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Author
Series
Publisher
Oliver Press
Pub. Date
[1992]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Profiles eight notable justices of the United States Supreme Court and landmark cases in which each was involved: John Marshall, Roger Taney, John Harlan, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis Brandeis, Charles Evans Hughes, Hugo Black, Earl Warren.
5) My own words
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The first book from Ruth Bader Ginsburg since becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993--a witty, engaging, serious, and playful collection of writings and speeches from the woman who has had a powerful and enduring influence on law, women's rights, and popular culture. My Own Words is a selection of writings and speeches by Justice Ginsburg on wide-ranging topics, including gender equality, the workways of the Supreme Court, on being Jewish, on...
11) Sandra Day O'Connor: how the first woman on the Supreme Court became its most influential justice
Author
Publisher
ECCO
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
14) Thurgood
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
950L
Language
English
Description
"Before Rosa Parks, before Martin Luther King Jr., before the civil rights movement there was Thurgood, fighting for African Americans - and winning. Here is the powerful story of the trailblazer who proved that separate is not equal." --
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Childrens
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
On August 8, 2009, Sonia Sotomayor became the U.S. Supreme Court's first Hispanic justice and the third woman to serve the Court. This book describes Sotomayor's remarkable journey from her childhood in the projects near Yankee Stadium to her stellar academic achievements at Ivy League universities to her rapid rise in the legal profession.
Author
Series
You are a star volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
"It's RBG like you've never seen her before! Using a mix of first-person narrative, hilarious comic panels, and essential facts, Dean Robbins introduces young readers to an American trailblazer. The first book in an exciting new nonfiction series, You Are a Star, Ruth Bader Ginsburg focuses on Ruth's lifelong mission to bring equality and justice to all. Sarah Green's spot-on comic illustrations bring this icon to life, and engaging backmatter instructs...