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533301
Sacajawea [Women who broke the rules]by Krull, Kathleen 

BTSB Prebound(Bloomsbury, 2015)

BTSB #: 533301 Available

Dewey: 978.0049/BAges: 7-10   
AR: 5.4 LG

Subjects: Sacagawea Lewis and Clark Expedition|d(1804-1806) Shoshoni women Shoshoni Indians


Summary: Sacajawea was only sixteen when she made one of the most remarkable journeys in American history, traveling 4,500 miles on the Lewis and Clark expedition.


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040220
Sakamoto's swim club : how a teacher led an unlikely team to victory by Abery, Julie 

BTSB Prebound(Kids Can Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 040220 Available

Dewey: 797.2/BAges: 5-8   
AR: 2.2 LG Lexile: 480 AD

Subjects: Sakamoto, Soichi,|d1906-1997 Swim teams - Hawaii - Maui - History Swimming - Hawaii - Maui - History Swimming coaches - Biography American stories in rhyme


Summary: When the children of workers on a 1930s Maui sugar plantation were chased away from playing in the nearby irrigation ditches, local science teacher Soichi Sakamoto had an idea. He offered to take responsibility for the children-and then he began training them how to swim.


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827206
Sarah journeys west : an Oregon Trail survival story [Girls Survive]by Smith, Nikki Shannon 

Paperback(Stone Arch, 2020)

BTSB #: 827206 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 3.9 MG Lexile: 610 F&P: S

Genres: Historical Fiction Adventure Fiction


Subjects: African Americans - Fiction Overland journeys to the Pacific - Fiction Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Family life - West (U.S.) - Fiction Oregon National Historic Trail - Fiction California - Gold discoveries - Fiction West (U.S.) - History|y1848-1860 - Fiction


Summary: In 1851 twelve-year-old Sarah is a free Black, happy living with her parents, grandparents, and brother on their own farm in Iowa; but her father has been bitten by the gold bug and wants to take the trail west to California, and after some argument it is decided that the the grandparents will stay on the farm, but the rest of the family will go; the journey will be difficult and dangerous, but if they survive extreme weather, difficult terrain, illness, and the racism of others in the group there may be a better life waiting for them at the end of the trail.


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702384
Saving the day : Garrett Morgan's life-changing invention of the traffic signal by Parsons, Karyn 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2021)

BTSB #: 702384 Available

Dewey: 609.2/BAges: 4-8   
F&P: O

Subjects: Morgan, Garrett A.,|d1877-1963 - Biography African American inventors - Biography Inventors - United States - Biography Traffic signs and signals Children's poetry


Summary: The story of Garrett Morgan, an African American inventor, who created the first automatic three-way traffic signal system.


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597591
Scarf for Keiko by Malaspina, Ann 

BTSB Prebound(Kar-Ben, 2019)

BTSB #: 597591 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   
AR: 2.8 LG Lexile: 570

Genres: Multicultural Historical Fiction


Subjects: Friendship - Fiction Japanese Americans - Fiction Jews - United States - Fiction Knitting - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - United States - Fiction Los Angeles (Calif.) - History|y20th century - Fiction


Summary: In Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, in 1942, after Sam's Japanese neighbor, Keiko, is sent to an internment camp with her family, he makes a special effort to send her a gesture of friendship.


597593
Scarf for Keiko by Malaspina, Ann 

Paperback(Kar-Ben, 2019)

BTSB #: 597593 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   
AR: 2.8 LG Lexile: 570

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural Family Life


Subjects: Friendship - Fiction Japanese Americans - Fiction Jews - United States - Fiction Knitting - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - United States - Fiction Los Angeles (Calif.) - History|y20th century - Fiction


Summary: In Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, in 1942, after Sam's Japanese neighbor, Keiko, is sent to an internment camp with her family, he makes a special effort to send her a gesture of friendship.


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093682
Secret garden of George Washington Carver by Barretta, Gene 

BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2020)

BTSB #: 093682 Available

Dewey: 630/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 4.5 LG Lexile: 800

Subjects: Carver, George Washington,|d1864?-1943 Gardens African American agriculturists - Biography Agriculturists - Biography Inventors - Biography


Summary: The inspirational story of George Washington Carver and his childhood secret garden.


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884833
Separate is never equal : Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation by Tonatiuh, Duncan 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014)

BTSB #: 884833 Available

Dewey: 379.2/NAges: 6-9   
AR: 5.1 LG RC: 4.6 K-2 Lexile: 870 AD F&P: T

Subjects: Mendez, Sylvia,|d1936- - Childhood and youth School integration Latinos (U.S.) - Education Latinos (U.S.) - Civil rights Civil rights movements - United States - History|y20th century


Summary: Years before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez, an eight-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage, played an instrumental role in Mendez v. Westminster, the landmark desegregation case of 1946 in California.


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345752
September 11th attacks [Turning points in U.S. history]by Forest, Christopher 

BTSB Prebound(Pogo, 2021)

BTSB #: 345752 Available

Dewey: 973.931/NAges: 7-11   
AR: 3 LG Lexile: 380

Subjects: Qaida (Organization) September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 Terrorism Terrorists


Summary: Learn about the causes, main events, key players, and lasting impacts of the September 11th Attacks.


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421767
She stitched the stars : a story of Ellen Harding Baker's solar system quilt by Harris, Jennifer 

BTSB Prebound(Whitman, 2021)

BTSB #: 421767 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 620 AD

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Baker, Ellen Harding,|d1847-1886 - Fiction Quilting - Fiction Astronomy - Fiction Gender role - Fiction


Summary: In 1876, Ellen Harding Baker begins stitching a quilt that accurately depicts the solar system, demonstrating to her daughters that they can dream bigger and look farther.


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205494
Shirley Chisholm is a verb! by Chambers, Veronica 

BTSB Prebound(Dial Books for Young Readers, 2020)

BTSB #: 205494 Available

Dewey: 328.73/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 5.1 LG F&P: R

Subjects: Chisholm, Shirley,|d1924-2005 - Biography United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography African American women - Biography Legislators - United States - Biography Presidential candidates - United States - Biography Teachers - United States - Biography


Summary: A picture book biography celebrating the life and contributions of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman in Congress, who sought the Democratic nomination to be the president of the United States.


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763921
Singer and the scientist by Rose, Lisa 

BTSB Prebound(Kar-Ben, 2021)

BTSB #: 763921 Available

Dewey: 782.0092/CAges: 5-8   
Lexile: 750

Subjects: Anderson, Marian,|d1897-1993 Anderson, Marian,|d1897-1993 - Friends and associates Einstein, Albert,|d1879-1955 - Friends and associates Contraltos - United States - Biography African American singers - Biography Jewish scientists - Biography


Summary: Singer Marian Anderson and scientist Albert Einstein become friends, connecting over similar experiences with prejudice and a shared passion for music, when Marian is turned away from a hotel that bars African Americans in mid-century America.


916131
Sinking the Sultana : a Civil War story of imprisonment, greed, and a doomed journey home by Walker, Sally M. 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2017)

BTSB #: 916131 Available

Dewey: 976.8/NAges: 10-14   
AR: 7.7 MG+RC: 10.3 6-8 Lexile: 1090 F&P: Z

Subjects: Sultana (Steamboat) Steamboat disasters Mississippi River


Summary: The worst maritime disaster in American history was the steamboat Sultana on the Mississippi River-and it could have been prevented.


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363842
Slave who went to Congress by Rosner, Marti 

BTSB Prebound(NewSouth Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 363842 Available

Dewey: 328.73/BAges: 7-8   


Subjects: Turner, Benjamin Sterling,|d1825-1894 United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography African American politicians - Alabama - Biography Legislators - United States - Biography Slaves - Alabama - Biography Alabama - Politics and government|y19th century


Summary: A biography of Benjamin Turner, who spent the first 40 years of his life as a slave, but in 1870 was elected to the U.S. Congress.


884844
Soldier for equality : Jose de la Luz Saenz and the Great War by Tonatiuh, Duncan 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2019)

BTSB #: 884844 Available

Dewey: 940.4/BAges: 6-9   
AR: 5.3 LG Lexile: 860

Subjects: Saenz, Jose de la Luz,|d1888-1953 United States.|bArmy.|bRegiment, 360th - Biography World War, 1914-1918 - Mexican American participation Mexican Americans - Texas - Biography Civil rights workers - Texas - Biography


Summary: The story of Mexican American WWI hero Jose de la Luz Saenz.


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295184
Song for Gwendolyn Brooks [People Who Shaped Our World]by Duncan, Alice Faye 

BTSB Prebound(Sterling Children's Books, 2019)

BTSB #: 295184 Available

Dewey: 811/BAges: 6-9   
AR: 3.6 LG Lexile: 660

Subjects: Brooks, Gwendolyn,|d1917-2000 African American poets


Summary: Through her own beautiful poetry, tells the story of Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize.


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384832
Sonny Rollins plays the bridge by Golio, Gary 

BTSB Prebound(Nancy Paulsen, 2021)

BTSB #: 384832 Available

Dewey: 788.7/NAges: 4-8   
AR: 3.3 LG Lexile: NP

Subjects: Rollins, Sonny Jazz musicians - United States Saxophonists - United States African American musicians - Anecdotes


Summary: Jazz icon Sonny Rollins found an inspired spot to practice his saxophone when his neighbors complained.


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959070
Sonny's bridge : jazz legend Sonny Rollins finds his groove by Wittenstein, Barry 

BTSB Prebound(Charlesbridge, 2019)

BTSB #: 959070 Available

Dewey: 788.7/BAges: 6-9   
Lexile: 480

Subjects: Rollins, Sonny Jazz musicians - United States Saxophonists - United States


Summary: A picture book biography chronicles the legendary jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollin's search for inspiration on the Williamsburg Bridge in 1959.


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486606
Sprouting wings : the true story of James Herman Banning, the first African American pilot to fly across the United States by Jaggar, Louisa 

BTSB Prebound(Crown Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 486606 Available

Dewey: 629.1309/BAges: 5-7   
AR: 5 LG F&P: R

Subjects: Banning, James Herman African American air pilots - Biography Cross-country flying - United States Air travel


Summary: The true story of James Herman Banning, the first African American pilot to fly across the United States.


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788375
Stitch by stitch : Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly sews her way to freedom by Schofield-Morrison, Connie 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2021)

BTSB #: 788375 Available

Dewey: 306.3/BAges: 6-9   
AR: 5.7 LG F&P: W

Subjects: Keckley, Elizabeth,|dapproximately 1818-1907 Lincoln, Mary Todd,|d1818-1882 - Relations with African Americans African American women - Biography Women slaves - United States - Biography Dressmakers - United States - Biography Slaves - United States - Biography


Summary: A talented seamstress, born enslaved in 1818, bought freedom for herself and her son.


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