. Secret Daughter tells her story of survival. It traces June's astonishing discoveries about her mother and about her own fierce determination...
12) Tiger Woods
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Updated for 2020. Explores the life of Tiger Woods, including his childhood and major accomplishments.
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Language
English
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Description
In this historically momentous memoir, the segregationist senator's mixed-race daughter speaks out about her life in the shadows.
Breaking nearly eight decades of silence, Essie Mae Washington–Williams comes forward with the dramatic story of her life. Her father, the late Strom Thurmond, had been the nation's leading proponent of racial segregation. He famously undertook a twenty-four–hour filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1957,...
14) Barack Obama
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Presents the life of the forty-fourth President of the United States, from childhood to his accomplishments since taking office in 2009.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Find out more about the real Barack Obama in this fun and exciting illustrated biography! As the world now knows, Barack Obama has made history as our first African-American president. With black-and-white illustrations throughout, this biography is perfect for primary graders looking for a longer, fuller life story than is found in the author's bestselling beginning reader Barack Obama: United States President.
17) Barack Obama
Author
Publisher
ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A brief biography of African-American president Barack Obama.
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Language
English
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"Story is our medium. It's how we connect emotionally with our viewers. And it's how we make sense of our world....When we talk about a 'big story,' we're really talking about what resonates with people, what matters to them.... And I think when it comes to our national narrative, what we need to realize is that we're all contributing to the story, that we can affect where this country is going."From top CNN anchor and special correspondent Soledad...
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Series
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
This is the children's biography about the forty-fourth president of the United States. Containing up-to-the-minute information, including President Obama's November victory.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
On November 7, 2020, Kamala Harris, a senator from California, became the first woman and the first African-American and South Asian-American person to be elected to the vice presidency. While her nomination for this position was not unexpected, her rise to national prominence was one filled with unexpected turns and obstacles. After failing her first bar exam to become a lawyer, she tried again and passed. From there, she quickly rose through the...