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"A memoir about Jeff Henigson's teen Starlight Children's Foundation wish after being diagnosed with brain cancer: to meet Mikhail Gorbachev and plea for nuclear disarmament and world peace."--
1986. Jeff Henigson is an average fifteen-year-old: he thinks about dating, his friends, and getting a car. Meanwhile the United States and the Soviet Union are at odds, and that awful word, "nuclear," is on everyone's mind. Then Jeff learns that he has brain...
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Who was Ronald Reagan? A young lifeguard who saved over fifty people's lives? An actor who starred in fifty-three motion pictures and over sixty television shows? One of the most beloved presidents of the twentieth century? All of the above! Find out more about the real Ronald Reagan in this illustrated biography.
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"The Tuskegee Airmen heroically fought for the right to be officers of the US military so that they might participate in World War II by flying overseas to help defeat fascism. However, after winning that battle, they faced their next great challenge at Freeman Field, Iowa, where racist white officers barred them from entering the prestigious Officers' Club that their rank promised them. The Freeman Field Mutiny, as it became known, would eventually...
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"In 2008, John McCain ran for president against Barack Obama, becoming a well-known national figure. But his presidential campaign was only one of the many inspirational things John accomplished in his lifetime! John was a decorated member of the US Navy who survived being a prisoner of war in Vietnam. He served as an Arizona senator for thirty years, right up until his passing in 2018. Learn all about John McCain and his life as politician who always...
29) Stephen Curry
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This title focuses on Stephen Curry and gives information related to his early life, his time in the pros, and the legacy he leaves behind.
30) Kate Middleton
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Looks at the life of the Duchess of Cambridge and highlights her charity work around the world.
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"Years before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez, an eight-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage, played an instrumental role in Mendez v. Westminster, the landmark desegregation case of 1946 inCalifornia"--
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"Growing Up As…Taylor Swift is the uplifting biography of a girl who grew up on a Christmas tree farm and became one of the most beloved musical artists of all time.
In middle school, Taylor was bullied and ostracized by her schoolmates because they were jealous of her early success. Yet young Taylor never stopped doing what she loved: singing!
Taylor wrote her first song when she was twelve. At thirteen she landed a record deal. At fourteen she...
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