Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"An autobiography about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and his life growing up in New York, becoming the basketball star he's known to be, and getting involved in the world around him as an activist for social change"--
Author
Publisher
Liberty Street, an imprint of Time Inc. Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Traces the evolution of the author's views on social justice, from his youth in the civil rights era to his current role as a cultural commentator on topics ranging from race and economic inequality to music and the influence of the media.
Basketball legend and cultural commentator Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores how the America of today is a fractured society, sharply divided along the lines of race, gender, religion, political party and economic class....
Author
Series
Streetball crew volume 1
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Eighth-grader Theo Rollins' growth spurt has Coach Mandrake trying to transform him into a basketball star, but training time is hurting the science club's chances of winning the "Aca-lympics, " and being accused of stealing could mean Theo is off both teams.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
While twins Ella and Herbie help the handyman Mr. Mital work on their new home, he tells them about such inventors as Granville Woods, Dr. Henry T. Sampson, and James West, giving them a new view of their heritage as African-Americans.
Author
Series
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
It is 1872, and a series of gruesome murders is the talk of London. Mycroft Holmes--now twenty-six and a force to be reckoned with at the War Office--has no interest in the killings; however, his brother Sherlock has developed a distasteful fascination for the macabre to the detriment of his studies, much to Mycroft's frustration. When a ship carrying cargo belonging to Mycroft's best friend Cyrus Douglas runs aground, Mycroft persuades Sherlock to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
It is 1873, and Mycroft Holmes finds himself in service to the Crown once again. A distant relative of Queen Victoria has been slain by the Fire Four Eleven killer, a serial murderer who leaves no mark upon his victims, only a mysterious calling card. Meanwhile, Sherlock has already taken it upon himself to solve the case, as his interest in the criminal mind grows into an obsession. Mycroft begrudgingly allows Sherlock to investigate, as Ai Lin --...