Marjorie Priceman
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A tribute to the life of the iconic jazz entertainer depicts her disadvantaged youth in a segregated America, her unique performance talents and the irrepressible sense of style that helped her overcome racial barriers.
Author
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Purports to be the journal of a cat recounting all nine of the lives she has lived and her remarkable effect on history, beginning in Mesopotamia in 3000 B.C. and culminating in Wisconsin in 1995. Includes brief historical notes about each period.
10) Princess Picky
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
When Nicki refuses to eat her vegetables, she goes from being called Princess Perfect to Princess Picky, and the worried king orders his staff to create bribes fit for a finicky royal eater.
11) It's me, Marva
Author
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Mishaps involving color and optical illusions befall Marva as a result of her new invention, the Ketch-o-matic.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
An introduction to the life and achievements of the first American female doctor describes the limited career prospects available to women in the early nineteenth-century, the opposition Blackwell faced while pursuing a medical education, and her pioneering medical career that opened doors for future generations of women.
16) One of each
Author
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Oliver Tolliver, who lives alone in his little house with just one of everything, discovers that it is more fun to have two of everything and share with a friend.
17) Cold snap
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A cold snap has everyone in the town of Toby Mills feeling down, until the mayor's wife thinks of a way to warm things up again.