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(0)Laurie Ann Thompson
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 770L
Language
English
Description
Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people--but not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams. As a boy, Emmanuel hopped to school more than two miles each way, learned to play soccer, left home at age thirteen to provide for his family, and, eventually, became a cyclist. He rode an astonishing four hundred miles across Ghana in 2001, spreading his powerful message: disability is not inability. Today,...
Author
Publisher
Beyond Words/Simon Pulse, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
1130L
Language
English
Description
Empower yourself in today's highly connected, socially conscious world as you learn how to wield your passions, digital tools, and the principles of social entrepreneurship to affect real change in your schools, communities, and beyond. Contains profiles of successful projects, step-by-step guides to applied changemaking, and a variety of resources.
Author
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
Blends strange but true facts about the natural world with a handful of fictional accounts, challenging readers to discover which two out of every three stories are true.
