All the way to the top, how one girl's fight for Americans with disabilities changed everything, words by Annette Bay Pimentel ; pictures by Nabi H. Ali ; foreword by Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins
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All the way to the top, how one girl's fight for Americans with disabilities changed everything, words by Annette Bay Pimentel ; pictures by Nabi H. Ali ; foreword by Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (page 31)
resource.biographical
individual biography
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illustrations
Index
no index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
3-8, Brodart
resource.interestGradeLevel
P-3, Brodart
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
All the way to the top
Oclc number
1129158964
Responsibility statement
words by Annette Bay Pimentel ; pictures by Nabi H. Ali ; foreword by Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, LG, 3.9, .5, 508616.
Sub title
how one girl's fight for Americans with disabilities changed everything
Summary
Publisher Annotation: Jennifer Keelan was determined to make a change-even if she was just a kid. She never thought her wheelchair could slow her down, but the way the world around her was built made it hard to do even simple things. Like going to school, or eating lunch in the cafeteria. Jennifer knew that everyone deserves a voice! Then the Americans with Disabilities Act, a law that would make public spaces much more accessible to people with disabilities, was proposed to Congress. And to make sure it passed, Jennifer went to the steps of the Capitol building in Washington DC to convince them. And, without her wheelchair, she climbed
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primary
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- Keelan-Chaffins, Jennifer
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Girls & Women
- People with disabilities -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Health & Daily Living / Physical Impairments
- Keelan-Chaffins, Jennifer -- Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Political
- Women political activists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / Prejudice & Racism
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Disabilities & Special Needs
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 21st Century
- Women political activists
- People with disabilities
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- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Subject14
- Keelan-Chaffins, Jennifer
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Girls & Women
- People with disabilities -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Health & Daily Living / Physical Impairments
- Keelan-Chaffins, Jennifer -- Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Political
- Women political activists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / Prejudice & Racism
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Disabilities & Special Needs
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 21st Century
- Women political activists
- People with disabilities
- Content1
- Author1
- Illustrator1
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