Astro the alien visits the Supreme Court [Astro The Alien Learns About Civics]by Krekelberg, Alyssa 

BTSB Prebound(Norwood House Press, 2023)

BTSB #: 532787 Available

Dewey: 347.73/NAges: 6-8   


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Subjects: United States.|bSupreme Court Administration of justice - United States

Summary: Astro the Alien and his friends Ben and Eva tour the US Supreme Court building. The friends talk about the importance and role of the US Supreme Court.

Sonia Sotomayor [Ella Persistio]by Medina, Meg 

PaperbackSPANISH(Vintage Espanol, 2022)

BTSB #: 635002 Available

Dewey: 347.73/BAges: 6-9   


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Subjects: Sotomayor, Sonia,|d1954- United States.|bSupreme Court Spanish language - Reading materials

Summary: Sonia Sotomayor is the first Latina Supreme Court Justice in the history of the United States, but her road there wasn't easy. She overcame many challenges along the way, including a diagnosis of diabetes at age seven. But she didn't let that stop her from achieving her dream and inspiring children all over the world to work hard and believe in themselves. In Spanish.

Supreme Court [Cornerstones of freedom]by Benoit, Peter 

BTSB Prebound(Children's Press, 2014)

BTSB #: 111286 Available

Dewey: 347.73/NAges: 10-13   
AR: 7.3 MG RC: 9.5 6-8 Lexile: 1060

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Subjects: United States.|bSupreme Court Constitutional history - United States

Summary: An introduction to the Supreme Court, including how it is structured, how it operates, how some of the decisions made have had an impact on the nation and its people, and more.

Unpunished murder : massacre at Colfax and the quest for justice by Goldstone, Lawrence 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Focus, 2018)

BTSB #: 384819 Available

Dewey: 976.3/NAges: 12-18   
AR: 9.1 UG RC: 12.9 6-8 Lexile: 1260

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Subjects: United States.|bSupreme Court United States.|bSupreme Court African Americans - Colfax (Louisiana) Massacres - Colfax (Louisiana) Reconstruction (1865-1876) Constitutional law - United States

Summary: On Easter Sunday of 1873, just eight years after the Civil War ended, a band of white supremacists marched into Grant Parish, Louisiana, and massacred over one hundred unarmed African Americans. The court case that followed would reach the highest court in the land. Yet, not a single person was convicted. The opinion issued by the Supreme Court in US v. Cruikshank set in motion a process that would help implement Jim Crow and two-tiered justice.

What does the US Supreme Court do? [Look at your government]by Hunt, Santana 

BTSB Prebound(Gareth Stevens, 2018)

BTSB #: 472266 Available

Dewey: 347.73/NAges: 7-10   
AR: 4.9 MG Lexile: 850

Genres:

Subjects: United States.|bSupreme Court United States.|bSupreme Court - Rules and practice Courts of last resort - United States

Summary: An explanation of the U.S. Supreme Court's function in the U.S. government.

What is the Supreme Court? [What Was?]by Abramson, Jill 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2022)

BTSB #: 040536 Available

Dewey: 347/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 6.6 MG Lexile: 940 F&P: X

Genres:

Subjects: United States.|bSupreme Court United States.|bSupreme Court. - Rules and practice Courts of last resort - United States Judicial power - United States

Summary: A detailed and fascinating book that explains how the highest court in the United States works, who gets to serve on it, which cases have had the greatest impact on the country, and why the US justice system is so vital to democracy.