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"From the best-selling author of My Weird School: a new entry in the cheerful and engaging biography series centered on high-interest historic figures. Did you know that Lucille Ball could pick up radio signals through her teeth? Or that her career was almost destroyed because she was a registered Communist? Bet you didn't know that, as a studio executive, she green-lit both Star Trek and Mission: Impossible! Siblings Paige and Turner have collected some of the most unusual and surprising facts about the beloved actress, from her impoverished childhood and her first forays into the film industry to her marriage with Desi Arnaz and her rise to become both the most prominent actress in television and one of its most successful executives. Narrated by the two spirited siblings and animated by Allison Steinfeld's upbeat illustrations, Wait! What? Lucille Ball Had No Eyebrows? is an authoritative, accessible, and one-of-a-kind biography infused with Dan Gutman's signature zany sense of humor"--.

"Find out about the life of American poet and writer Maya Angelou and her work as an activist in the US civil rights movement. The book has photographs and a simple text suitable for young children"-- Provided by publisher.

"Everybody starts somewhere, and once upon a time Luigi Lemoncello was a twelve-year-old boy in a large family who dreamed of being a showman; he gets his first chance working for a famous barker at a summer carnival where a mysterious puzzle leads him and his friends on a treasure hunt"--OCLC.

After the Spectaculore ends in disaster, Kallia finds herself on the Other Side--a dazzling world where mirrors show memories, illusions shadow every corner, and a powerful Ringmaster demands Kallia perform one final, dangerous trick.

"Eighteen-year-old Carmen takes on a summer internship that has her reuniting with estranged family for an over-the-top quincea?era, reluctantly reconnecting to a long-lost ex-boyfriend, and finding happiness in the chaos"--Provided by publisher.

"Everybody starts somewhere, and once upon a time Luigi Lemoncello was a twelve-year-old boy in a large family who dreamed of being a showman; he gets his first chance working for a famous barker at a summer carnival where a mysterious puzzle leads him and his friends on a treasure hunt"--OCLC.

Shares the life of Richard Potter, America's first African-American celebrity magician.

"Everybody starts somewhere, and once upon a time Luigi Lemoncello was a twelve-year-old boy in a large family who dreamed of being a showman; he gets his first chance working for a famous barker at a summer carnival where a mysterious puzzle leads him and his friends on a treasure hunt"--OCLC.

Chronicles the life and career of dancer and entertainer Josephine Baker, discussing her participation in the civil rights movement, her espionage work in World War II and the adoption of her twelve children.

Encouraged by his father, Santiago dreams big about becoming a star and finds he has the confidence, passion, and dedication to do anything he wants.