Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
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Meet Ja Morant: Memphis Grizzlies Superstar
$9.99 Add to cartPoint guard Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies is an up-and-coming basketball superstar. Learn about his rise through the NCAA ranks, his stand-out entrance into the NBA, and more.
- Series: Sports Vips (Lerner (Tm) Sports)
- Author: Stabler, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1728478634
- Language: English
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Who Was Milton Hershey?
$6.99 Add to cartDiscover the man behind the chocolate bar Milton Hershey’s life was filled with invention and innovation. As a young man, he was not afraid to dream big and work hard. Eventually, he learned the secr
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Buckley, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 26, 2013
- ISBN10: 0448479362
- Language: English
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Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers
$17.95 Add to cartA most appealing book . . . Its genuineness and its simplicity will build up a large audience of enthusiastic readers.—San Francisco Chronicle
Ralph Moody was eight years old in 1906 when his family m
- Author: Moody, Ralph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: September 01, 1991
- ISBN10: 0803281781
- Language: English
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Vip: Lewis Latimer: Engineering Wizard
$7.99 Read moreGet ready to light up the world with Lewis Latimer in this exciting middle grade nonfiction biography. Perfect for fans of the Who Was and Little Leaders series, the books in the VIP series tell the t
- Series: VIP
- Author: Patrick, Denise Lewis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 05 2021
- ISBN10: 0062889664
- Language: English
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Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent: How Daring Slaves and Free Blacks Spied for the Union During the Civil War
$5.95 Add to cartThomas B. Allen’s follow-up to the multi-award-winning George Washington, Spymaster is now available in paperback. This compelling biography tells the amazing tale of Harriet Tubman using details unco… [more below]
- Author: Allen, Thomas B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: December 23 2008
- ISBN10: 1426304013
- Language: English
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Who Was Lucille Ball?
$6.99 Add to cartWho doesn’t love Lucy? The legendary actress, producer, and comedian steps into the Who Was? spotlight.
Much like her hit TV show, I Love Lucy, Americans in the 1950s fell in love with Lucy. Born in- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Pollack, Pam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: February 07 2017
- ISBN10: 0448483033
- Language: English
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Who Was Susan B. Anthony?
$6.99 Add to cartSusan B. Anthony may be an international icon but her campaign for women’s rights had personal roots. Working as a school teacher in New York, Anthony refused to settle for less pay than her male coll… [more below]
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Pollack, Pam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 30 2014
- ISBN10: 044847963X
- Language: English
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Who Is George Lucas?
$6.99 Add to cartAs a child his passions were comics and cars, but George Lucas grew up to be one of the most successful filmmakers of all time. He is a producer, screenwriter, director and entrepreneur whose company … [more below]
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Pollack, Pam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: May 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0448479478
- Language: English
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Who Was Jane Austen?
$6.99 Add to cartStep into the world of Georgian England and learn more about the genteel life of this beloved author.
Although Jane Austen’s works were first published anonymously and brought her little personal reco- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Fabiny, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 05 2017
- ISBN10: 0448488639
- Language: English
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The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain (Caldecott Honor Book)
$25.99 Add to cartA NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER
“I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side–the Communist side–of the Iron Curtain.” Through annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes, Peter- Author: Sís, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: August 21 2007
- ISBN10: 0374347018
- Language: English
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Aboard the Titanic (a True Book: The Titanic)
$7.99 Add to cartRediscover the story of the largest and most luxurious ship ever built!
There were close to 2,200 people aboard the Titanic for its maiden voyage, including about 900 crew members. Among the ship’s fir
- Series: A True Book (Relaunch)
- Author: Son, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1338840517
- Language: English
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Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America
$15.99 Add to cartIn a riveting biography that reads like a crime novel, Sibert medalist and Newbery Honor winner Susan Campbell Bartoletti uncovers the true story of Mary Mallon, a.k.a. Typhoid Mary, one of the most m
- Author: Bartoletti, Susan Campbell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0063295962
- Language: English
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Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
$6.99 Add to cartBorn in Austria in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his first piece of music, a minuet, when he was just five years old Soon after, he was performing for kings and emperors. Although he died at… [more below]
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: McDonough, Yona Zeldis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: April 28 2003
- ISBN10: 0448431041
- Language: English
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Who Is Michelle Obama?
$5.99 Add to cartBorn into a close knit family in Chicago, Michelle Robinson was a star student who graduated from Princeton and Harvard Law. Then in 1992, she married another promising young lawyer and the rest, as t… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Stine, Megan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 15 2013
- ISBN10: 0448478633
- Language: English
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G.O.A.T. Football Tight Ends
$9.99 Read moreFrom protecting the quarterback to catching touchdown passes, tight ends can do it all. See how the top-10 tight ends in football history rank. Then rank them yourself!
- Series: Greatest of All Time Players (Lerner (Tm) Sports)
- Author: Anderson, Josh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 9.79877E+12
- Language: English
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Camino a Las Estrellas: Mi Recorrido de Girl Scout a Ingeniera Astron?utica (Path to the Stars Spanish Edition)
$9.99 Read moreUna familia cari?osa, un vecindario repleto de ni?os y una mam? que cantaba todo el d?a… Sylvia Acevedo amaba todo lo que ten?a en la vida. Un d?a se enferm? su hermanita, y todo cambi?.
Mientras su
- Author: Acevedo, Sylvia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 1328809579
- Language: Spanish
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Adoniram Judson: Bound for Burma
$11.99 Read moreAs America’s first foreign missionary, Adoniram Judson spent thirty-eight years working in Burma, then one of the most hostile countries on earth. Judson was ignored, mocked, beaten, and tortured, yet… [more below]
- Series: Christian Heroes: Then & Now
- Author: Benge, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: December 05 2001
- ISBN10: 1576581616
- Language: English
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Kid Authors: True Tales of Childhood from Famous Writers
$13.95 Read moreFunny and totally true childhood biographies and full-color illustrations tell the tales from the growing-up years of Beverly Cleary, J. R. R. Tolkien, and 13 other great writers.
Every great author- Series: Kid Legends #4
- Author: Stabler, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 10 2017
- ISBN10: 1594749876
- Language: English
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Saint John Neumann (Ess)
$8.95 Add to cartLearn about the life of the holy man who became the only canonized North American bishop, St. John Neumann. Join him on his adventures in following God’s will as he travels from Europe to America and … [more below]
- Author: Brown, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 15 2016
- ISBN10: 0819890669
- Language: English
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Who Was Seabiscuit?
$6.99 Read moreIn the middle of the worst depression in U.S. history, one young racehorse lifted a nation’s spirits. Seabiscuit was born in 1933 on a farm in Kentucky. Though bred for racing, he was weak and undersi… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Buckley, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 20 2015
- ISBN10: 0448483092
- Language: English
