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10) Wilma Rudolph
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A biography of the African-American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Growing up, Alexander Graham Bell was fascinated with music, speech, and sounds. He worked hard to invent things that would not only help those with impaired hearing, but also bring people together in new and special ways. What he didn't know was that his simple idea--to help people communicate--would change the world when he invented the telephone.
12) Daniel Boone
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Daniel Boone loved to explore and hunt in the wilderness. As a boy, he learned the ways of the woods from Indians and hunters. Then Daniel heard of a place called Kentucky and he decided to move west. In his quest for adventure, Daniel inspired others to explore the American West--and became a legend.
13) Johnny Appleseed
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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John Chapman loved all forms of nature, and he worked throughout his lifetime to improve it by planting apple trees. Known as the folk hero Johnny Appleseed, John helped to build America--not with a hammer and nails, but with a bag of seeds and a handful of dirt.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
When Prudence Crandall opened a school for young girls in 1831, she didn't expect trouble. But that is just what she got when she allowed African American girls to attend. A Quaker and abolitionist, Prudence defied the prejudiced attitudes and violent actions of those around her and fought to keep her school open when few others would have dared.
15) Helen Keller
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Focuses on the early life of a woman who is well known for overcoming her handicaps of being both blind and deaf.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
As the Revolutionary War began, Nathan Hale immediately joined up on the side of the Patriots. When General Washington needed a spy, Hale was the only man to volunteer for the job. In the end, Hale lost his life for his beliefs and became a true American hero.
17) Pocahontas
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English
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As the young daughter of a powerful Powhatan leader, Pocahontas befriended the English settlers in Jamestown, Virginia. Although she helped them survive their difficult first years, and she may have saved settler John Smith's life, they took Pocahontas captive. After her release, Pocahontas married an English settler and journeyed to England. Although she was just twenty-one years old when she died, Pocahontas changed American history through her...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Introduces Benjamin Banneker, a free black man of the eighteenth century who loved to learn and used his knowledge and observations to build a wooden clock, write an almanac, and help survey the streets of Washington, D.C.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Growing up in a wealthy family that believed nursing wasn't a respectable job, Florence Nightingale was determined to help others. After more than sixty years of service as a nurse, she had helped to make nursing an honorable profession, left behind safer, cleaner hospitals, and saved countless lives.