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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Themes: education, technology, innovation, biography, inspiration, changemaker, role model. When his cousin struggled in school, Salman "Sal" Khan decided to help. Since they couldn't get together, Khan tutored her by computer. Soon he posted lessons online for others too. Seeing the need for online learning, he started the Khan Academy. Through the academy, Khan continues his quest to provide a world-class education to anyone who wants one. Blue...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Alice Ozma tells the story of how she and her father, an elementary school librarian, set a goal when she was in fourth grade of reading together for one hundred consecutive nights and continued on until she went away to college, and discusses the bond that developed between her and her dad, and the life lessons she learned from their time together.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Thomas Buergenthal, now a Judge in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, tells his astonishing experiences as a young boy in his memoir A Lucky Child. He arrived at Auschwitz at age 10 after surviving two ghettos and a labor camp. Separated first from his mother and then his father, Buergenthal managed by his wits and some remarkable strokes of luck to survive on his own. Almost two years after his liberation, Buergenthal was miraculously...
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