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Billie Eilish

the ultimate unofficial fanbook
2019
Provides information on pop musician Billie Eilish as well as inspirational tips based on her life and career.

They called me a lioness

a Palestinian girl's fight for freedom
2022
"What would you do if you grew up repeatedly seeing your home raided? Your parents arrested? Your mother shot? Your uncle killed? Try, if just for a moment, to imagine this was your life. How would you want the world to react?" Ahed Tamimi's father was born in 1967, the year that the Israeli occupation of the West Bank began, and every aspect of their family's life has been touched by it. One of Ahed's earliest memories is visiting her father in prison, poking her three-year-old fingers through the fence to touch his hand. The ubiquitous security checkpoints and armed guards even found their way into her childhood fairytales and playdates. Her grandmother regaled her not with nursery rhymes, but with the sage of her family and its tragedies. Instead of cops and robbers, there was Jaysh o 'Arab, or "Army and Arabs," where children roleplayed as Israeli soldiers opposing a community of Palestinians. She recounts all of this and more in her vivid and riveting memoir, one of the first to deal directly with what life in occupation actually means for the people in it, beyond geography or policy. It brings readers into the daily life of the young woman seen as a freedom-fighting hero by some and a na?ve agitator by others. Beyond recounting her well-publicized interactions with Israeli soldiers, there is her unwavering commitment to family and her fearless command of her own voice, despite threats, intimidation, and even incarceration"--.

LaMelo Ball

basketball star
Introduces readers to the life and career of basketball star LaMelo Ball.

Billie Eilish

the rise of a superstar
"Her songs have been streamed millions of times, and winning five Grammy awards in 2020 cemented Billie Eilish as her generation's biggest pop star. Read about her musical beginnings and her rise to fame"--Provided by publisher.

Billie Eilish, the unofficial biography

from e-girl to icon
Looks at the life of American singer-songwriter, Billie Eilish.

Invisible child

poverty, survival & hope in an American city
2021
"'Invisible Child' follows eight . . . years in the life of Dasani Coates, a child with an imagination as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn homeless shelter. Born at the turn of a new century, Dasani is named for the bottled water that comes to symbolize Brooklyn's gentrification and the shared aspirations of a divided city. As Dasani grows up, moving with her tightknit family from shelter to shelter, her story reaches back to trace the passage of Dasani's ancestors from slavery to the Great Migration north."--Provided by publisher.

Billie Eilish, the unofficial biography

from e-girl to icon
2021
Looks at the life of American singer-songwriter, Billie Eilish.

Identity

a story of transitioning
In graphic novel format, looks at the life of transgender teen activist Corey Masion who transitioned from male to female.

Emma Chamberlain

2020
A bigoraphy of Emma Chamberlain, a YouTube personality and vlogger, discussing her childhood, family, and career, including how she got her start on YouTube.

Polar explorer

From her first trip to Everest Base Camp as a young woman, Jade Hameister knew what she wanted to achieve---the impossible. Jade battled atrocious weather, unbelievably low temperatures, and a sled that weighed almost twice as much as her to become the youngest person ever to complete the Polar Hat Trick. Jade began her quest to complete the Polar Hat Trick in April 2016 when she was fourteen. She became the youngest person to ski to the North Pole from anywhere outside the last degree---the point where most people begin---and was named Australian Geographic Society's Young Adventurer of the Year. But that was just the beginning.
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