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English
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"In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both hispolitical education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency--a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil"--
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Barack Obama: First African American President is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.
RI.1.8 and Literacy.
L.1.2. Beautiful photographs are paired with narrative nonfiction text, explaining the life and times of President Obama. A timeline is included. This book should be paired with "Meet President Obama" (9781448890583) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative...
3) Barack Obama
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Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father, a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man, has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey, first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of...
Author
Publisher
Amistad/Collins
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Biography of Barack Obama, from his childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia to his presidential campaign.
Barack Obama captured America's attention when he delivered his renowned keynote address to the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Since then, he has come to represent unity among people of all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds. Follow the story of a boy named Barry, from his childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia to his time at Occidental College studying...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"An inspiring, timely, and conversation-starting memoir from the barrier-breaking and Emmy Award-winning journalist Ilia Calderón-the first Afro-Latina to anchor a high-profile newscast for a major Hispanic broadcast network in the United States-about following your dreams, overcoming prejudice, and embracing your identity"--
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 49
Language
English
Description
No story has been more central to America’s history this century than the rise of Barack Obama, and until now, no journalist or historian has written a book that fully investigates the circumstances and experiences of Obama’s life or explores the ambition behind his rise. Those familiar with Obama’s own best-selling memoir or his campaign speeches know the touchstones and details that he chooses to emphasize,...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
This epic work tells the story of the Hemingses, whose close blood ties to our third president had been systematically expunged from American history until very recently. Now, historian and legal scholar Annette Gordon-Reed traces the Hemings family from its origins in Virginia in the 1700s to the family's dispersal after Jefferson's death in 1826. It brings to life not only Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson but also their children and Hemings's...
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