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3) Al Capone
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Discusses the early life of Al Capone, lawlessness, prohibition, gangsters, family life, prison, and legacy of Al Capone.
4) Michelle
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Recounts how Michelle Robinson, who came from a modest neighborhood in Chicago, became a Harvard-educated lawyer and the wife of Barack Obama, and describes her role in his rise to the presidency.
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Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Forgotten today, Annie Turnbo Malone was an influential Black business leader in the early 20th century. She turned her personally developed hair care products into a successful industry, including schools that taught the Poro method in her Poro Colleges. One of her students was the much more famous Madame C.J. Walker. She not only encouraged Black women to feel good about their hair, she showed them how to be entrepreneurs. Annie Turnbo Malone is...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"What makes Michelle Obama extraordinary? Read this book to find out. We explore her childhood in Chicago and her education leading to Harvard Law School. We look at her career as a lawyer, and when she met her future husband, Barack Obama. This would lead to her becoming the First Lady of the United States, the wife of the President. Read about others' perspectives on her life, and how she has broken boundaries compared to other women in the...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Michelle Obama is a lot like YOU! She grew up on the South Side of Chicago with her brother, Craig. She rode her bike and played freeze tag with her friends. And she and her family ate dinner together every night! Michelle's parents taught her to work hard and not let anyone or anything stand in her way. That work ethic has propelled her through her whole life--through her magnet high school, her college years at Princeton, and Harvard Law School....