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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Named Sports Illustrated's best football book of all time and a #1 NYT bestseller, this is the classic story of a high school football team whose win-loss record has a profound influence on the town around them.
Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa — the winningest high-school football team in Texas history. Socially and racially divided, Odessa isn't known to be a place big on dreams,...
Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa — the winningest high-school football team in Texas history. Socially and racially divided, Odessa isn't known to be a place big on dreams,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Formats
Description
Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa the winningest high-school football team in Texas history. Socially and racially divided, Odessa isn't known to be a place big on dreams, but every Friday night from September to December, when the Panthers play football, dreams can come true. H.G. Bissinger's exquisitely written account brings into sharp focus the bitter struggle between sports and education in Odessa, Texas,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
This first-ever LGBTQ history book of its kind for young adults will appeal to fans of fun, empowering pop-culture books like Rad American Women A-Z and Notorious RBG. World history has been made by countless lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals--and you've never heard of many of them. Queer author and activist Sarah Prager delves deep into the lives of 23 people who fought, created, and loved on their own terms. From high-profile...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
In her acclaimed novels, Susan Vreeland has given us portraits of painting and life that are as dazzling as their artistic subjects. Now, in The Forest Lover, she traces the courageous life and career of Emily Carr, who—more than Georgia O'Keeffe or Frida Kahlo—blazed a path for modern women artists. Overcoming the confines of Victorian culture, Carr became a major force in modern art by capturing an untamed British Columbia and...
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Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Profiles seven dozen people throughout history with various physical or mental disabilities. Additional articles provide historical background on the disability rights movement.