Ruby Shamir
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explains how America got the nickname "land of the free" and shares facts on subjects ranging from the Constitution and abolition to suffrage and the four freedoms, while offering insight into the progression and setbacks of democracy.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Cecile Richards has been fighting for what she believes in ever since she was taken to the principal's office in seventh grade for wearing an armband in protest of the Vietnam War. She had an extraordinary childhood in ultra-conservative Texas, where her father, a civil rights attorney, and her mother, an avid activist and the first female governor of Texas, taught their kids to be troublemakers. From the time Richards was a girl, she had a front...