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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
146 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Shares the life story of the famous escape artist, including his immigrant origins, how he began his career doing card tricks for extra cash, and how he became the world's most well-known magician.
3) Ada Lovelace
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
143 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the life of Ada Lovelace, the daughter of the poet Lord Byron, who became a gifted mathematician and who together with Charles Babbage developed an analytic engine that was the world's first computer.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
153 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Before he led the first expedition to circumnavigate the Earth, Ferdinand Magellan [1480-1521] was a Portuguese noble who dreamed of adventure. After years of sailing, he was chosen to lead a crew to circle the globe--a trip that no other ship had ever completed. Though Magellan died in combat in the Philippines before he could finish the voyage, his ship made it around the world, and he is still known as one of the greatest explorers."--Back cover....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
155 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Meet the young activist who stood up for her rights--and changed millions of lives. Before Malala Yousafzai (b. 1997) became the youngest Nobel Prize laureate, she was a girl fighting for her education in Pakistan. Growing up, Malala's father encouraged her to be politically active and speak out about her educational rights. When she did, she was shot by a member of the Taliban and the story received worldwide media coverage. Protests and petitions...
6) Beyoncé
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
146 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the international superstar and feminist icon covers Beyoncé's Texas childhood, achievements as a member of Destiny's Child, meteoric solo career, and influence as an equal-rights activist.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
156 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Before he was the first Black president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela was a boy with a traditional Thembu upbringing. He went on to study law and become involved with African nationalist politics. The government had established an apartheid (a system of segregation that privileged white people), and Mandela worked to overthrow this system. He was arrested, accused of treason, and thrown in jail. When he was released, Mandela negotiated an end to...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
154 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Before she was a well-known environmentalist activist, Greta was just a girl living in Stockholm, Sweden. She first heard about climate change when she was only eight years old, and she couldn't understand why no one seemed to be doing anything about it."--
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