Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
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Who Was Louis Braille?
$6.99 Read moreLouis Braille certainly wasn’t your average teenager. Blind from the age of four, he was only fifteen when in 1824 he invented a reading system that converted printed words into columns of raised dots… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Frith, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 13 2014
- ISBN10: 0448479036
- Language: English
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Who Was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
$6.99 Read moreBorn in Connecticut in 1811, Harriet Beecher Stowe was an abolitionist, author, and playwright. Slavery was a major industry in the American South, and Stowe worked with the Underground Railroad to he… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Rau, Dana Meachen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: April 21 2015
- ISBN10: 0448483017
- Language: English
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?Qui?n fue Celia Cruz?
$6.99 Add to cartHow did a working-class girl from Cuba become a symbol of artistic freedom for Cuban Americans and the “Queen of Salsa”? Find out in this addition to the Who HQ library!
Cómo una niña de clase trab- Series: ¿quién Fue?
- Author: Pollack, Pam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 0593658221
- Language: Spanish
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Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354
$9.99 Read moreJames Rumford, himself a world traveler, has retold Ibn Battuta’s story in words and pictures, adding the element of ancient Arab maps–maps as colorful and evocative as a Persian miniature, as intric
- Author: Rumford, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 25 2004
- ISBN10: 0618432337
- Language: English
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She Persisted: Florence Nightingale
$6.99 Read moreInspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds–including Florence Nigh… [more below]
- Series: She Persisted
- Author: Johannes, Shelli R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0593529014
- Language: English
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Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from World War II to Peace
$21.99 Add to cartRecipient of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award
From celebrated author
Recipient of a Bologna Ragazzi Non-Fiction Special Mention Honor Award
A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Book of 2019- Author: Bryan, Ashley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1534404902
- Language: English
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Gladys Aylward: The Adventure of a Lifetime
$11.99 Add to cartThis is the powerful story of Gladys Aylward. Without formal education or a missionary organization to back her, Gladys raised her own finances for the overland trip that would bring her to the countr… [more below]
- Series: Christian Heroes: Then & Now
- Author: Benge, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 205
- Publish Date: May 01 1998
- ISBN10: 1576580199
- Language: English
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Finish the Fight!: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote
$18.99 Add to cartA New York Times Bestseller!
In collaboration with the New York Times, Finish the Fight! reveals untold stories of diverse heroines who fought for the 19th amendment–celebrate the historic win for wom
- Author: Chambers, Veronica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 18 2020
- ISBN10: 035840830X
- Language: English
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Who Was Benedict Arnold?
$6.99 Add to cartFind out how this one-time American hero became the country’s most notorious traitor.
As a young child, Benedict Arnold never shied away from a fight. So when the French and Indian War began in 1754,- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Buckley, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 0448488523
- Language: English
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She Persisted: Claudette Colvin
$6.99 Add to cartInspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up and rose up against the odds!
In this chapt- Series: She Persisted
- Author: Cline-Ransome, Lesa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: February 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0593115848
- Language: English
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Gymnastics’s G.O.A.T.: Nadia Comaneci, Simone Biles, and More
$9.99 Read moreFrom daring vaults to jaw-dropping floor routines, gymnastics stars do it all. This book sticks the landing for old and new fans alike with stunning stats, thrilling comebacks, and the greatest gymnas
- Series: Sports’ Greatest of All Time (Lerner (Tm) Sports)
- Author: Levit, Joe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1728431581
- Language: English
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Basketball Biographies for Kids: The Greatest NBA and WNBA Players from the 1960s to Today
$12.99 Add to cartIntroduce kids to the NBA and WNBA’s most outstanding players with sports biographies for ages 8 to 12
Basketball is filled with inspiring stories of world-class athletes rising above adversity to shin
- Series: Sports Biographies for Kids
- Author: Chandler, Matt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1638783799
- Language: English
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Who Is George Lucas?
$6.99 Read moreAs 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 Is Elton John?
$6.99 Add to cartHow does a little boy from the London suburbs named Reginald Kenneth Dwight grow up to become one of the biggest pop stars of all time? A lot of talent and a lot of personality! Elton John, as he woul… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Anderson, Kirsten
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 22 2016
- ISBN10: 0448488469
- Language: English
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Meet Jalen Hurts: Philadelphia Eagles Superstar
$9.99 Add to cartJalen Hurts is one of the youngest quarterbacks to ever start in a Super Bowl. Follow his career from childhood to his superstar performances in the NFL.
- Series: Sports Vips (Lerner (Tm) Sports)
- Author: Doeden, Matt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 9.79877E+12
- Language: English
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This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality
$17.99 Read moreRecipient of a Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor
Winner of the 2019 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction
2020 National Council for the Social Studies Carter G. Woodson Honor Recipient
A NY- Author: Boyce, Jo Ann Allen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1681198525
- Language: English
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She Persisted: Maya Lin
$14.99 Read moreInspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds–including Maya Lin!
May- Series: She Persisted
- Author: Lin, Grace
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0593403002
- Language: English
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The Children of Willesden Lane: A True Story of Hope and Survival During World War II
$9.99 Add to cartA young readers’ edition of an important and inspiring true story of hope and survival during World War II.
Fourteen-year-old Lisa Jura was a musical prodigy who hoped to become a concert pianist. Bu- Author: Golabek, Mona
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 28 2017
- ISBN10: 031655488X
- Language: English
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The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth
$8.99 Add to cartAn inspiring true story of a boy genius.
Plowing a potato field in 1920, a 14-year-old farm boy from Idaho saw in the parallel rows of overturned earth a way to “make pictures fly through the air.” Th- Author: Krull, Kathleen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 11 2014
- ISBN10: 0385755570
- Language: English
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Bible Smuggler
$13.99 Add to cartWilliam Tyndale wants to translate the Bible into English. He feels the common people of sixteenth-century England should be able to read the Scriptures for themselves. The church and government viole
- Series: Louise A. Vernon Religious Heritage
- Author: Vernon, Louise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 140
- Publish Date: January 01 1967
- ISBN10: 0836115570
- Language: English
