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"An American Childhood more than takes the reader's breath away. It consumes you as you consume it, so that, when you have put down this book, you're a different person, one who has virtually experienced another childhood." — Chicago Tribune
A book that instantly captured the hearts of readers across the country, An American Childhood is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard's poignant,
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbors.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 20
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English
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer Prize–winner and bestselling author, "a grand memoir.... Bragg tells about the South with such power and bone-naked love ... he will make you cry" (Atlanta Journal-Constitution).
This haunting, harrowing, gloriously moving recollection of a life on the American margin is the story of Rick Bragg, who grew up dirt-poor in northeastern Alabama, seemingly destined for either the cotton...
This haunting, harrowing, gloriously moving recollection of a life on the American margin is the story of Rick Bragg, who grew up dirt-poor in northeastern Alabama, seemingly destined for either the cotton...
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Kinsey and Me has two parts: The nine Kinsey stories (1986-93), each a gem of detection; and the And Me stories, written in the decade after Grafton's mother died. Together, they show just how much of Kinsey is a distillation of her creator's past even as they reveal a child who, free of parental interventions, read everything and roamed everywhere. But the dark side of such freedom was that very parental distance.The same feisty voice and witty apercus...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Did you know that Amelia Earhart built her own roller coaster before she was ten years old? And what do you suppose happened to her while she was exploring a spooky, dark cave? Find the answers and share the rest of Amelia Earhart's childhood adventures in this award-winning volume of the Young Patriots Series.
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Adams Media Corp
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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While other kids were daydreaming about dances, first kisses, and college, Jodee Blanco was just trying to figure out how to get from homeroom to study hall without being taunted or spit upon as she walked through the halls. This powerful, unforgettable memoir chronicles how one child was shunned -- and even physically abused -- by her classmates from elementary school through high school. It is an unflinching look at what it means to be the outcast,...
11) Me-- Jane
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Holding her stuffed toy chimpanzee, young Jane Goodall observes nature, reads Tarzan books, and dreams of living in Africa and helping animals. Includes biographical information on the prominent zoologist.
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Whispering Hope
Pub. Date
c2008
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English
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"Your heart is the core of your body, mind, and soul. This book is a collection of stories as a girl experiences the joys and pains of growing up in a family of twelve in Kansas. Read how they struggle through the post-depression era as you follow her on her incredible journey into womanhood. You will discover the 'art' of finding chewed bulb-blegum on the road, playing chicken on the tracks of an incoming train, and the compassion displayed by her...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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David Benjamin pays homage to the exuberance of countless untamed boys who grew up in Middle America at mid-century. Whether he's stalking snakes in the bogs of Wisconsin, playing four-kid baseball with his bothersome little brother and two favorite cousins, leaping garbage cans for a beautiful little redheaded girl, or joining Chucky Dutcher for a movie marathon at the Erwin Theater, Benjamin is the kind of precocious ironist who would have found...
15) Eleanor
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Viking
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Presents the difficult childhood of Eleanor Roosevelt, who suffered the loss of both parents and had to overcome shyness and loneliness.
18) Rascal
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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The author recalls his carefree life in a small midwestern town at the close of World War I, and his adventures with his pet raccoon, Rascal.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Every president started out as a kid! Forget the legends, tall tales, and historic achievements -- before they were presidents, the future leaders of the United States had regular-kid problems just like you. John F. Kennedy hated his big brother. Lyndon Johnson pulled pranks in class. Barack Obama was bothered by bullies. And Bill Clinton was crazy clumsy (he once broke his leg jumping rope). Kid Presidents tells all of their stories and more in these...
20) Wild card
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Barber twins volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Through the course of a difficult season, Ronde learns that his coach is right about football being a mental game, as he tries to fill in as kicker while he and his identical twin, Tiki, help Adam improve his grades.
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