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    This annotated bibliography provides summaries of 5 books about notable historical figures: - The first entry summarizes a biography of Elvis Presley describing his humble beginnings and rise to fame. - The second summarizes a book telling the alternating stories of Amelia Earhart's life and the search for her after her final flight. - The third summarizes a children's book that explores Paul Revere's famous midnight ride through Boston with humor. - The fourth summarizes the true story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's first female rocket scientist, as told by her son. - The last summarizes a book about the Cherokee man Sequoyah who created a writing system for his people.

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    This annotated bibliography provides summaries of 5 books about notable historical figures: - The first entry summarizes a biography of Elvis Presley describing his humble beginnings and rise to fame. - The second summarizes a book telling the alternating stories of Amelia Earhart's life and the search for her after her final flight. - The third summarizes a children's book that explores Paul Revere's famous midnight ride through Boston with humor. - The fourth summarizes the true story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's first female rocket scientist, as told by her son. - The last summarizes a book about the Cherokee man Sequoyah who created a writing system for his people.

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    This annotated bibliography provides summaries of 5 books about notable historical figures: - The first entry summarizes a biography of Elvis Presley describing his humble beginnings and rise to fame. - The second summarizes a book telling the alternating stories of Amelia Earhart's life and the search for her after her final flight. - The third summarizes a children's book that explores Paul Revere's famous midnight ride through Boston with humor. - The fourth summarizes the true story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's first female rocket scientist, as told by her son. - The last summarizes a book about the Cherokee man Sequoyah who created a writing system for his people.

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    This annotated bibliography provides summaries of 5 books about notable historical figures: - The first entry summarizes a biography of Elvis Presley describing his humble beginnings and rise to fame. - The second summarizes a book telling the alternating stories of Amelia Earhart's life and the search for her after her final flight. - The third summarizes a children's book that explores Paul Revere's famous midnight ride through Boston with humor. - The fourth summarizes the true story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's first female rocket scientist, as told by her son. - The last summarizes a book about the Cherokee man Sequoyah who created a writing system for his people.

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    Christensen,B.(2015).
    Elvis:ThestoryoftherockandrollKing
    (1sted.).HenryHoltandCo.
    Anonlychild,amama'sboyElviswasashykidwhostruggledtomakefriendsand
    foundcomfortsinginginchurchandlearningguitar.Whileinhighschool,hecontinued
    hismusicbutwasoftenridiculedbystudents.Onawhim,herecordedasongforhis
    mom'sbirthdayatSunRecordStudiosaspartofacustomerpromotion.Thestudioloved
    itsomuchthattheysentittolocalrecordstations...andtherestishistory.Hereisthe
    storyofhowapoorkidfromTupelo,Mississippi,becameanAmericanlegend.

    Fleming,C.,&Hische,J.(2011).
    Amelialost:ThelifeanddisappearanceofAmeliaEarhart
    .
    NewYork:Schwartz&WadeBooks.
    ThisisathrillingstoryofAmerica'smostcelebratedflyer,AmeliaEarhart.Inalternating
    chapters,FlemingmovesreadersbackandforthbetweenAmelia'slife(fromchildhood
    upuntilherlastflight)andtheexhaustivesearchforherandhermissingplane.With
    incrediblephotos,maps,andhandwrittennotesfromAmeliaherselfplusinformative
    sidebarstacklingeverythingfromthehistoryofflighttowhatAmelialikedtoeatwhile
    flying(tomatosoup)thisuniquenonfictiontitleistailormadeformiddlegraders.

    Fritz,J.,&Tomes,M.(1973).
    Andthenwhathappened,PaulRevere?
    NewYork:Coward,
    McCann&Geoghegan.
    ThishistoricbiographyexploresthedetailsofPaulRevere'sfamoushorsebackride
    duringtheAmericanRevolution.TheridetookReverethroughatremendouslyperilous

    passagewithnumerousnarrowescapes.Fritzingeniouslyfillsinthedetailsoftheheroic
    trekwithhumorous,authenticaccountsofthisheroicridethroughBoston,Concordand
    Lexington.

    Morgan,G.(n.d.).
    Rocketgirl:ThestoryofMaryShermanMorgan,America'sfirstfemale
    rocketscientist
    .
    ThisistheextraordinarytruestoryofAmerica'sfirstfemalerocketscientist,toldbyher
    son.ItdescribesMaryShermanMorgan'scrucialcontributiontolaunchingAmerica's
    firstsatelliteandtheauthor'slabyrinthinejourneytouncoverhismother'slostlegacya
    legacyburieddeepunderalifetimeofsecretspolitical,technological,andpersonal.
    Blendingafascinatingpersonalhistorywithdramatichistoricaleventstakingplaceon
    theworldstage,thiscompellingnarrativebringslongoverdueattentiontoamodestbut
    brilliantwomanwhoseworkprovedessentialforAmerica'searlyspaceprogram.

    Rumford,J.(2004).
    Sequoyah:TheCherokeemanwhogavehispeoplewriting
    .Boston:
    HoughtonMifflin.
    ThestoryofSequoyahisthetaleofanordinarymanwithanextraordinaryideato
    createawritingsystemfortheCherokeeIndiansandturnhispeopleintoanationof
    readersandwriters.Thetaskhesetforhimselfwasdaunting.SequoyahknewnoEnglish
    andhadnoideahowtocapturespeechonpaper.Butslowlyandpainstakingly,ignoring
    thehootsandjibesofhisneighborsandfriends,heworkedoutasystemthatsurprisedthe
    CherokeeNationandtheworldofthe1820swithitsbeautyandsimplicity.James

    RumfordsSequoyahisapoemtocelebrateliteracy,asongofapeoplesstruggleto
    standtallandproud.

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