You should meet

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Calkhoven, Laurie
Feldman, Thea
Higginson, Sheila Sweeny
Patrick, Denise Lewis
Nakamura, May
 
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Book cover for "Mae Jemison".
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A biography of Mae Jemison, the first female African-American astronaut.--
Book cover for "The women who launched the computer age".
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True story of six women who programmed the ENIAC computer as part of a secret WWII mission. They learned to program the computer without any software, instructions or tools (none existed.). --
Book cover for "Duke Kahanamoku".
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Introduces the life and achievements of the surfer who won international fame in four Olympics and used his surfboard to save eight people from a capsized boat in California.
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An introduction to the life and achievements of the star African-American track and field athlete describes how he took a stand against racism and made history by winning four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics.
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"Meet Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician who worked at NASA in the early 1950s until retiring in 1986. Katherines unparalleled calculations (done by hand) helped plan the trajectories for NASAs Mercury and Apollo missions (including the Apollo 11 moon landing). She is said to be one of the greatest American minds of all time. A section at the back of the book includes extras on subjects like history and math, plus c areers for math lovers"--Amazon.com....
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"He couldn't decide whether he wanted to be a writer, singer, actor, songwriter, or rapper, so he decided to become all of them. You should meet Lin-Manuel Miranda!"--Back cover.

7.  Kids who are changing the world!

 
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8.  Ruth Bader Ginsburg

 
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Book cover for "Kids who are saving the planet".
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Have you ever wondered what you could do to help the planet? Find out how kids are helping the environment by selling lemonade to save the honeybees, starting a petition to bring attention to climate change, raising awareness through an original comic book hero, and more! Learn all about how their ideas are preserving the environment in this story of five amazing kids everyone should meet!
Book cover for "Shirley Chisholm".
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"A ready-to-read level 3 biography of Shirley Chisholm, who, in 1972 became the first African-American woman to enter the Democratic presidential race in the United States"--
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"From the time John Lewis asked Dr. Martin Luther King to help integrate a segregated school in his hometown as teenager, he never stopped organizing, from Freedom Rides, to the marches in Selma and Washington, and more. Introduce readers to his concept of getting into "good trouble" in this Level 3 Ready-to-Read book"--
Book cover for "Yayoi Kusama".
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"Get to know Yayoi Kusama, a Japanese artist known for her extensive use of polka dots and for her infinity installations, in this fascinating nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series of biographies about people "you should meet!""--