Loretta Lynch
First African American Woman Attorney General
From the Series Gateway Biographies
On April 27, 2015, a packed Senate gallery watched as Loretta Lynch became the first African American woman to be named US attorney general.
Long before Lynch became attorney general, she found herself immersed in politics. When she was fourteen, her father ran for mayor of Durham, North Carolina. This inspired a passion for politics in Lynch. Upon graduation from law school, Lynch quickly rose through the ranks at a high-powered law firm, and eventually she pursued a career as a top federal prosecutor. This position gave her the professional boost she needed to become attorney general of the United States. Follow Lynch’s journey from a young law student to the nation’s top legal adviser.
Format | Your Price | Add |
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978-1-5124-0587-3
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$37.99 |
Interest Level | Grade 4 - Grade 8 |
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Reading Level | Grade 5 |
Genre | Social Studies |
Category | 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Narrative Nonfiction, Biography |
Copyright | 2016 |
Publisher | Lerner Publishing Group |
Imprint | Lerner Publications ™ |
Language | English |
Number of Pages | 48 |
Publication Date | 2016-01-01 |
Reading Counts! Level | 9.6 |
Text Type | Narrative Nonfiction |
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BISACS | JNF018010, JNF043000, JNF007120 |
Dewey | 349.73092 |
Graphics | Full-color illustrations |
Dimensions | 7 x 9 |
Lexile | 1070 |
ATOS Reading Level | 7.0 |
Accelerated Reader® Quiz | 181021 |
Accelerated Reader® Points | 1.0 |
Features | Awards, Bibliography/further reading, Index, Source notes, Table of contents, Teaching Guides, and Timeline |
Author: Eric Braun
Eric Braun has written dozens of books for readers of all ages and edited hundreds more. He is a McKnight fellow and a nice fellow, and he likes to ride his bike really far and really fast. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife and two sons, some of whose antics have found their way into his books (unbeknownst to them).
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Gateway Biographies
Discover the human side of newsworthy, historical, and pop culture figures, and learn about people leading key social movements or handling crises. Each biography in this easy-reading series is peppered with quotations and stories, accounts of successes and failures, and descriptions of… View available downloads →
Awards
- Amelia Bloomer Project List