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Hazard (Ultimate Football Heroes)--Collect Them All! by Matt Oldfield
epub |eng | 2017-01-15 | Author:Matt Oldfield [Matt and Tom Oldfield]

CHAPTER 15 LEARNING LESSONS II ‘Take it easy, Eden,’ Natacha said as he slammed the car door. She couldn’t take another journey in angry silence. ‘It was just a bad ...
( Category: Biographies January 30,2023 )
100 American Women Who Shaped American History by Deborah G. Felder
epub |eng | | Author:Deborah G. Felder

50. Anna May Wong 1905–1961 Considered Hollywood’s first Chinese American film star, Anna May Wong broke into California’s sprouting film industry in the early 1900s and cut a path for ...
( Category: Women January 29,2023 )
How to Become an Accidental Activist by Elizabeth MacLeod
epub |eng | 2021-02-11 | Author:Elizabeth MacLeod

On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner, a Black man, died when a white New York City police officer held him in a chokehold. On the fifth anniversary of his death, ...
( Category: Social Activists January 29,2023 )
Tunnel King by Barbara Hehner
epub |eng | | Author:Barbara Hehner [Barbara Hehner ]

Chapter 9 ONE DAY AT A TIME With the tunnel shut down for a few months, Wally lost the work that was most important to him. But he was determined ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2023 )
Roy's House by Susan Goldman Rubin
epub |eng | 2016-01-15 | Author:Susan Goldman Rubin [Susan Goldman Rubin and Roy Lichtenstein]

Photograph © by Laurie Lambrecht. You can see House I, which is featured on the title page of this book, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The ...
( Category: Art January 29,2023 )
Murder on the Baltimore Express by Suzanne Jurmain
epub |eng | 2021-01-15 | Author:Suzanne Jurmain [Jurmain, Suzanne]

Chapter 19 “I FULLY APPRECIATE THESE SUGGESTIONS.” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Morning to eleven p.m., February 21, 1861 Frederick Seward’s train was chugging north, but Allan Pinkerton had already reached Philadelphia. The ...
( Category: U. S. Presidents & First Ladies January 28,2023 )
Escape North! the Story of Harriet Tubman by Monica Kulling
epub |eng | 2013-11-27 | Author:Monica Kulling [Kulling, Monica]

Harriet told John her plan to escape. “I have a right to freedom or death,” she said. “I will have one or the other, since no one is going to ...
( Category: Historical January 28,2023 )
Teddy Roosevelt Was a Moose? by Dan Gutman
epub |eng | 2022-02-23 | Author:Dan Gutman

I’m kidding. You were right. It was called An Autobiography. How did you know? It was a lucky guess. But here’s the strange part. He told his whole life story, ...
( Category: U. S. Presidents & First Ladies January 28,2023 )
Who Is Colin Kaepernick? by Lakita Wilson & Who HQ
epub |eng | 2022-05-03 | Author:Lakita Wilson & Who HQ [Wilson, Lakita & Who HQ]

Colin backed up his words with action by founding the Know Your Rights Camp to help educate Black and Brown kids, who are more likely to face injustice or brutality ...
( Category: Sports & Recreation January 28,2023 )
Who Was E. B. White? by Gail Herman & Who HQ
epub |eng | 2022-06-28 | Author:Gail Herman & Who HQ [Herman, Gail & Who HQ]

CHAPTER 8 Moving Out, Moving Back Andy’s “year” lasted only eight months. He missed his family too much to be away from them for longer. Katharine knew, however, that his ...
( Category: Literary January 28,2023 )
What Is Black Lives Matter? by Lakita Wilson & Who HQ
epub |eng | 2021-09-21 | Author:Lakita Wilson & Who HQ [Wilson, Lakita & Who HQ]

Before traveling to Ferguson, Alicia, Patrisse, and Opal were already making their voices heard. Opal set up the social media accounts. She encouraged Twitter users to share stories explaining why ...
( Category: Political January 28,2023 )
101 Awesome Women Who Transformed Science by Claire Philip
epub |eng | 2019-09-10 | Author:Claire Philip

Women such as Carol Shaw, one of the first professional women working in video games, has shown there is a great place for women at the forefront of computing, and ...
( Category: Social Activists January 18,2023 )
Amelia Earhart Is on the Moon? by Dan Gutman
epub |eng | 2021-07-11 | Author:Dan Gutman

They still haven’t passed the ERA. I know. And it makes me mad! Amelia was also one of the founders of the Ninety-Nines, an organization of female pilots. I know ...
( Category: Women January 17,2023 )
Inspiring Stories of Sportsmanship by Brad Herzog
epub |eng | 2014-08-19 | Author:Brad Herzog

After three shots each, Nicklaus stood over a putt about five feet from the hole. Jacklin’s ball was closer, only two feet from the cup. With the Ryder Cup on ...
( Category: Sports & Recreation January 17,2023 )
Powerful Stories of Perseverance in Sports by Brad Herzog
epub |eng | 2014-08-21 | Author:Brad Herzog

“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” —John Wooden, 10-time NCAA champion basketball coach In his senior year, Weissman’s doctors cleared him for a ...
( Category: Sports & Recreation January 17,2023 )

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