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Author
Series
Bad Kitty (Chapter books) volume 5
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Kitty decides to run for president of the Neighborhood Cat Association.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While the popular Tiffany and athletic Charles make increasingly outrageous promises in their campaigns for President of Canine Country Day School, Otto quietly enters the race, vowing only to try to do what students really want.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
1999.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
147 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dexter's well-ordered life is disrupted by his uneasy interactions with his spontaneous, even zany, fourth-grade teacher Mr. Ditzwinkle and by his mother's campaign for reelection to the town's school board.
Author
Publisher
Belt Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
165 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"End the filibuster. Abolish the Senate. Make everyone vote. Only if we do this (and then some), says Thomas Geoghegan, might we heal our fractured democracy. In 2008 Geoghegan, then an established labor lawyer and prolific writer, embarked on a campaign for the U.S. House. A political neophyte, he avidly knocked on doors, shook hands at train stations, and raised money--and on election night he lost, badly. But out of this humbling experience came...
Author
Series
Babymouse volume 16
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
89 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Babymouse decides to become president of the student council, she learns that there is more to running for office than being famous and in charge.
9) Insurgent
Author
Series
Divergent trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"As war surges in the dystopian society around her, sixteen-year-old Divergent Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves--and herself--while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love."--
10) The unfolding
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
396 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Big Guy loves his family, money and country. Undone by the results of the 2008 presidential election, he taps a group of like-minded men to reclaim their version of the American Dream. As they build a scheme to disturb and disrupt, the Big Guy also faces turbulence within his family. His wife, Charlotte, grieves a life not lived, while his 18-year-old daughter, Meghan, begins to realize that her favorite subject--history--is not exactly what...
Author
Series
Kevin Spencer books volume 4
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
131 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Kevin impetuously announces that he will run for student body president, mainly to impress his girlfriend Tina, but soon gets excited about making a positive difference in his school and community.
12) Hero
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Zach learns he has the same special abilities as his father, who was the president's globe-trotting troubleshooter until "the Bads" killed him, and now Zach must decide whether to use his powers in the same way at the risk of his own life.
13) The voting booth
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
The first year they are eligible to vote, Marva and Duke meet at their polling place and, over the course of one crazy day, fall in love.--
Marva Sheridan has always been driven to make a difference in the world, and what better way than to vote in her first election? Duke Crenshaw is so done with this election; he just wants to get voting over with so he can prepare for his band's first paying gig tonight. Only problem? Duke can't vote. When Marva...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 24 x 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"...explains the concept of choosing, individually, and as a group, from making a simple choice: "Which do you like better, apples or oranges?", to selecting a class pet, to even more complicated decisions, like electing community representatives." -- amazon.com
Author
Series
Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Sofia is put in charge of overseeing a fair election for a class pet, but first the Questioneers must learn about elections and good journalism--and remember that being a community matters most. Includes facts about the Delano Grape Strike, presidential elections, journalism, and the importance of voting.
Author
Series
Heidi Heckelbeck volume 30
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
First Little Simon hardcover edition, First Little Simon paperback edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
119 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Heidi's class needs a new president, Heidi throws her witch's hat into the ring! Now there are so many Heidi needs to do to prepare for the election. She has to make posters. She has to give a speech. And hopefully along the way she will figure out what being class president really means. Does Heidi have the magic it takes to win the vote?"--
19) Where I belong
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Guatemalan-American high school senior Millie Vargas struggles to balance her family's needs with her own ambitions, especially after her mother's employer, a Senate candidate, uses Millie as a poster child for 'deserving' immigrants"--
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"From the bestselling author of What's the Matter With Kansas, a scathing look at the standard-bearers of liberal politics--a book that asks: what's the matter with Democrats? It is a widespread belief among liberals that if only Democrats can continue to dominate national elections, if only those awful Republicans are beaten into submission, the country will be on the right course. But this is to fundamentally misunderstand the modern Democratic...
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