| Borrowed Names Contributor(s): Atkins, Jeannine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0805089349 ISBN-13: 9780805089349 Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2010 |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | Poetry - Young Adult Nonfiction | Girls & Women - Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Women |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| LCCN: 2009023446 |
| Age Level: 12-15 |
| Grade Level: 7-10 |
| Lexile Measure: 910(Not Available) |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.22" W x 8.56" L (0.75 lbs) 224 pages |
| Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents |
| Awards: Young Hoosier Book Award, Nominee, Middle Grades, 2013 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Recommended, Fourteen and Up, 2011 Cybils, Finalist, Poetry, 2010 |
| Review Citations: School Library Journal 02/01/2010 pg. 127 Booklist 02/01/2010 pg. 44 Kirkus Review - Children 02/15/2010 Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2010 pg. 99 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2010 - Book Of Special Distinction Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2010 - Recommended - Better Than Most Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2011 pg. 11 Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2010 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 136722 Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 3.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As a child, Laura Ingalls Wilder traveled across the prairie in a covered wagon. Her daughter, Rose, thought those stories might make a good book, and the two created the beloved Little House series. Sara Breedlove, the daughter of former slaves, wanted everything to be different for her own daughter, A'Lelia. Together they built a million-dollar beauty empire for women of color. Marie Curie became the first person in history to win two Nobel prizes in science. Inspired by her mother, Irčne too became a scientist and Nobel prize winner. Borrowed Names is the story of these extraordinary mothers and daughters.Borrowed Names is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. |
Contributor Bio(s): Atkins, Jeannine: - Jeannine Atkins is the author of Borrowed Names and Wings and Rockets, which appeared on the ALA Amelia Bloomer Project list. She lives in western Massachusetts. |
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