biography

A searing poetic memoir and call to action from the bestselling and award-winning author of Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson!Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published twenty years ago, she has written a poetry memoir that is as vulnerable as it is rallying, as timely as it is timeless. In free verse, Anderson shares reflections, rants, and calls to action woven between deeply personal stories from her life that she's never written about before. Searing and soul-searching, this important memoir is a denouncement of our society's failures and a love letter to all the people with the courage to say #metoo and #timesup, whether aloud, online, or only in their own hearts. Shout speaks truth to power in a loud, clear voice--and once you hear it, it is impossible to ignore.

Toni Jensen grew up around guns: As a girl, she learned to shoot birds in rural Iowa with her father, a card-carrying member of the NRA. As an adult, she's had guns waved in her face near Standing Rock, and felt their silent threat on the concealed-carry campus where she teaches. And she has always known that in this she is not alone. As a Metis woman, she is no stranger to the violence enacted on the bodies of Indigenous women, on Indigenous land, and the ways it is hidden, ignored, forgotten.

A brief biography of professional football player Derrick Henry.

Simple text and illustrations provide a brief biography of Fred Rogers, the man behind "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.".

". . . examines the life of former First Lady Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help young readers develop word recognition and reading skills"--Publisher.

A brief biography of Canadian professional ice hockey player P. K. Subban.

". . . examines the life of former professional ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the life and career of basketball star, Luka Doncic.