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Yoo, Paula

Summary: "A groundbreaking portrait of Vincent Chin and the murder case that took America's Asian American community to the streets in protest of injustice. America in 1982. Japanese car companies are on the rise and believed to be putting American autoworkers out of their jobs. Anti-Asian American sentiments simmer, especially in Detroit. A bar fight turns fatal, leaving Vincent Chin--a Chinese...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company 2021

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Crime Mur Yoo

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.895 YOO

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 305.895 YOO

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.895 YOO

Manzanero, Paula

Summary: "Most famous for his surrealist painting The Persistence of Memory and its melting clocks, Salvador Dalí combined his dreamlike ideas with his excellent technical skills to become one of the most famous artists of the twentieth century. Beyond painting, Dalí pursued the arts in many other mediums including sculpture, film, fashion, photography, architecture, and more. He was friends with many...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DAL

Pagel-Hogan, Elizabeth

Summary: "An inspiring graphic novel about Elizebeth Friedman, a codebreaking pioneer who changed the course of World War II. Nazi spy rings! No-good gangsters! Shakespearian lies! Discover the courageous woman who cracked all these cases and more-with only a pencil and paper. The youngest of ten siblings, Elizebeth Friedman stood out from an early age with brilliant language skills and a passion for...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRI

Dowswell, Paul.

Summary: From shark attacks and blazing airships to exploding spacecraft and sinking submarines, this is a collection of real stories of people who have stared death in the face and lived to tell the tale.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Pub. 2002

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DOW

Page, Nathan

Summary: "Discover the true story behind Neil Armstrong and the Apollo 11 mission. From his childhood experiments to his first encounters with flight, explore the calculated risks this astronaut took in order to become the first person to walk on the moon"--Page 4 of cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ARM

Gutman, Dan

Summary: "From the best-selling author of My Weird School: a new entry in the cheerful and engaging biography series centered on high-interest historic figures. Did you know that Lucille Ball could pick up radio signals through her teeth? Or that her career was almost destroyed because she was a registered Communist? Bet you didn't know that, as a studio executive, she green-lit both Star Trek and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BAL

Hall, Ron

Summary: This remarkable story shows what can happen when we choose to help. Kids will discover that we can all make a difference—no matter how big or small we are and no matter how big or small the task. Based on the New York Times bestseller Same Kind of Different As Me, which sold more than a million copies worldwide and inspired the major motion picture, this book tells the true story of Denver...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tommy Nelson 2017

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MOO

Herman, Gail

Summary: Recounts the journey made by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkey to the peak of Mount Everest, the highest location on Earth, highlighting how they used teamwork to make it to the top.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.54 HER

Herman, Gail

Summary: Every October, millions of baseball fans around the country anxiously wait to see which team wins baseball's biggest championship. But the original games of the 1900s hardly look like they do today. Take a look back over one hundred years and discover the history of baseball's greatest series. With triumphs, heartbreak, and superstitious curses, this action-packed book brings America's Pastime...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.357 HER

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHA BASKET

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Sport What Herman

Terp, Gail

Summary: Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Black Rabbit Books 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE TER

Terp, Gail

Summary: Misty Danielle Copeland is an American ballet dancer for American Ballet Theatre, one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Black Rabbit Books 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE TER

Jarrow, Gail

Summary: "Imagine microscopic worms living in the soil. They enter your body through your bare feet, travel to your intestines, and stay there for years sucking your blood like vampires. You feel exhausted. You get sick easily. It sounds like a nightmare, but that's what happened in the American South during the 1800s and early 1900s. Doctors never guessed that hookworms were making patients ill, but...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 616.9 JAR

Terp, Gail

Summary: Demetria Devonne "Demi" Lovato is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Black Rabbit Books 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE TER

Herman, Gail

Summary: Presents the life and achievements of Coretta Scott King, discussing her vital role in the Civil Rights Movement, her awareness campaigns, and her efforts to continue the work of her husband, Martin Luther King, Jr.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2017

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KIN

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET KING

Terp, Gail

Summary: Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. One of the most popular contemporary female recording artists, she is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which has received much media attention.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Black Rabbit Books 2017

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Herman, Gail

Summary: Highlights the life and accomplishments of the shortstop and captain of the New York Yankees.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2015

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 921 JET

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET JETER

Summary: Six books in the Who was? series, each offering a detailed account of a famous figure's life.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 920 SPO

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