Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
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Meet Ja Morant: Memphis Grizzlies Superstar
$9.99 Read morePoint guard Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies is an up-and-coming basketball superstar. Learn about his rise through the NCAA ranks, his stand-out entrance into the NBA, and more.
- Series: Sports Vips (Lerner (Tm) Sports)
- Author: Stabler, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1728478634
- Language: English
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Who Was Milton Hershey?
$6.99 Add to cartDiscover the man behind the chocolate bar Milton Hershey’s life was filled with invention and innovation. As a young man, he was not afraid to dream big and work hard. Eventually, he learned the secr
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Buckley, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 26, 2013
- ISBN10: 0448479362
- Language: English
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Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers
$16.95 Add to cartA most appealing book . . . Its genuineness and its simplicity will build up a large audience of enthusiastic readers.—San Francisco Chronicle
Ralph Moody was eight years old in 1906 when his family m
- Author: Moody, Ralph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: September 01, 1991
- ISBN10: 0803281781
- Language: English
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G.O.A.T. Football Tight Ends
$9.99 Read moreFrom protecting the quarterback to catching touchdown passes, tight ends can do it all. See how the top-10 tight ends in football history rank. Then rank them yourself!
- Series: Greatest of All Time Players (Lerner (Tm) Sports)
- Author: Anderson, Josh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 9.79877E+12
- Language: English
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Camino a Las Estrellas: Mi Recorrido de Girl Scout a Ingeniera Astron?utica (Path to the Stars Spanish Edition)
$9.99 Read moreUna familia cari?osa, un vecindario repleto de ni?os y una mam? que cantaba todo el d?a… Sylvia Acevedo amaba todo lo que ten?a en la vida. Un d?a se enferm? su hermanita, y todo cambi?.
Mientras su
- Author: Acevedo, Sylvia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 1328809579
- Language: Spanish
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Adoniram Judson: Bound for Burma
$11.99 Add to cartAs America’s first foreign missionary, Adoniram Judson spent thirty-eight years working in Burma, then one of the most hostile countries on earth. Judson was ignored, mocked, beaten, and tortured, yet… [more below]
- Series: Christian Heroes: Then & Now
- Author: Benge, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: December 05 2001
- ISBN10: 1576581616
- Language: English
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Kid Authors: True Tales of Childhood from Famous Writers
$13.95 Read moreFunny and totally true childhood biographies and full-color illustrations tell the tales from the growing-up years of Beverly Cleary, J. R. R. Tolkien, and 13 other great writers.
Every great author- Series: Kid Legends #4
- Author: Stabler, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 10 2017
- ISBN10: 1594749876
- Language: English
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Saint John Neumann (Ess)
$8.95 Read moreLearn about the life of the holy man who became the only canonized North American bishop, St. John Neumann. Join him on his adventures in following God’s will as he travels from Europe to America and … [more below]
- Author: Brown, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 15 2016
- ISBN10: 0819890669
- Language: English
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Who Was Seabiscuit?
$6.99 Add to cartIn the middle of the worst depression in U.S. history, one young racehorse lifted a nation’s spirits. Seabiscuit was born in 1933 on a farm in Kentucky. Though bred for racing, he was weak and undersi… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Buckley, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 20 2015
- ISBN10: 0448483092
- Language: English
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Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
$19.99 Read more“This book, a young reader’s edition of Knight’s autobiography, is an eye-opening look into the story of Knight before his multibillion dollar company. His tenacity is inspiring and will be a valuable… [more below]
- Author: Knight, Phil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 26 2017
- ISBN10: 1534401180
- Language: English
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Rebel Girls Champions: 25 Tales of Unstoppable Athletes
$8.99 Read moreRebel Girls Champions: 25 Tales of Unstoppable Athletes celebrates the stories of 25 phenomenal women in sports all written in fairy tale form. It is part of the award-winning Good Night Stories for R… [more below]
- Series: Rebel Girls Minis
- Author: Rebel Girls
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: September 21 2021
- ISBN10: 1953424082
- Language: English
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Rosa: (Caldecott Honor Book)
$9.99 Add to cartFifty years after her refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus, Mrs. Rosa Parks is still one of the most important figures in the American civil rights movement. This tribute to
- Author: Giovanni, Nikki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: December 26 2007
- ISBN10: 0312376022
- Language: English
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The True West: Real Stories about Black Cowboys, Women Sharpshooters, Native American Rodeo Stars, Pioneering Vaqueros, and the Unsun
$19.99 Read moreA 2021 Notable Social Studies Trade Book from the Children’s Book Council and National Council for the Social Studies
“Especially and unreservedly recommended for family, elementary school, middle sch
- Author: Luong, Wiliam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: June 02 2020
- ISBN10: 1733633510
- Language: English
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The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner
$19.99 Read moreBestselling author-illustrator Marissa Moss tells the gripping story of Lise Meitner, the physicist who discovered nuclear fission
As a female Jewish physicist in Berlin during the early 20th century,
- Author: Moss, Marissa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1419758535
- Language: English
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Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx/La Juez Que Creció En El Bronx
$18.99 Add to cartThe inspiring and timely story of Sonia Sotomayor, who rose up from a childhood of poverty and prejudice to become the first Latino to be nominated to the US Supreme Court.
Before Supreme Court Justic- Author: Winter, Jonah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: November 10 2009
- ISBN10: 1442403039
- Language: Spanish
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Free Lunch
$18.99 Add to cartInstead of giving him lunch money, Rex’s mom has signed him up for free meals. As a poor kid in a wealthy school district, better-off kids crowd impatiently behind him as he tries to explain to the ca… [more below]
- Author: Ogle, Rex
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 132400360X
- Language: English
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Women in Sports: 50 Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win
$16.99 Add to cartA richly illustrated and inspiring book highlighting the achievements and stories of fifty notable women athletes from the 1800s to today, by the New York Times bestselling author of Women in Science.… [more below]
- Series: Women in Science
- Author: Ignotofsky, Rachel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 18 2017
- ISBN10: 1607749785
- Language: English
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Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America
$15.99 Read moreIn a riveting biography that reads like a crime novel, Sibert medalist and Newbery Honor winner Susan Campbell Bartoletti uncovers the true story of Mary Mallon, a.k.a. Typhoid Mary, one of the most m
- Author: Bartoletti, Susan Campbell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0063295962
- Language: English
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Epic Athletes: Lebron James
$7.99 Add to cartEpic Athletes: LeBron James is an inspiring young readers biography of the best basketball player of the modern era from celebrated sports journalist Dan Wetzel!
Featuring comic-style illustrations by- Series: Epic Athletes #5
- Author: Wetzel, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 13 2020
- ISBN10: 125061984X
- Language: English
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Pauli Murray: The Life of a Pioneering Feminist and Civil Rights Activist
$18.99 Add to cartPauli Murray was a trailblazer who spent her life fighting for civil rights and women’s rights. Writer, lawyer, activist, priest, Pauli was a champion for justice. Her extraordinary life is immortaliz… [more below]
- Author: Jennings, Terry Catasús
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1499812515
- Language: English
