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Offers brief biographies of one hundred heroic, historic, and controversial figures whose larger-than-life feats have made them legendary (view table of contents)

Paperback:

9780912517179 | Bluewood Books, December 1, 1995, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Offers brief biographies of one hundred heroic, historic, and controversial figures whose larger-than-life feats have made them legendary

Prebinding:

9780785776529 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.45 | About this edition: Offers brief biographies of one hundred heroic, historic, and controversial figures whose larger-than-life feats have made them legendary

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A companion to Amelia to Zora looks at the lives of twenty-six amazing men and the inspiration that helped each man change their world.
By Sean Addy (illustrator), Cynthia Chin-Lee and Megan Halsey (illustrator)

School and Library:

9781570915796 | 1 edition (Charlesbridge Pub Inc, July 1, 2006), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Learn about some men who overcame obstacles to make the world a better place.

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By Sean Addy (illustrator), Cynthia Chin-Lee and Megan Halsey (illustrator)

Paperback:

9781570915802 | Reprint edition (Charlesbridge Pub Inc, July 1, 2008), cover price $7.95

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A collection of stories about children who fought and overcame terrible physical disabilities, prejudices, and severe hardships includes biographies of Helen Keller, Anne Frank, Wilma Rudolph, Pochahontas, and others.
By Helen Cann (illustrator) and Rebecca Hazell

School and Library:

9781902283234 | Barefoot Books, April 1, 2000, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: A collection of stories about children who fought and overcame terrible disabilities, prejudices, and severe hardships including Helen Keller, Anne Frank, Wilma Rudolph, and Pocahontas.

Presents the accomplishments of exceptional men and women throughout history who overcame barriers.

Library:

9780531177525 | Childrens Pr, September 1, 2007, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Presents the accomplishments of exceptional men and women throughout history who overcame barriers.

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Featuring profiles of boy heroes around the world and throughout history including Elvis, Pablo Picasso, Tiger Woods, and King Tut, as well as lesser known heroes, an entertaining and fascinating guide shows boys how they can make an impact on today's world. Original. (view table of contents)
By Beyond Words Publishing (corporate author) and Lar Desouza (illustrator)

Paperback:

9781582700458 | Beyond Words Pub Co, December 1, 2001, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Briefly looks at the lives and accomplishments of thirty boys who changed world history before reaching their twenties, including Mozart, Elvis Presley, Pablo Picasso, Louis Braille, and Bill Gates.

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Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Short profiles of famous men throughout history, from King Tut to Crazy Horse to Stan Lee to Shaun White.

Hardcover:

9781582703626 | Reprint edition (Beyond Words Pub Co, October 30, 2012), cover price $18.99

Paperback:

9781582703312 | Reprint edition (Beyond Words Pub Co, October 30, 2012), cover price $10.99

Prebinding:

9780606268974 | Reprint edition (Turtleback Books, October 30, 2012), cover price $22.10 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

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Brief profiles of more than 100 contemporary men and women from all walks of life whose activities reflect heroic traits
By Glenn J. Browne (editor), Kevin O. Browne (editor), Ray Broadus Browne (editor) and Deborah Gillan Straub (editor)

Hardcover:

9780810348608 | Gale Group, February 1, 1990, cover price $105.00 | About this edition: Brief profiles of more than 100 contemporary men and women from all walks of life whose activities reflect heroic traits

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Brief profiles of more than 100 contemporary men and women from all walks of life whose activities reflect heroic traits
By Glenn J. Browne (editor), Kevin O. Browne (editor), Ray Broadus Browne (editor) and Deborah Gillan Straub (editor)

Hardcover:

9780787632625 | Gale Group, June 1, 2000, cover price $165.00 | About this edition: Brief profiles of more than 100 contemporary men and women from all walks of life whose activities reflect heroic traits

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Brief profiles of more than 100 contemporary men and women from all walks of life whose activities reflect heroic traits
By Glenn J. Browne (editor), Kevin O. Browne (editor), Ray Broadus Browne (editor) and Deborah Gillan Straub (editor)

Hardcover:

9780787622152 | Gale Group, March 1, 1998, cover price $125.00 | About this edition: Brief profiles of more than 100 contemporary men and women from all walks of life whose activities reflect heroic traits

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Brief profiles of more than 100 contemporary men and women from all walks of life whose activities reflect heroic traits (view table of contents)
By Glenn J. Browne (editor), Kevin O. Browne (editor), Ray Broadus Browne (editor) and Deborah Gillan Straub (editor)

Hardcover:

9780810383364 | Gale Group, July 1, 1992, cover price $125.00 | About this edition: Brief profiles of more than 100 contemporary men and women from all walks of life whose activities reflect heroic traits

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Profiles twenty young men and women of a variety of ethnic backgrounds whose courage and determination have helped them overcome such obstacles as poverty, racism, abuse, neglect, illness, and drugs.

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9780944210284 | Townsend Pr, June 1, 1996, cover price $7.00 | About this edition: Profiles twenty young men and women of a variety of ethnic backgrounds whose courage and determination have helped them overcome such obstacles as poverty, racism, abuse, neglect, illness, and drugs.

Paperback:

9780944210260 | Townsend Pr, May 1, 1996, cover price $5.00 | About this edition: Profiles twenty young men and women of a variety of ethnic backgrounds whose courage and determination have helped them overcome such obstacles as poverty, racism, abuse, neglect, illness, and drugs.

Profiles the lives of young people who saw something that needed to be done and did it; includes suggestions on how anyone can take a stand. (view table of contents)

Library:

9781562397029 | Abdo Pub Co, September 1, 1996, cover price $21.35 | About this edition: Profiles the lives of young people who saw something that needed to be done and did it; includes suggestions on how anyone can take a stand.

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Presents the stories of twenty-seven children from different time periods and different countries whose heroic deeds made a difference in the lives of those around them.

Paperback:

9781582701103 | Beyond Words Pub Co, September 1, 2004, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Presents the stories of twenty-seven children from different time periods and different countries whose heroic deeds made a difference in the lives of those around them.

Profiles young women from around the world who accomplished great things while still teenagers, including Harriet Tubman, Florence Nightengale, and Mia Hamm, and presents writings from modern American girls describing how they plan to 'rock the world.'

Paperback:

9781582700250 | Beyond Words Pub Co, August 1, 2000, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Profiles young women from around the world who accomplished great things while still teenagers, including Harriet Tubman, Florence Nightengale, and Mia Hamm, and presents writings from modern American girls describing how they plan to 'rock the world.

Prebinding:

9780613333696 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 2001, cover price $17.60 | About this edition: Profiles young women from around the world who accomplished great things while still teenagers, including Harriet Tubman, Florence Nightengale, and Mia Hamm, and presents writings from modern American girls describing how they plan to 'rock the world.

Profiles young women from around the world who accomplished great things while still teenagers, including Harriet Tubman, Florence Nightengale, and Mia Hamm, and presents writings from modern American girls describing how they plan to 'rock the world.'
By Jerry McCann (illustrator) and Michelle Roehm

Library:

9780836826739 | Gareth Stevens Pub, August 1, 2000, cover price $23.93 | About this edition: Tells the stories of female scientists, athletes, and world leaders who were teenagers when they made significant contributions, and includes statements from other teeangers on how they would change the world.

Reinforced:

9780606194860 | Demco Media, October 1, 2000, cover price $16.83 | About this edition: Profiles young women from around the world who accomplished great things while still teenagers, including Harriet Tubman, Florence Nightengale, and Mia Hamm, and presents writings from modern American girls describing how they plan to 'rock the world.

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Product Description: “Young women looking for inspiration will surely find it” (Booklist) in these profiles of forty-six movers and shakers who made their mark before they turned twenty.This fun and inspiring collection of influential stories provides forty-six illustrated examples of strong, independent female role models, all of whom first impacted the world as teenagers or younger...read more

Hardcover:

9781582703619 | Beyond Words Pub Co, October 30, 2012, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: “Young women looking for inspiration will surely find it” (Booklist) in these profiles of forty-six movers and shakers who made their mark before they turned twenty.

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Paperback:

9781582703022 | Reprint edition (Beyond Words Pub Co, October 30, 2012), cover price $10.99

Prebinding:

9780606268981 | Reprint edition (Turtleback Books, October 30, 2012), cover price $22.10

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Profiles young women from around the world who accomplished great things while still teenagers, including Harriet Tubman, Florence Nightengale, and Mia Hamm, and presents writings from modern American girls describing how they plan to 'rock the world.'

Paperback:

9781885223685 | Beyond Words Pub Co, April 1, 1998, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Tells the stories of thirty-five girls who were younger than twenty years of age when they changed the history of the world through amazing accomplishments

Library:

9780836824544 | Gareth Stevens Pub, September 1, 1999, cover price $23.93 | About this edition: Tells the stories of thirty-five girls who were younger than twenty years of age when they changed the history of the world through amazing accomplishments

Prebinding:

9780613253383 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $17.45 | About this edition: Profiles young women from around the world who accomplished great things while still teenagers, including Harriet Tubman, Florence Nightengale, and Mia Hamm, and presents writings from modern American girls describing how they plan to 'rock the world.

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Presents true stories of people and animals who performed amazing acts of bravery, including a cat who saved four of her kittens from a burning building and firefighters who rescued people from the World Trade Center after the terrorist attacks.

Paperback:

9781410924889 | Not Applicable, September 15, 2006, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Presents true stories of people and animals who performed amazing acts of bravery, including a cat who saved four of her kittens from a burning building and firefighters who rescued people from the World Trade Center after the terrorist attacks.

Library:

9781410924834 | Heinemann/Raintree, September 15, 2006, cover price $29.00 | About this edition: Presents true stories of people and animals who performed amazing acts of bravery, including a cat who saved four of her kittens from a burning building and firefighters who rescued people from the World Trade Center after the terrorist attacks.

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Contains stories of heroism, bravery and battling the odds. This title includes maps, line drawings and notes on sources and further reading.

Paperback:

9780794519803 | Revised edition (Usborne Pub Ltd, January 1, 2008), cover price $4.99
9780746088333 | New edition (Usborne Pub Ltd, July 27, 2007), cover price $9.25 | About this edition: Contains stories of heroism, bravery and battling the odds.

Paperback:

9780816749331 | Troll Communications Llc, January 1, 1999, cover price $8.95

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Hardcover:

9780062439314 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, October 25, 2016, cover price $17.99 | also contains Heroes for My Son
9780061905285 | 1 edition (Harpercollins, May 11, 2010), cover price $19.99

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Chronicles the accomplishments and contributions of twelve men whose lives and work changed the course of human history, in a collection of profiles of such noted individuals as Ben Franklin, Leonardo da Vinci, Gandhi, Prince Shotoku, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
By Rebecca Hazell (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780789202895 | Abbeville Pr, March 1, 1997, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Profiles admirable men from around the world and throughout history, including Socrates, Prince Taishi Shotoku, Leonardo da Vinci, William Shakespeare, Jorge Luis Borges, and Martin Luther King

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By Anita Ganeri and Joe Todd Stanton (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9781499800791 | Little Bee Books Inc, October 6, 2015, cover price $11.99

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