Michelle Obama: An American Story
by David Colbert
This YA biography of the former First Lady considers her journey from Chicago to... read more
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2008
Word Count 23,936
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 900L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 130015, 4.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Girls & Women
- Presidents' spouses--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Obama, Michelle, 1964-
- Obama, Michelle, 1964---Juvenile literature
- Obama, Barack
- African American women--Biography
- African American women--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - General
- Chicago (Ill.)--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Presidents' spouses--United States--Biography
- Obama, Barack--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- African American women lawyers--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Women lawyers--Biography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Chicago (Ill.)--Biography
- Women lawyers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
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