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Pick a bar to narrow the shelf. Every panel below follows the same filter — the two charts, the plot, and the list of books — and each bar says how many books choosing it would leave you with.

3815 books on the shelf

3815 filed under a genre

16 genres

6 with no recorded year

For the same counts drawn as figures, see Statistics.

6 of them record no publication year at all — show those books.

Showing 111 of 3815 books, filtered by Biography 2000–09 Clear all

Titles by genre

Each bar counts the books of that genre which survive the year filter, so it says what picking that genre would leave you with. The 0 books filed under no genre at all are in no bar here.

Titles by year published

The whole timeline, back to the catalogue's oldest book. The bars widen as they go back, because equal-width bars across four thousand years would press everything before 1900 into a single pixel — where the statistics page leaves those books out of its chart and says so in the caption, the explorer has to be able to reach them, so its bars change width instead of stopping. Each bar counts the books of that era which survive the genre filter.

Two measures at a time

The books above, as dots. 71 of the 111 carry both measures and can be plotted; a book missing a measure has no place on that axis, so it is left off rather than drawn at zero. Each axis covers the middle 98% of what is shown, with 1 books outside the frame.

Point at a dot to see which book it is, and where it sits on each axis. Click one to open that book's own page of neighbours — the same book, in the middle of a map, with the books closest to it around it.

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Vertical axis

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The 111 books that match

Abe Lincoln and the Muddy Pig by Stephen Krensky, 2002 Biography
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660L

AR

3.7

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Akimbo and the Snakes by Alexander McCall Smith, 2006 Biography
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AR

5.5

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Albert Einstein: Genius of the Twentieth Century by Patricia Lakin, 2005 Biography
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AR

4.5

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
A Lesson for Martin Luther King Jr. by Denise Lewis Patrick, 2003 Biography
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440L

AR

2.2

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane by Carole Boston Weatherford, 2008 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1090L

AR

3.8

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Ben Franklin's Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman's Life by Candace Fleming, 2003 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1000L

AR

8.0

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Betsy Ross by Peter Roop & Connie Roop, 2001 Biography
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AR

5.4

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Betsy Ross and the Silver Thimble by Stephanie Greene, 2002 Biography
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2.3

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman by Marc Tyler Nobleman, 2008 Biography
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760L

AR

5.8

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Breaking Through by Francisco Jiménez, 2003 Biography
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750L

AR

5.3

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Bull's-Eye: A Photobiography of Annie Oakley by Sue Macy, 2001 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1150L

AR

6.9

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Carver: A Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson, 2001 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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890L

AR

5.9

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Children of the Storm by Natasha Vins, 2002 Biography
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910L
Churchill by Paul Johnson, 2009 Biography
its constellation roads from here
Clara Barton: Spirit of the American Red Cross by Patricia Lakin, 2004 Biography
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AR

4.6

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose, 2009 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1000L

AR

6.8

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Davy Crockett by George Sullivan, 2001 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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5.2

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Davy Crockett: A Life on the Frontier by Stephen Krensky, 2004 Biography
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4.6

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Diego: Bigger Than Life by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, 2009 Biography
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760L

AR

5.3

AR Interest: MG+ (6–8)
Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini by Sid Fleischman, 2006 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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940L

AR

6.6

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Federico García Lorca by Georgina Lázaro, 2009 Biography
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670L

AR

3.2

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis, 2000 Biography
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1410L

AR

12.8

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Frank O. Gehry: Outside In by Jan Greenberg, 2000 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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920L

AR

6.5

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement by Ann Bausum, 2006 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1090L

AR

7.8

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Frida: ¡Viva La Vida! Long Live Life! by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, 2007 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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750L

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4.5

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Genius: A Photobiography of Albert Einstein by Marfé Ferguson Delano, 2005 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1030L

AR

7.6

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
G. K. Chesterton, The Apostle of Common Sense by Dale Ahlquist, 2003 Biography
its constellation roads from here
Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth by James Cross Giblin, 2005 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1130L

AR

8.3

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Hana's Suitcase: A True Story by Karen Levine, 2002 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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730L

AR

5.0
Harriet, The Moses of Her People by Sarah H. Bradford, 2006 Biography
its constellation roads from here
Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent by Thomas B. Allen, 2006 Biography
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1120L

AR

8.0

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Herodotus and the Road to History by Jeanne Bendick, 2009 Biography
its constellation roads from here
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, 2005 Biography
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1050L

AR

7.8

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos, 2002 Biography
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840L

AR

5.7

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Ida B. Wells: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement by Dennis Brindell Fradin, 2000 Biography
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1140L

AR

8.3

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
I Dared to Call Him Father by Bilquis Sheikh, 2003 Biography
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In the Belly of an Ox: The Unexpected Photographic Adventures of Richard and Cherry Kearton by Rebecca Bond, 2009 Biography
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1000L

AR

5.3

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
In the Days of Queen Elizabeth by Eva March Tappan, 2007 Biography
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Inventing the Future: A Photobiography of Thomas Alva Edison by Marfé Ferguson Delano, 2002 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1140L

AR

7.9

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Isaac Newton by Kathleen Krull, 2006 Biography
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1000L

AR

7.3

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Jessie Benton Fremont: California Pioneer by Marguerite Higgins, 2008 Biography
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John Adams by David McCullough, 2001 Biography
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John Newton by John Aitken, 2007 Biography
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John Steinbeck by Catherine Reef, 2004 Biography
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980L

AR

7.2

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing Up Scieszka by Jon Scieszka, 2008 Biography
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750L

AR

4.6
Leonardo Da Vinci by Kathleen Krull, 2005 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1010L

AR

7.7

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters by Andrea Davis Pinkney, 2000 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1000L

AR

7.2

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Lewis and Clark by George Sullivan, 2000 Biography
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5.5

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Man's Search for Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy by Viktor E. Frankl, 2000 Biography
its constellation roads from here
Marie Curie by Kathleen Krull, 2007 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1050L

AR

8.3

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl by Tonya Bolden, 2005 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1190L

AR

7.7

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Michelangelo by Diane Stanley, 2000 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1080L

AR

7.3

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Mighty Jackie: The Strike-Out Queen by Marissa Moss, 2004 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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770L

AR

4.0

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Muckrakers: How Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, & Lincoln Steffens Helped Expose Scandal, Inspire Reform, and... by Ann Bausum, 2007 Biography
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1180L

AR

9.2
My Life by Bill Clinton, 2004 Biography
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10.0
No Mountain Too High by Myrna Grant, 2003 Biography
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Osceola: Memories of a Sharecropper's Daughter by Alan B. Govenar, 2000 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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640L

AR

4.7

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Our Eleanor: A Scrapbook Look at Eleanor Roosevelt's Remarkable Life by Candace Fleming, 2005 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1040L

AR

8.0

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Path to the Pacific: The Story of Sacagawea by Neta Lohnes Frazier, 2007 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1170L

AR

7.1

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss and What I Learned by Judd Winnick, 2000 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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520L

AR

3.9

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science by John Fleischman, 2002 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1030L

AR

7.4
Photo by Brady: A Picture of the Civil War by Jennifer Armstrong, 2005 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1200L

AR

8.8

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Reaching Out by Francisco Jiménez, 2008 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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910L

AR

6.1

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Safely Home by Randy Alcorn, 2001 Biography
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Shipwrecked!: The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy by Rhoda Blumberg, 2003 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1020L

AR

7.4

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Sigmund Freud by Kathleen Krull, 2006 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1080L

AR

8.6

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado by Marc Aronson, 2000 Biography
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1030L

AR

8.2

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Sitting Bull by Peter Roop & Connie Roop, 2002 Biography
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AR

5.1

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Sojourner Truth: Path to Glory by Peter Merchant, 2007 Biography
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AR

5.0

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Su Dongpo: Chinese Genius by Demi, 2006 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1060L

AR

6.7

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Sweethearts of Rhythm: The Story of the Greatest All-Girl Swing Band in the World by Marilyn Nelson, 2009 Biography
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Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman by Nikki Grimes, 2002 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1050L

AR

6.1

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood by Ibtisam Barakat, 2007 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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870L

AR

5.8

AR Interest: MG+ (6–8)
The Boy Who Drew Birds by Jacqueline Davies, 2004 Biography
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790L

AR

4.4

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
The Chimpanzees I Love: Saving Their World and Ours by Jane Goodall, 2001 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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990L

AR

6.7

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Forbidden Schoolhouse: The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students by Suzanne Jurmain, 2005 Biography
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920L

AR

6.9

AR Interest: MG+ (6–8)
The Girl from Chimel by Rigoberta Menchú, 2005 Biography
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860L

AR

5.2

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P.T. Barnum by Candace Fleming, 2009 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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980L

AR

7.0

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Greatest: Muhammad Ali by Walter Dean Myers, 2001 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1030L

AR

7.8

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
The Heir of Slaves by William Pickens, 2009 Biography
its constellation roads from here
The Inspiring Story of Harriet Beecher Stowe by Brenda Haugen, 2005 Biography
its constellation roads from here
The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey by Louise Borden, 2005 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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950L

AR

6.1

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq by Jeanette Winter, 2005 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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640L

AR

3.2

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler by James Cross Giblin, 2002 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1100L

AR

9.2

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
The Life of George Washington by David Ramsay, 2009 Biography
its constellation roads from here
The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary by Candace Fleming, 2008 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1050L

AR

8.1
The Lives of Donne and Herbert by Izaak Walton, 2004 Biography
its constellation roads from here
The Longitude Prize by Joan Dash, 2000 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1160L

AR

8.6

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins by Bea Uusma Schyffert, 2003 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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850L

AR

6.0

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Many Rides of Paul Revere by James Cross Giblin, 2007 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1060L

AR

7.5

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Theodore Roosevelt: Champion of the American Spirit by Betsy Harvey Kraft, 2003 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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980L

AR

7.6

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano by Margarita Engle, 2006 Biography
its constellation roads from here

AR

6.3
The Real Benedict Arnold by Jim Murphy, 2007 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1240L

AR

9.6

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Story of David Livingstone by Vautier Golding, 2007 Biography
its constellation roads from here
The Story of Napoleon by H.E. Marshall, 2007 Biography
its constellation roads from here
The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West by Sid Fleischman, 2008 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1050L

AR

7.5
The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights by Russell Freedman, 2004 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1180L

AR

8.2
This Boy's Life: A Memoir by Tobias Wolff, 2000 Biography
its constellation roads from here

AR

5.6

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie by Elizabeth Partridge, 2002 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1020L

AR

7.0

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Thomas Edison to the Rescue! by Howard Goldsmith, 2003 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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500L

AR

2.2

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Up Before Daybreak: Cotton and People in America by Deborah Hopkinson, 2006 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1060L

AR

7.0

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist by Jan Greenberg, 2001 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1100L

AR

7.6

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Walt Whitman: Words for America by Barbara Kerley, 2004 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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970L

AR

5.4

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Washington at Valley Forge by Russell Freedman, 2008 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1210L

AR

8.8

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History by Phillip Hoose, 2001 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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950L

AR

7.1

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
When I Was a Soldier by Valerie Zenatti, 2005 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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880L

AR

6.4

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Where the Action Was: Women War Correspondents in World War II by Penny Colman, 2002 Biography
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1030L

AR

7.9
Who Was First?: Discovering the Americas by Russell Freedman, 2007 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1310L

AR

8.6

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
William Bradford, Pilgrim Boy by Bradford Smith, 2003 Biography
its constellation roads from here
Words to My Life's Song by Ashley Bryan, 2009 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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970L

AR

6.2

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Young Thomas Edison by Sterling North, 2009 Biography
its constellation roads from here

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1150L

AR

8.5

AR Interest: MG (4–8)