Stacey Abrams

Author

Melissa H Mwai

Call Number

• J 921 ABRAMS (CEN, EAS)

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Publication Information

Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2022]

Physical Description

32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Audience

Grades K-1 National Geographic Kids.

Summary

"Follow the life of Stacey Abrams, from her childhood spent growing up in Gulfport, Mississippi, to her work with civic engagement and mass voter registrations in Georgia, to her groundbreaking work as the first woman to lead in the Georgia General Assembly and first African American to lead in the House of Representatives. Find out about Stacey Abram's life, achievements, and the challenges she faced along the way. The Level 2 text provides accessible, yet wide-ranging information for independent readers. National Geographic Readers have been a hit in the competitive beginning reader category, and this book builds on that success with the same careful text, brilliant photographs, and fun approach to high-interest biographies of incredible people such as Stacey Abrams, has proved to be a winning formula with kids"--

Contents

• Meet Stacey Abrams
• Unfair treatment
• Abrams's cool firsts
• Finding her voice
• Speaking for Atlanta
• The race for Governor
• 6 cool facts about Stacey Abrams
• Helping voices count
• Lift every voice
• Quiz whiz
• Glossary.