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Author
Publisher
Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Are we giving our young men the wrong message about biblical manhood? Popular Christian radio host and podcaster gives guys an inspiring vision and practical wisdom for being who they were uniquely created to be--no matter their personality, interests, or abilities"--
Author
Publisher
BiG, an imprint of Humanoids, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Little Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lives only for music--and he already knows how to appreciate it in all its forms, even the most unexpected. The young virtuoso is looking for--and finding!-- inspiration wherever it hides, even in the cries of Nannerl, hissister, or the poop of his dog. He takes lessons from the birds, crickets and frogs, intertwining every note into his great masterpieces. Based on real events in Mozart's childhood"--
Author
Publisher
Convergent
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"An unforgettable memoir about a girl who escapes her childhood as a preschool drug dealer to earn a divinity degree from Duke University-and then realizes she must confront her past to truly find her way home. "Home, it turns out, is where the war is. It's also where the healing begins." Born to drug-dealing parents in rural Indiana, Dana Trent is a preschooler the first time she uses a razor blade to cut up weed and fill dime bags for her schizophrenic...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
NC 900L
Language
English
Description
"Misty Copeland is one of the most famous dancers in the world. But before she was dancing for millions of fans, Misty was just a young girl who loved ballet, even though she didn't look like the typical ballerina. Learn how she made it all the way to the top in this exciting level 3 biography!"--
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
Being a teen is hard enough. But when you have autism--or when your sibling is struggling with the condition--life can be a topsy-turvy ride. What happens when you come face-to-face with dating, parties, sports, body changes, school, and kids who just don't get you? Where do you turn when your sibling with autism is the butt of jokes, the victim of misunderstood social cues, and the one everyone thinks is weird? Through alternating narratives based...
Author
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
Ã2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
Best known as a leader of the Indian takeover of Alcatraz Island in 1969, Adam Fortunate Eagle now offers a memoir of his years as a young student at Pipestone Indian Boarding School in Minnesota. He lives up to his reputation as a "contrary warrior" by disproving the popular view of Indian boarding schools as bleak and prisonlike. Fortunate Eagle attended Pipestone between 1935 and 1945, just as Commissioner of Indian Affairs John Collier's pluralist...