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The Beatitudes: From Slavery to Civil Rights
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Fiction/Non-Fiction
For those children born in the late nineties or after the year 2000, history is a bit different. We have an African-American president and the world of separate...
Historical fiction
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The Firefly Letters
Reluctant Reader
This story in verse is based on the 19th century travel diaries of Fredrika Bremer, daughter of a wealthy Swedish family who chafes under her parents'...
Historical fiction
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189 0
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The Last Full Measure
Fiction/Non-Fiction
This fictional account of the Battle of Gettysburg centers on Tacy Stryker and her family’s involvement in the Civil War and this particular battle. Her...
Picture Book
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The Old African
Illustrator
Fiction/Non-Fiction
Opening this book you are faced with an illustration of a black slave running through his life across a shallow stream with the anger, energy, power and hatred of...
Mystery
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The Secret of Laurel Oaks
Fiction/Non-Fiction
Thirteen-year old Lila has been hearing and seeing strange things ever since family friend and Jemez pueblo member Roberto died. Now that she and her family are visiting Laurel...
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They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group
Fiction/Non-Fiction
Reluctant Reader
Originating in the southern town of Pulaski, Tennessee, founded by six former confederate soldiers worried about the safety of their women and families, a terrorist band was formed on...
Non-Fiction
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191 0
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To Be A Slave
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Fiction/Non-Fiction
When Julius Lester was a boy, his family got a letter in the mail inviting them to pay someone to trace their family tree. Julius' father laughed and...
Underground
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Underground
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Fiction/Non-Fiction
In 49 words Shane Evans takes us deep into the Underground Railroad to experience the darkness, the fear, the hopes and the sorrows. His haunting illustrations are dark...
Historical fiction
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Underground
Fiction/Non-Fiction
Reluctant Reader
"It was May of 1839 when I got sold. Again...the mistress...sold the whole place--and us, too, just the same as the cows and the chairs." So begins...
Picture Book
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153 0
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Title
Way Up and Over Everything
Illustrator
Follow five Africans newly off the boat in Charleston, SC to the plantation of Ol' Man Deboreaux, where they are about to become slaves. Hard work and the whip...
Science Fiction
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364 0
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White Mountains Trilogy: White Mountains
Fiction/Non-Fiction
Long ago, the Tripods--huge, three-legged machines--descended upon Earth and took control. Now people unquestioningly accept the Tripods' power. They have no control over their thoughts or their lives. But...
Historical fiction
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With Every Drop of Blood A Novel of the Civil War
Fiction/Non-Fiction
What sort of choices does a fourteen-year-old boy have during the Civil War, when his father dies and leaves him to take care of the farm and family? His...
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Title
You Wouldn't Want To Be A Slave in Ancient Greece! A Life You'd Rather Not Have
Illustrator
Fiction/Non-Fiction
Reluctant Reader
The "You Wouldn't Want To..." series continues.
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Title
You Wouldn't Want To Be A Sumerian Slave! A Life of Hard Labor You'd Rather Avoid
Illustrator
Fiction/Non-Fiction
Reluctant Reader
The "You Wouldn't Want To..." series continues.
Action / Adventure
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Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs: Lost in the Tunnel of Time
Fiction/Non-Fiction
Ten-year-old Ziggy and his three friends learn that their school has secret long-lost tunnels dug beneath it. The tunnels were used in the Underground Railroad to hide the slaves....
Action / Adventure
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Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs: The Buried Bones Mystery
Fiction/Non-Fiction
Ten-year-old Ziggy and his three friends are all set for a great summer when they find out their basketball court has been destroyed. Now what can they do? Ziggy...
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