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(0)Glenn Stout
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A thrilling Jazz Age chronicle of America's first gangster couple, Margaret and Richard Whittemore"--
Baltimore, in the heart of the Jazz Age. Margaret and Richard Whittemore reached for the dream of a better life. They headed up a gang that in less than a year stole over one million dollars' worth of diamonds and precious gems-- over fifteen million dollars today. Margaret was the archetypal gun moll/femme fatale, Richard the quintessential bad...
2) Babe Ruth
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Sandpiper/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Description
Profiles four professional athletes who put aside their sports aspirations to risk their lives and serve in the U.S. armed forces, including Ted Williams, Rocky Blier, Carlos May, and Pat Tillman.
6) Muhammad Ali
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
8) Nine months at Ground Zero: the story of the brotherhood of workers who took on a job like no other
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Description
A biography of the Seattle Mariner hitting and fielding star who won the MVP and Rookie of the Year Award in 2001 and became the first successful Japanese player in the Major Leagues.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The complete story surrounding the most famous and significant player transaction in professional sports The sale of Babe Ruth by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees in 1919 is one of the pivotal moments in baseball history, changing the fortunes of two of baseball's most storied franchises, and helping to create the legend of the greatest player the game has ever known.
17) Kobe Bryant
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"This biography gives readers a courtside seat to the achievements of one of basketball's greatest legends as it traces Kobe's life from childhood to his five NBA championships to his successful career outside of the game to his tragic death and lasting legacy."--Provided by publisher.
