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Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

by Adeline Yen Mah

A riveting memoir of a girl's painful coming-of-age in a wealthy Chinese family during the 1940s.

A Chinese proverb says, "Falling leaves return to their roots." In Chinese Cinderella, Adeline Yen Mah returns...


Of Beetles and Angels: A Boy's Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard

by Mawi Asgedom

Now in a paperback edition, this acclaimed memoir tells the unforgettable story of a young boy's journey from a refugee camp in Sudan to Chicago, where his family survived on welfare. Mawi followed his father's...


Meet Martin Luther King, Jr.

by James T. De Kay

Illus. with black-and-white photos. This revised edition of the popular Random House Step Up(TM) Biography of the great civil-rights leader and advocate for peaceful resistance now includes new text and additional...


Dove

by Robin L. Graham

In 1965, 16-year-old Robin Lee Graham began a solo around-the-world voyage from San Pedro, California, in a 24-foot sloop. Five years and 33,000 miles later, he returned to home port with a wife and daughter...


On the Court with ... Kobe Bryant

by Matt Christopher

Kobe Bryant may be one of the youngest basketball players in the NBA, but no one would dare call him inexperienced. The son of Joe "Jellybean" Bryant, a former NBA player and star of various European teams,...


Ray Charles: Young Musician

by Susan Sloate & Meryl Henderson

One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively, inspiring, fictionalized biographies -- easily...


Up Close: Rachel Carson

by Ellen Levine

Rachel Carson combined her love of science and writing in her award-winning and controversial book Silent Spring. Revealing the dangers of pesticide use, it brought readers a new awareness of humankind's contamination...


Amazing Cherokee Writer Sequoyah

by Mary Dodson Wade

Who is Sequoyah? Inspired by the notes that he saw U.S. soldiers with, Sequoyah worked hard to create a written form of the Cherokee language. Readers will learn about his life and how he created the Cherokee...


Amazing Arctic Explorer Matthew Henson

by Mary Dodson Wade

AMAZING ARCTIC EXPLORER MATTHEW HENSON explores the life of the man who went with Robert Peary to the North Pole. Because he was African American, his contributions to the North Pole expeditions were largely...


Up Close: Oprah Winfrey

by Ilene Cooper

Oprah Winfrey has been called the Queen of All Media for good reason?during her more than thirty-year career, she has left an indelible mark on radio, television, film, theater, magazines, and books. One of...


Will Smith: A Biography of a Rapper Turned Movie Star

by Michael A. Schuman

From silly kid to Grammy-winning rapper, Will Smith has taken the fast track to superstardom. His popular rap music opened doors for Smith, who became a TV star on THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR. After years of...


Maya Angelou: A Biography of an Award-Winning Poet and Civil Rights Activist

by Donna Brown Agins

From the child raised by her grandmother in a small village in Arkansas to the writer known as National Treasure, Angelou has lived a remarkable life. She rose from pain and poverty to achieve success as a dancer,...


Toni Morrison: A Biography of a Nobel Prize-Winning Writer

by Barbara Kramer

In TONI MORRISON: A BIOGRAPHY OF A NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING WRITER, author Barbara Kramer explores the life and career of this talented writer. From her childhood in Loraine, Ohio, to her creative expressions of...


Halle Berry: A Biography of an Oscar-Winning Actress

by Michael A. Schuman

Halle Berry has worked hard for every achievement--springboarding from beauty queen to model to actress--and has never shied away from taking risks. Berry's career puttered along until her Oscar-winning performance...


Oprah Winfrey: A Biography of a Billionaire Talk Show Host

by Robin Westen

Winfrey is smart, funny, compassionate, talented--and one of the richest and most powerful women in the world. Whether she was talking about her childhood experiences of abuse and rebllion, her lifelong struggle...


Walter Dean Myers: A Biography of an Award-Winning Urban Fiction Author

by Denise M. Jordan

Walter Dean Myers tells it like it is in his award-winning novels about urban teenagers with real problems. With humor and a keen ear for dialogue, Myers creates characters that speak directly to today's teens....


Claudette Colvin

by Phillip Hoose

“When it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can’t sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, ‘This is not right.’” – Claudette Colvin

On March 2, 1955, an impassioned teenager,...


Who Was Johnny Appleseed?

by Joan Holub & Anna DiVito

The perfect biography to "bite into" at the start of a new school year! Children are sure to be fascinated by the eccentric and legendary Johnny Appleseed, a man who is best known for bringing apple trees to...


Discovering Wes Moore

by Wes Moore

Through the telling of events from his own life, Wes Moore (author of the bestselling adult title The Other Wes Moore) explores the issues that separate success and failure. He also counterpoints his story...


The Cowgirl Way: Hats Off to America's Women of the West

by Holly George-Warren

The 1840s ushered in the beginning of the largest migration in US history. People in crowded Eastern cities and Missouri River towns were feeling the pull of the Western frontier. It was the dawn of a new era...