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ELA Guide: Other Books

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Adventure

Two Old Women; an Alaska legend of betrayal, courage and survival by Velma Wallis
Call Number: 398.2 WALLIS
ISBN: 0062244981
Publication Date: 2013
Two old Athabascan women, abandoned by their tribe, set out on a journey for survival.

Women

Michelle Obama: First Lady by Paul McCaffrey
Call Number: 973.932 MCCAFER
ISBN: 1604139110
Publication Date: 2010
Oprah Winfrey by Helen S. Garson
Call Number: 791.4502 WINF/ga
ISBN: 031335832X
Publication Date: 2011
Rachael Ray: Food Entrepreneur by Dennis Abrams
Call Number: 641.5092 RAY/abr
ISBN: 1604130784
Publication Date: 2009
Tyra Banks: Model and Talk Show Host by Anne M. Todd
Call Number: 746.9 BANK/to
ISBN: 1604134623
Publication Date: 2009

Music

Jay-Z by Richard Spilsbury
Call Number: 782.421649 JAY/spi
ISBN: 1432964305
Publication Date: 2012
Music superstar
Music in Mexico: experiencing music, expressing culture by Alejandro L. Madrid
Call Number: 780.92 MADRID
ISBN: 0199812802
Publication Date: 2012
The Texas-Mexican Conjunto: a history of working-class music by Manuel Peña
Call Number: 781.7 PENA
ISBN: 029278080X
Publication Date: 1985

Computer People

Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg by Judy L. Hasday
Call Number: 006.7 ZUCK/ha
ISBN: 1599351765
Publication Date: 2012
Life and work
Google Founders by Kerrily Sapet
Call Number: 005.1092 SAPET
ISBN: 1599351773
Publication Date: 2012
Life and work
Jeff Bezos: Founder of Amazon and the Kindle by Robert Scally
Call Number: 381.45 SCALLY
ISBN: 1599351781
Publication Date: 2012
Life and work
Twitter by Chris Smith; Marci McGrath
Call Number: 006.7 Smith
ISBN: 159935179X
Publication Date: 2012
Life and work

Novels

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Call Number: 813.54 CISNE/h
ISBN: 0679734775
Publication Date: 1991
Latina girl grows up in Chicago. Heartbreaking and joyous.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Call Number: PBK L'ENGLE
ISBN: 0440998050
Publication Date: 1976
Meg Murry and her friends become involve with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government
Skinny by Donna Cooner
Call Number: 813.6 COONER
ISBN: 0545427630
Publication Date: 2012
After undergoing gastric-bypass surgery, a self-loathing, obese teenaged girl loses weight and makes the brave decision to start participating in high school life, including pursuing her dream of becoming a singer and finding love.

Sports

796.323 CHRISTO On the court with...LeBron James.

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