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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This biography introduces readers to the five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, Walter Dean Myers. Readers will learn about Myers's childhood in Harlem, his difficulty in school with a speech impediment, and the inspiration behind his award-winning titles. His books include Monster, Scorpions, and Fallen Angels. Easy-to-read text and full-color photos highlight Myers's childhood, education, and life as an author. Checkerboard Library is...
3) Maya Angelou
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Offers an illustrated telling of the life of Maya Angelou that focuses on how she overcame childhood trauma and realized her dream and became one of the world's most beloved writers and speakers.
6) Maya Angelou
Author
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Discusses the life and work of the well-known writer, entertainer, and political activist, Maya Angelou.
8) Maya Angelou
Author
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Discusses the life and work of the noted black writer.
12) Can you imagine?
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The author of the Newbery Honor Book, "The Dark Thirty," describes her life, how she became a writer, how her family helps with her writing, and how she gets her ideas.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist, a biography in verse and prose of science fiction visionary Octavia Butler. Acclaimed novelist Ibi Zoboi illuminates the young life of the visionary storyteller Octavia E. Butler in poems and prose. Born into the Space Race, the Red Scare, and the dawning Civil Rights Movement, Butler expereinced an American childhood that shaped her into the groundbreaking science-fiction...