Borrowed Names

Borrowed Names
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Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages : 220
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ISBN-10 : 9781429959407
ISBN-13 : 1429959401
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Book Synopsis Borrowed Names by : Jeannine Atkins

Download or read book Borrowed Names written by Jeannine Atkins and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2010-03-11 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a child, Laura Ingalls Wilder traveled across the prairie in a covered wagon. Her daughter, Rose, thought those stories might make a good book, and the two created the beloved Little House series. Sara Breedlove, the daughter of former slaves, wanted everything to be different for her own daughter, A'Lelia. Together they built a million-dollar beauty empire for women of color. Marie Curie became the first person in history to win two Nobel prizes in science. Inspired by her mother, Irène too became a scientist and Nobel prize winner. Borrowed Names is the story of these extraordinary mothers and daughters. Borrowed Names is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.


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