Nonfiction Choice Articles by Amanda Ball

A Work in Progress

aball93 — 2025-09-28 23:01:16 UTC

Aimee Mullins (b. 1976) is an athlete, model, and actor. At the age of one, she needed to have both of her legs amputated below the knee. Mullins learned how to walk and run with prosthetics, enabling her to participate in the 1996 Paralympic Games, where she set three world records in running and jumping events.

Malala the Powerful

aball93 — 2025-09-28 23:01:16 UTC

Malala Yousafzai, is a Pakistani female education activist and the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Awarded when she was 17, she is the world's youngest Nobel Prize laureate, and the second Pakistani and the first Pashtun to receive a Nobel Prize.

Hidden Tricks Advertisers Use to Sell You Stuff

aball93 — 2025-09-28 23:06:10 UTC

For King's Adviser, Fulfilling The Dream 'Cannot Wait'

aball93 — 2025-09-28 23:07:54 UTC

Can DNA Editing Save Endangered Species?

aball93 — 2025-09-28 23:13:55 UTC

Cool Jobs: Reaching Out to E.T. Is a Numbers Game

aball93 — 2025-09-28 23:15:20 UTC

Female WWII Pilots: The Original Fly Girls

aball93 — 2025-09-28 23:17:12 UTC

Recess for Everyone

aball93 — 2025-09-28 23:19:10 UTC

Food Deserts

aball93 — 2025-09-28 23:23:06 UTC

Concussion: More Than "Getting Your Bell

aball93 — 2025-09-28 23:28:01 UTC

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Latin American Trailblazers In Major League Baseball

aball93 — 2025-09-28 23:29:45 UTC

How Video Games Are Getting Inside Your Head

aball93 — 2025-10-05 20:08:04 UTC

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