Veronica Chambers
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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A New York Times Bestseller!
In collaboration with the New York Times, Finish the Fight! reveals untold stories of diverse heroines who fought for the 19th amendment—celebrate the historic win for women's rights and voting rights that changed the fabric of America.
Who was at the forefront of women's right to vote? We know a few famous names, like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, but what about so
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English
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"Welcome to Oak Bluffs, the most exclusive black beach community in the country. Known for its gingerbread Victorian-style houses and modern architectural marvels, this picturesque town hugging the sea is a mecca for the crème de la crème of black society...Thirty years ago, Amelia Vaux Tanner and her husband built a house high on the bluffs, a cottage they named Chateau Laveau. For decades, "Ama" played host to American presidents, Wall Street...
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English
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This soulful biography of the salsa superstar, CELIA CRUZ, QUEEN OF SALSA, begins with her childhood in Havana, and follows through her success in her own country, and on to her heartbreaking emigration from Cuba and into worldwide stardom. Her love for learning, her classical training, and her devotion to her birth country, are all presented in this lyrical tribute to a musical sensation, which is narrated and sung by salsa & jazz singer Michelle...
4) The Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
“Whenever I think about Michelle Obama, I think, ‘When I grow up, I want to be just like her. I want to be that intelligent, confident, and comfortable in my own skin’.” ―Roxane Gay
“Even after eight years of watching them daily in the press, the fact that the most powerful man in the world is a Black man is still breathtaking to me. The fact that he goes home to a tight-knit, loving family headed by...
“Even after eight years of watching them daily in the press, the fact that the most powerful man in the world is a Black man is still breathtaking to me. The fact that he goes home to a tight-knit, loving family headed by...
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English
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"'Regardless of how much money you have, your race, where you live, what religion you follow, you are going through something. Or you already have or you will. As Momma always said, Everybody's got something.' So begins beloved Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts's new memoir in which she recounts the incredible journey that's been her life so far, and the lessons she's learned along the way. With grace, heart, and humor, she writes about overcoming...
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"It begins with a simple ritual: Every Saturday afternoon, a boy who loves to cook walks to his grandmother's house and helps her prepare a roast chicken for dinner. The grandmother is Swedish, a retired domestic. The boy is Ethiopian and adopted, and he will grow up to become the world-renowned chef Marcus Samuelsson. "--
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
c1998
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A fictional account of the 1839 revolt of Africans aboard the slave ship Amistad and the subsequent legal case argued before the Supreme Court in 1841 by former president John Quincy Adams.
Author
Publisher
Versify, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
152 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
This timely book covers the rise of Black Lives Matter and how it has been shaped by United States history, telling the story of how a hashtag became a movement.
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Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Introduces the Queen of Salsa who has a magical vibrancy as a Cuban Salsa Singer. To her her voice or see her perform was to feel her life-affirming energy deep within your soul.
10) The go-between
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
197 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Both of sixteen-year-old Cammi's parents are stars in Mexico, but everything changes when her mother accepts a role in an American sitcom.
Cammi's mother is a glamorous telenovela actress in Mexico City; her father is the go-to voice-over talent for blockbuster films. Hers is a world of private planes, chauffeurs, paparazzi and gossip columnists. When Cammi's mom gets cast in an American television show and the family moves to LA, things change,...
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Publisher
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books For Children
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
189 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eagerly anticipating her Quincean?era, the fifteenth birthday celebration that will signify her adulthood, Marisol is troubled by a lack of money, her mother's new boyfriend, changes in her best friend, and the absence of the father she never knew.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"A picture book biography celebrating the life and contributions of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman in Congress, who sought the Democratic nomination to be the president of the United States"--
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
247 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Before he earned his third Michelin star at his iconic restaurant, Le Bernardin, the James Beard Award for Outstanding Chef of the Year, became a regular guest judge on Bravo's Top Chef, even before he knew how to make a proper omelet, Eric Ripert was a young boy in the South of France who felt that his world had come to an end. At the age of five, his parents went through a bitter divorce. Eric moved away with his mother, whose new husband, Serge,...
16) The meaning of Michelle: 16 writers on the iconic first lady and how her journey inspires our own
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 220 pages ; 22cm
Language
English
Description
"Michelle Obama is unlike any other First Lady in American History. From her first moments on the public stage, she has challenged traditional American notions about what it means to be beautiful, to be strong, to be fashion-conscious, to be healthy, to be First Mom, to be a caretaker and hostess, and to be partner to the most powerful man in the world. As Hillary Clinton has said, admiringly about Michelle Obama, our soon to be ex-First Lady exemplifies...
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 224 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Beyoncé. Her name conjures more than music, it has come to be synonymous with beauty, glamour, power, creativity, love, and romance. Her performances are legendary, her album releases events. She is not even forty but she has already rewritten the Beyoncé playbook more than half a dozen times. She is consistently provocative, political and surprising. As a solo artist, she has sold more than 100 million records. She has won 22 Grammys and is the...
18) 32 Yolks
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Publisher
Random House, Inc
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
6 CDs (450 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Even before he knew how to make a proper omelet, Eric Ripert was a young boy in the South of France who felt that his world had come to an end. The only place he felt at home was in the kitchen. His desire to not only cook, but to become the best would lead him into some of the most celebrated and demanding restaurants in Paris and trying to survive the brutal, exacting environment of their kitchens.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 316 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The lives of black women in American politics are remarkably absent from the shelves of bookstores and libraries. For Colored Girls Who Have Consider Politics is a sweeping view of American history from the vantage points of four women who have lived andworked behind the scenes in politics for over thirty years--Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry, and Minyon Moore--a group of women who call themselves The Colored Girls. Like many people...
Publisher
Versify/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
132 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"This exciting collaboration with the New York Times will reveal the untold stories of the diverse heroines who fought for the 19th amendment. On the 100th anniversary of the historic win for women's rights, it's time to celebrate the names and stories ofthe women whose courage helped change the fabric of America"--