King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village
by Peggielene Bartels and Eleanor Herman
The charming real-life fairy tale of an American secretary who discovers she has... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Women / Girls
- African
Year Published 2012
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Washington (D.C.)
- Kings and rulers
- Bartels, Peggielene
- Secretaries--Washington (D.C.)--Biography
- Social life and customs
- 21st century
- Secretaries
- Ghana
- Ghana--Social life and customs--21st century
- Otuam
- Ghana--Kings and rulers--Biography
- Travel
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Americans--Ghana--Biography
- Americans
- History | Africa | West
- Bartels, Peggielene, 1953---Travel--Ghana--Otuam
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
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Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2022
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