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41) Sports great Michael Jordan

Author

Aaseng, Nathan

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IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 2

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English

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A biography of the star player for the Chicago Bulls who led the team to their first ever NBA championship in 1991, quit the game in 1993, and returned after eighteen months.

42) Martin Luther King, Jr

Author

Fandel, Jennifer

Series

Genius

Publisher

Creative Education

Pub. Date

c2006

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IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 1

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Describes the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., twentieth-century civil rights leader.

43) Who was Jesse Owens?

Author

Buckley, James

Series

Who was-- ?
Who was ?

Publisher

Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House

Pub. Date

[2015]

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IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1

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English

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Describes the life of the sharecroppers' son who became an Olympic legend and challenged Hitler's dream of Aryan superiority.

44) The story of Harriet Tubman: conductor of the underground railroad

Author

McMullan, Kate

Series

A Dell yearling biography

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IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3

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English

45) Willie Mays

Author

Grabowski, John F

Publisher

Chelsea House

Pub. Date

c1990

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IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 2

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English

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A biography of the professional baseball player who played in every All-Star Game from 1954 to 1973.

46) Martin Luther King, Jr

Author

Pastan, Amy

Publisher

DK Pub

Pub. Date

2004

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IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 4

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English

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Recounts the story of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his life and accomplishments, and his impact on American history and culture.

47) George Washington Carver

Author

Adair, Gene

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IL: MG - BL: 9.8 - AR Pts: 4

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English

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A biography of the African-American man whose scientific research revolutionized the economy of the South.

48) Kobe Bryant

Author

Dougherty, Terri

Publisher

Abdo Pub. Co

Pub. Date

c2000

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IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1

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English

49) Ken Griffey, Jr

Author

Dougherty, Terri

Publisher

Abdo Pub. Co

Pub. Date

c2001

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IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

50) Sports great Isiah Thomas

Author

Knapp, Ron

Publisher

Enslow

Pub. Date

1992

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IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2

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English

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Discusses the life and career of the basketball player who led the Detroit Pistons to a dominant position in the NBA in the late 1980s.

51) Who was Harriet Tubman?

Author

McDonough, Yona Zeldis

Series

Who was-- ?
Who was ?

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IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1

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English

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A biography of the ninteenth-century woman who escaped slavery and helped many other slaves get to freedom on the Underground Railroad.

52) The story of Booker T. Washington

Author

McKissack, Pat

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

c1991

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IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1

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English

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Traces the life of the African American educator and leader, focusing on his stewardship of Tuskegee Institute.

53) LaDainian Tomlinson

Author

Sandler, Michael

Series

Football heroes making a difference

Publisher

Bearport Pub

Pub. Date

c2009

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IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1

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English

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Text and photographs describe the life of LaDainian Tomlinson, his professional football career, and his charitable work.

54) Osceola: memories of a sharecropper's daughter

Author

Mays, Osceola

Pub. Date

c2000

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IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1

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A sharecropper's daughter describes her childhood in Texas in the early years of the twentieth century.

55) Ain't nothing but a man: my quest to find the real John Henry

Author

Nelson, Scott Reynolds

Publisher

National Geographic

Pub. Date

c2008

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IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 2

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English

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Historian Scott Reynolds Nelson recounts how he came to discover the real John Henry, an African-American railroad worker who became a legend in the famous song.

56) Wilt Chamberlain

Author

Greenberger, Robert

Series

Basketball Hall of Famers

Publisher

Rosen Central

Pub. Date

2002

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IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 2

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English

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Follows the basketball career of Wilt Chamberlain and his incredible seasons with the Harlem Globetrotters.

57) Fly high!: the story of Bessie Coleman

Author

Borden, Louise

Publisher

Margaret K. McElderry

Pub. Date

c2001

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IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1

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English

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Discusses the life of the determined African American woman who went all the way to France in order to earn her pilot's license in 1921.

58) Martin Luther King, Jr., a Man to Remember

Author

McKissack, Pat

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1984], c1984

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IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 3

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English

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A biography of the Baptist minister from Georgia who led a non-violent crusade against racial segregation which resulted in new awareness among Americans of all colors of the principles of which their nation was founded.

59) Barry Bonds

Author

Rambeck, Richard

Publisher

Child's World

Pub. Date

1995

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English

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Relates the baseball career of this San Francisco Giant who had been with the Pittsburgh Pirates and who was three times named the National League's Most Valuable Player.

60) Jerry Rice

Author

Rambeck, Richard

Publisher

Child's World

Pub. Date

1995

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IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1

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English

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Relates the football career of the receiver for the San Francisco 49ers who scored more touchdowns than any other player in the history of the National Football League.

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41) Sports great Michael Jordan

42) Martin Luther King, Jr

43) Who was Jesse Owens?

44) The story of Harriet Tubman: conductor of the underground railroad

45) Willie Mays

46) Martin Luther King, Jr

47) George Washington Carver

48) Kobe Bryant

49) Ken Griffey, Jr

50) Sports great Isiah Thomas

51) Who was Harriet Tubman?

52) The story of Booker T. Washington

53) LaDainian Tomlinson

54) Osceola: memories of a sharecropper's daughter

55) Ain't nothing but a man: my quest to find the real John Henry

56) Wilt Chamberlain

57) Fly high!: the story of Bessie Coleman

58) Martin Luther King, Jr., a Man to Remember

59) Barry Bonds

60) Jerry Rice

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