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Bell Rang

$17.99

Every single morning, the overseer of the plantation rings the bell. Daddy gathers wood. Mama cooks. Ben and the other slaves go out to work. Each day is the same. Full of grueling work and sweltering heat. Every day, except one, when the bell rings and Ben is nowhere to...

Counting the Stars

$17.99

Years before astronauts were launched into space, a group of dedicated women was working behind the scenes to do the calculations that made space flight possible. Known as “human computers,” these women calculated the orbital mechanics needed to get NASA off the ground. Katherine Johnson was among the best of...

Counting the Stars : The Story of Katherine Johnson (Sale)

$7.99 $17.99

Before John Glenn orbited the Earth or astronauts walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” used their knowledge, pencils, adding machines, and writing paper to calculate the orbital mechanics needed to launch spacecraft. Katherine Johnson was one of these mathematicians who used trajectories...

Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne

$17.99

Ethel Payne always had an ear for stories. Seeking truth, justice, and equality, Ethel followed stories from her school newspaper in Chicago to Japan during World War II. It even led her to the White House briefing room, where she broke barriers as the only black female journalist. Ethel wasn’t...

Sonny Rollins Plays the Bridge

$17.99

Sonny Rollins loved his saxophone. As a teenager, he was already playing with jazz stars and making a name for himself. But in 1959, at age twenty-nine, he took a break from performing-to work on being a better, not just famous, musician.Practicing in a city apartment didn't please the neighbors,...

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