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Who is Donald J. Trump? To truly understand America's forty-fifth president, argues Vanity Fair journalist Emily Jane Fox, you must know his children, whose own stories provide the key to unlocking what makes him tick. Born Trump is Fox's dishy, deeply reported, and richly detailed look at Trump's five children (and equally powerful son-in-law, Jared Kushner), exploring their lives, their roles in the campaign and administration, and their dramatic
...2) Joe Biden
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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This biography introduces readers to Joe Biden, including his achievements as US senator and vice president, his charitable contributions, his historic selection of Kamala Harris as his running mate, and their victory in the 2020 presidential election. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included.
3) Presidents
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English
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Offers information about America's most influential political office and details on the men who have filled it.
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Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
©2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Who was Ronald Reagan? A young lifeguard who saved over fifty people's lives? An actor who starred in fifty-three motion pictures and over sixty television shows? One of the most beloved presidents of the twentieth century? All of the above! Find out more about the real Ronald Reagan in this illustrated biography.
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Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Jimmy Carter served as the 39th US president from 1977 to 1981. In 2002 he won the Nobel Peace Prize. Read about Carter's journey from a peanut farm in Georgia to the White House"--
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Morgan Reynolds Pub
Pub. Date
©2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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Introduces the fortieth president of the United States and profiles his private, military, and political careers. Most presidents have careers in politics, the military, or business before being elected to the nation's highest office. Ronald Reagan spent the first half of his life as a Hollywood actor. He was also the oldest man elected president and the first to survive a serious injury suffered during an assassination attempt. Reagan's life was...
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In this biography the author draws upon archives in the United States, England, and France, as well as unpublished transcripts of Jefferson presidential papers to give readers a view of Jefferson the politician and the President, a great and complex human being forever engaged in the wars of his era. The father of the ideal of individual liberty, of the Louisiana Purchase, of the Lewis and Clark expedition, and of the settling of the West, Jefferson...
13) Thomas Jefferson
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Chelsea House
Pub. Date
©1986
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English
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A biography of the third President of the United States whose many achievements include the writing of the Declaration of Independence.
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Philomel Books
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©2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Growing up poor in the backwoods of Kentucky and Indiana, Abraham Lincoln lost his mother before he was ten. But Sally Johnston, who married Abe's father a year later, brought a library of books to their log cabin home and turned young Abe's life around.
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Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
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2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Describes the life and career of the 45th president of the United States, including his childhood in New York, his business career, and his personal life.
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2020.
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English
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"From one of America's most respected journalists and modern historians comes the first full-length biography of Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States and Nobel Prize-winning humanitarian. Jonathan Alter tells the epic story of an enigmatic man of faith and his improbable journey from barefoot boy to global icon. Alter paints an intimate and surprising portrait of the only president since Thomas Jefferson who can fairly be called a...
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Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Introduces the life of President James Madison, focusing on his life-long interest in books and study, as well as his role as "Father of the Constitution" and historian of the Constitutional Convention.
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Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
©2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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Andrew Jackson, the first popularly elected American president, won the nation's favor with his legendary courage, loyalty to the common man, and fierce dedication to preserving the Union. However, his ruthlessness, including his treatment of Native Americans, led to some of the darkest times in American history.
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