Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
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Someone Like Me: How One Undocumented Girl Fought for Her American Dream
$12.99 Add to cartA remarkable true story from social justice advocate and national bestselling author Julissa Arce about her journey to belong in America while growing up undocumented in Texas.
Born in the picturesqu- Author: Arce, Julissa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 17 2019
- ISBN10: 031648170X
- Language: English
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Who Was Susan B. Anthony?
$6.99 Read moreSusan B. Anthony may be an international icon but her campaign for women’s rights had personal roots. Working as a school teacher in New York, Anthony refused to settle for less pay than her male coll… [more below]
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Pollack, Pam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 30 2014
- ISBN10: 044847963X
- Language: English
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Who Was Frank Lloyd Wright?
$6.99 Add to cartBorn in Wisconsin in 1867, Frank Lloyd Wright became obsessed with a set of building blocks his mother had given to him on his ninth birthday. He grew up to become the father of organic architecture a… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Labrecque, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 29 2015
- ISBN10: 0448483130
- Language: English
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Who Is Stevie Wonder?
$6.99 Add to cartDiscover more about Stevie Wonder, the music prodigy whose awards include 25 Grammy Awards and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Stevie Wonder is one of the most successful singer-songwriter-musician- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Gigliotti, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 18 2016
- ISBN10: 0448488582
- Language: English
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Hildegard of Bingen: Woman of Vision
$7.99 Add to cartIn this biography, the first in English for young readers ages 10 and up, explore the life of Hildegard of Bingen, 12th-century woman writer, composer, healer, naturalist, diplomat and philosopher. Re… [more below]
- Author: Reed-Jones, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: November 09 2004
- ISBN10: 0965083314
- Language: English
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Huracán: Mi Historia de Resiliencia
$7.95 Add to cartIn 2017, less than three weeks after Salvador Gómez-Colón’s fifteenth birthday, Puerto Rico was struck by a historic Category 4 hurricane. Residents were completely caught in the dark; news about Hu
- Series: I, Witness
- Author: Gómez-Colón, Salvador
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1324052708
- Language: Spanish
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Mamie on the Mound: A Woman in Baseball’s Negro Leagues
$9.99 Read moreMamie “Peanut” Johnson had one dream: to play professional baseball. She was a talented player, but she wasn’t welcome in the segregated All-American Girls Pro Baseball League due to the color of her … [more below]
- Author: Henderson, Leah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1684467993
- Language: English
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Hudson Taylor: Deep in the Heart of China
$11.99 Read moreHudson survived his perilous maiden voyage to his beloved China. With his heart set in determined obedience to God, and trusting the provision of the One who had called him, Hudson overcame persecutio… [more below]
- Series: Christian Heroes: Then & Now
- Author: Benge, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 205
- Publish Date: June 17 1999
- ISBN10: 1576580164
- Language: English
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Not So Different: What You Really Want to Ask about Having a Disability
$19.99 Add to cartNot So Different offers a humorous, relatable, and refreshingly honest glimpse into Shane Burcaw’s life. Shane tackles many of the mundane and quirky questions that he’s often asked about living with
- Author: Burcaw, Shane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: November 07 2017
- ISBN10: 1626727716
- Language: English
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Dear America: Young Readers’ Edition: The Story of an Undocumented Citizen
$9.99 Add to cartIn this young readers’ adaptation of his adult memoir Dear America, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas tells his story, in light of the 12 million undocum
- Author: Vargas, Jose Antonio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 14 2020
- ISBN10: 0062914626
- Language: English
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Who Was Louis Braille?
$6.99 Add to cartLouis Braille certainly wasn’t your average teenager. Blind from the age of four, he was only fifteen when in 1824 he invented a reading system that converted printed words into columns of raised dots… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Frith, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 13 2014
- ISBN10: 0448479036
- Language: English
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Who Was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
$6.99 Read moreBorn in Connecticut in 1811, Harriet Beecher Stowe was an abolitionist, author, and playwright. Slavery was a major industry in the American South, and Stowe worked with the Underground Railroad to he… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Rau, Dana Meachen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: April 21 2015
- ISBN10: 0448483017
- Language: English
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?Qui?n fue Celia Cruz?
$6.99 Add to cartHow did a working-class girl from Cuba become a symbol of artistic freedom for Cuban Americans and the “Queen of Salsa”? Find out in this addition to the Who HQ library!
Cómo una niña de clase trab- Series: ¿quién Fue?
- Author: Pollack, Pam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 0593658221
- Language: Spanish
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Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354
$9.99 Add to cartJames Rumford, himself a world traveler, has retold Ibn Battuta’s story in words and pictures, adding the element of ancient Arab maps–maps as colorful and evocative as a Persian miniature, as intric
- Author: Rumford, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 25 2004
- ISBN10: 0618432337
- Language: English
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She Persisted: Florence Nightingale
$6.99 Read moreInspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds–including Florence Nigh… [more below]
- Series: She Persisted
- Author: Johannes, Shelli R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0593529014
- Language: English
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Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from World War II to Peace
$21.99 Add to cartRecipient of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award
From celebrated author
Recipient of a Bologna Ragazzi Non-Fiction Special Mention Honor Award
A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Book of 2019- Author: Bryan, Ashley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1534404902
- Language: English
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Gladys Aylward: The Adventure of a Lifetime
$11.99 Add to cartThis is the powerful story of Gladys Aylward. Without formal education or a missionary organization to back her, Gladys raised her own finances for the overland trip that would bring her to the countr… [more below]
- Series: Christian Heroes: Then & Now
- Author: Benge, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 205
- Publish Date: May 01 1998
- ISBN10: 1576580199
- Language: English
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Finish the Fight!: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote
$18.99 Add to cartA New York Times Bestseller!
In collaboration with the New York Times, Finish the Fight! reveals untold stories of diverse heroines who fought for the 19th amendment–celebrate the historic win for wom
- Author: Chambers, Veronica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 18 2020
- ISBN10: 035840830X
- Language: English
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Who Was Benedict Arnold?
$6.99 Add to cartFind out how this one-time American hero became the country’s most notorious traitor.
As a young child, Benedict Arnold never shied away from a fight. So when the French and Indian War began in 1754,- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Buckley, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 0448488523
- Language: English
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She Persisted: Claudette Colvin
$6.99 Add to cartInspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up and rose up against the odds!
In this chapt- Series: She Persisted
- Author: Cline-Ransome, Lesa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: February 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0593115848
- Language: English
