DK biography
Author
1) Anne Frank
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Anne Frank's life in Amsterdam was happy and full of friends. As the Nazis gained power during WWII, Anne's family and friends, like other Jews, faced harsh new rules, curfews, arrest, and worse. When the danger struck close to home, the Franks went into hiding in the secret annex....and the 13 year old Anne's life changed forever.
Presents a biography of Anne Frank, and includes over one hundred photographs and artifacts of her life, her family,...
6) Gandhi
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 4
Description
A biography of Mohandas Gandhi who helped to free India from British rule by teaching and practicing nonviolence and civil disobedience.
9) Annie Oakley
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Annie Oakley first picked up a gun at age eight and by age 22 was performing sharpshooting acts. She went on to travel the world and became America's first female superstar.
10) Charles Darwin
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Describes the life and scientific career of Charles Darwin, especially his theory of evolution which was published in his famous book in 1859: The origin of species by means of natural selection, or, the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life.
12) Marie Curie
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
A biography of Polish-French physicist and chemist Marie Curie, who was a pioneer in the field of radioactivity and won a Nobel prize in both physics and in chemistry.
14)
Thomas Jefferson
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15)
Elizabeth I
16) Harriet Tubman
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 4
Description
An illustrated exploration of the life of Harriet Tubman that covers her childhood, experiences as a slave, escape to freedom, work on the Underground Railroad, antislavery activism, and other topics.
17)
Ronald Reagan
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18) Clara Barton
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Describes the life and accomplishments of Clara Barton, a teacher who organized efforts to bring nursing care to wounded soldiers during the Civil War and who went on to become the founder of the American Red Cross.