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2016., Adolescent, Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: MEMOIR Edition: 1st ed., 2016. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Balcony on the Moon follows Ibtisam Barakat through her childhood and adolescence in Palestine from 1972-1981 and chronicles her desire to be a writer"--Provided by publisher.
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-- KareemÃ2017., Adolescent, Little, Brown and Co. Call No: MEMOIR NF ABD Edition: 1st trade pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "[The author], Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, [shares] his life growing up in New York, becoming the basketball star he's known to be, and getting involved in the world around him as an activist for social change"--Provided by publisher.
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[2018]., Juvenile, Delacorte Press Call No: JNF007050 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In this adaptation for middle graders based on her bestselling adult memoir, My Beloved World, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor's extraordinary life inspires. Her achievement serves as a true testament to the fact that no matter the obstacles, dreams can come true. Includes an 8-page photo insert. Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States, was a young girl when she dared to dream big. Her dream? To become a lawyer and a judge. As Justice Sotomayor explains, "When I was a child my family was poor and we knew no lawyers or judges and none lived in our neighborhood. I knew nothing about the Supreme Court and how much its work in reinterpreting the Constitution and the laws of the United States affected peoples' lives. You cannot dream of becoming something you don't even know about. That has been the most important lesson of my life. You have to learn to dream big dreams." Sonia did not let the hardships of her background--which included growing up in the rough housing projects of New York City's South Bronx, dealing with juvenile diabetes, coping with parents who argued and fought personal demons, and worrying about money--stand in her way. Always, she believed in herself. Her determination, along with guidance from generous mentors and the unwavering love of her extended Puerto Rican family, propelled her ever forward"--
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Juvenile Call No: 921 SAMANCI Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "As a child in Izmir, Turkey in the 1980 and 90s, Ozge Samanci watched as her country struggled between its traditional religious heritage and the new secular westernized world of brand-name products and television stars. In Ozge's own family, she struggled to figure out the place where she belonged, too. Her older sister was a perfect student, and her dad hoped Ozge would study hard, go to good schools, and become an engineer to find stability in their country's uncertain economic climate. But Ozge was a dreamer and wanted adventure. Could she be a scuba diver like Jacques Costeau? Or should she become a world-famous actress? This touching memoir shows how Ozge dared to overcome both her family and her country's expectations to find happiness by being an artist"--
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[2016]., Adolescent, Amulet Books Call No: MEMOIR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The memoir of a boy named Sungju who grew up in North Korea and, at the age of twelve, was forced to live on the streets and fend for himself after his parents disappeared. Finally, after years of being homeless and living with a gang, Sungju is reunited with his maternal grandparents and, eventually, his father"--Provided by publisher.
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c2011., Pre-adolescent, Balzer + Bray Call No: 973 .0496073 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An introduction to African-American history from Revolutionary-era slavery up to the election of President Obama.
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[2016], HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: BIO026000 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Gulwali Passarlay recounts his twelve month long journey from Afghanistan to the West when, to protect her son, his mother sent him away after his father was killed.
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2016., Adolescent, Chicago Review Press Call No: Biography NF CAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Women of action (Chicago, Ill.)Summary Note: "In 1921, four men ventured into the Arctic for a top-secret expedition: an attempt to claim uninhabited Wrangel Island in northern Siberia for Canada. With the men was a young Inuit woman named Ada Blackjack, who had signed on as cook and seamstress to earn money to care for her sick son. Conditions soon turned dire for the team when they were unable to kill enough game to survive. Three of the men tried to cross the frozen Chukchi Sea for help but were never seen again, leaving Ada with one remaining team member who soon died of scurvy. Determined to be reunited with her son, Ada learned to survive alone in the icy world by trapping foxes, catching seals, and avoiding polar bears. After she was finally rescued in August 1923, after two years total on the island, Ada became a celebrity, with newspapers calling her a real "female Robinson Crusoe.""--Provided by publisher.
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2016., Cherry Lake Publishing Call No: B KIN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a timeline and other informative backmatter.
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[2021]., Pre-adolescent, Little, Brown and Company Call No: GN B Passport Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Graphic novel memoir of the author describing her experiences as an American teenager growing up abroad, moving from country to country, and eventually learning her parents are spies. Chronicles her typical teenage feelings of wanting independence and becoming aware of the world around her while keeping her parents' secrets.
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2015, Pre-adolescent, Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House Call No: JNF007050 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Who was...?Summary Note: "Born in Wisconsin in 1867, Frank Lloyd Wright became obsessed with a set of building blocks his mother had given to him on his ninth birthday. He grew up to become the father of organic architecture and the greatest American architect of all time, having designed more than 1,100 buildings during his lifetime"--Provided by publisher.
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-- Robert Ripley?[2015]., Grosset & Dunlap, An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC Call No: B RIP Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Who was-- ?Summary Note: A look at the life and career of Robert Ripley, the journalist who wrote about global records and oddities.
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c2012., Primary, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Call No: Biography CLINE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of the early life of Frederick Douglass, one of the first leaders of the antislavery movement, discussing his childhood on as a slave child on a plantation, then at eight he was sold to Hugh and Sophia Auld in Baltimore, and explains that learning to read was the key to his freedom.