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1) Smile
Author
Series
Smile volume 1
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth. What follows is a long and frustrating journey with family, friends, boys and dental drama.
An autobiography in graphic novel format describes how the author lost two of her front teeth in an accident when she was twelve, and her subsequent struggles with various corrective dental techniques throughout adolescence....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
On Tuesday, 9 October, 2012, a fifteen-year-old Pakistani girl was shot in the face at point-blank range because she had the temerity to stand up to the Taliban. That girl, Malala Yousafzai, survived the attack and the shocking story made headlines around the world. Overnight, Malala became a global symbol of peaceful protest and education for all.
Author
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, Phillis Wheatley, Sacagawea, Queen Victoria, Sarah Bernhardt, Emma Lazarus, Helen Keller, Bessie Smith, Madame Curie, Frida Kahlo, Babe Didrikson, Anne Frank, Wilma Rudolph, Indira Gandhi, Nadia Comaneci
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Publisher Annotation: Because I Was a Girl is an inspiring collection of true stories by women and girls about the obstacles, challenges, and opportunities they've faced...because of their gender. Edited by #1 New York Times-bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz, the book is the perfect gift for girls of all ages. The collection includes writings from an impressive array of girls and women who are trailblazers in their fields, including bestselling...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 5
Description
The memoir of "an ordinary teenager growing up in suburban Colorado, and faced -- as all teenagers are -- with difficult choices and pressures. It is only now, when the world knows Cassie Bernall as one of the Columbine High students killed by two rampaging schoolmates, that the choices she made offer a profound relevance for us all. Once a rage-filled young woman who walked a path similar to that of her killers, Cassie found a way out of her personal...
11) Ruby Bridges
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"A chapter book biography of Ruby Bridges, part of the She Persisted series"--
12) Sacagawea
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Traces the life of the Shoshoni Indian girl who was stolen from her tribe at the age of twelve, sold to a French trapper, and served as a guide in the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
Would you like to make a difference? These ten girls grew up to do just that. Susannah's children changed their country; Monica's son changed the church; Ann's romance taught Burma about the love of Christ; Edith was used by God to change a continent; Katherine escaped from oppression and changed her world; Susie listened to a preacher and then published the gospel herself; Bethan met a doctor and then helped to heal people's souls; Maria lost her...
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
This is the true, inspiring story of Malala Yousafzai, a young Pakistani girl who was shot by the Taliban for speaking out for every child's right to education. Malala spoke before the United Nations on her 16th birthday in 2012, just nine months after she was shot.
Author
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
From Barbies to your first bra, from holding your teddy bear to slow dancing with your boy friend, from knowing everyone in elementary school to trying to make new friends in middle school . . . When dealing with these changes, it's no wonder preteen girls can freak out from time to time.