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Muhammad Ali: Champion of the World
Jonah Winter
Schwartz & Wade, 2008
The drama of his life and boxing style.
Ages 4-8 will appreciate Jonah Winter & Francois Roca's story Muhammed Ali: Champion of the World, of boxer Muhammed Ali, who was more than a boxer, symbolizing Muslim rights and his people's efforts to succeed. This biography highlights his life using large-sized, vivid lettering to capture the ...
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Barack Obama: The Politics of Hope (Shapers of America) (Shapers of America)
William Michael Davis
OTTN Publishing, 2007
An excellent juvenile biograph of the Kenyan Kansan running for president
+ A remarkably extensive biography for young adults about the charismatic African-American state senator
The bubble has yet to burst on Barack Obama's campaign to get the Democratic nomination for president, but whether he returns to the U.S. Senate or becomes the first president of African-American descent, this juvenile biography will provide a solid introduction to Obama for any young reader who is ...
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The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America
David Hajdu
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008
OH! DO BEWARE OF MRS. GRUNDY!
+ A real-life horror story
+ As engrossing as any four-star comic-book
+ An American Tragedy
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Women Daredevils
Julia Cummins
Dutton Juvenile, 2008
Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children
+ Fear factor
This book's ten fascinating narratives tell us about the accomplishments, characteristics, and backgrounds of a group of women who risked their lives during the late 1800s and early 1900s to entertain the public with daredevil stunts. From Annie Edson Taylor, the first person to go down Niagara ...
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Fat Envelope Frenzy
HarperCollins e-books, 2008
Awesome read about the journey of ivy league applications
+ compelling, informative, fun book
+ An Interesting People Book
+ Rare insight--Wish This Had Been Around During My Time!
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Letters to a Young Sister: DeFINE Your Destiny
Hill Harper
Gotham, 2008
Needed in Everyone's Life
+ For the young AND young-at-heart.
+ A must for all school libraries
+ Love It!
+ Letters to a Young Sister by Hill Harper
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Top Tips for Girls: Real advice from real women for real life
Kate Reardon
Three Rivers Press, 2008
REAL LIFE MADE EASIER In today’s lifestyle guru–obsessed world, where we all turn to magazines and TV personalities to teach us how to organize our lives, cook, look, and live better, it’s refreshing to hear clever, who-would’ve-thunk-it suggestions from regular women. In Top Tips for Girls , today’s primer for women in the know, Kate Reardon has collected just ...
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George Washington Carver
Tonya Bolden, In Association with The Field Museum
Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2008
So much more than a Peanut Man
+ Wonderful story all kids to know
+ An outstanding coverage, not to be missed!
+ George Washington Carver
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The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash: My Life, My Beats
Grandmaster Flash, David Ritz
Broadway, 2008
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+ Hip Hop Ya Don't Stop
+ Dope book from a producer who worked with Flash
It's a good book.
At times when I read this book it made me realize that it really isn't 100% about hip hop, but about a man's struggle. How everyone's life can go zig zag zig... forward, back and hopefully forward again.
It shed light on a few things for me: Like why Flash has such an ...
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Jamel Shabazz: Seconds of My Life
powerHouse Books, 2007
At age nine, Jamel Shabazz was introduced to photography by his father, who kept a signed copy of Leonard Freed’s Black in White America on the family’s coffee table. Intrigued by Freed’s provocative images of both Southern and urban life, Shabazz knew then it was his calling to document his community and the people who gave it life. Photography has given Shabazz a sense of purpose, allowing him ...
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I'm Looking Through You: Growing Up Haunted: A Memoir
Jennifer Finney Boylan
Broadway, 2008
"Far more hearts are haunted than houses"
+ A GOOD READ
+ Take a look at this book
+ a delightful find
+ Haunted by Life
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Ain't Nothing but a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry
Scott Reynolds Nelson, Marc Aronson
National Geographic Children's Books, 2007
Real history for smart kids (grownups, too)
+ Richie's Picks: AIN'T NOTHING BUT A MAN
We've all heard songs and stories of John Henry, the "steel-driving man". But is there a real man behind them? And what is his story?
Scott Nelson has written a fascinating book which not only digs deep into the John Henry story, but also shows how historians approach the past through a variety ...
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Somebody Scream!: Rap Music's Rise to Prominence in the Aftershock of Black Power
Marcus Reeves
Faber & Faber, 2008
For many African Americans of a certain demographic the sixties and seventies were the golden age of political movements. The Civil Rights movement segued into the Black Power movement which begat the Black Arts movement. Fast forward to 1979 and the release of Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight.” With the onset of the Reagan years, we begin to see the unraveling of many ...
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ADHD & Me: What I Learned from Lighting Fires at the Dinner Table
Blake E. S. Taylor
New Harbinger Publications, 2008
AHDH and me
+ Giving an insight for parents
+ Enlightening and Helpful
+ Amazing
+ Special Gifts for ADHD people!
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Hope's Boy: A Memoir
Andrew Bridge
Hyperion, 2008
Terrific book that is hard to put down!
+ A BOOK THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE
+ Resilency
+ Stunning and Beautiful...Tender and Heartbreaking
+ An Amazing Story
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