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800239
12 questions about slave narratives [Examining primary sources]by Sepahban, Lois 

BTSB Prebound(12-Story Library, 2017)


Publication Date: 01/15/2017

BTSB #: 800239 Available

Dewey: 306.3/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.8 MG RC: 5.4 6-8 Lexile: 830

Subjects: Slave narratives - United States


Summary: Tells the story behind the narratives formerly enslaved people wrote about their lives in captivity.


25.86 *

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360444
All he knew by Frost, Helen 

BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2020)


Publication Date: 08/15/2020

BTSB #: 360444 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.7 MG Lexile: 760

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Novels in verse Deaf - Institutional care - Fiction Asylums - Fiction People with disabilities - Fiction Conscientious objectors - Fiction


Summary: In 1939 six-year-old Henry, who is deaf, is taken from his family and placed in a home for the feeble-minded where, years later, his friends include a conscientious objector serving there during World War II. Includes historical notes.


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Allies by Gratz, Alan 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2019)


Publication Date: 09/15/2019

BTSB #: 393452 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5.6 MG RC: 4.7 6-8

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - France - Normandy - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - Underground movements - France - Fiction German American - Fiction Soldiers - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Normandy (France) - History|y20th century - Fiction France - History|y1940-1945, German occupation - Fiction


Summary: It is June 6, 1944, D-Day, and Dee Carpenter (true name Dietrich Zimmermann), an underage private in the United States Army, is headed for Omaha Beach, seeking revenge for his uncle, who was arrested by Nazis when Dee was a little boy; meanwhile, Samira Zidano, an eleven-year old French-Algerian girl is looking for the French resistance, desperate to deliver the message that the invasion is about to begin, and get their help in freeing her mother--this is the most important day of the twentieth century, and both children want to fight, and survive.


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350906
Anne Frank's diary : the graphic adaptation by Folman, Ari 

BTSB Prebound(Pantheon Books, 2018)


Publication Date: 10/02/2018

BTSB #: 350906 Available

Dewey: 940.53/BAges: 12-16   
AR: 5.5 MG+ Lexile: 800 GN

Subjects: Frank, Anne,|d1929-1945 Jewish children in the Holocaust Jews Biographical comic books, strips, etc Amsterdam (Netherlands)


Summary: The only graphic novel adaptation of Anne Frank's diary authorized by the Anne Frank Foundation using text from the diary to introduce a new generation of young readers to a Holocaust classic.


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Becoming Muhammad Ali by Patterson, James 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2020)


Publication Date: 10/05/2020

BTSB #: 050111 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.4 MG RC: 8.6 6-8 Lexile: 1010

Genres: Historical Fiction Sports Family Life


Subjects: Ali, Muhammad,|d1942-2016 - Childhood and youth - Fiction Family life - Fiction Boxing - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Segregation - Fiction Louisville (Ky.) - Fiction


Summary: A fictionalized biography of Muhammad Ali when he was a child.


22.38 *

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Being Clem [Finding Langston Trilogy]by Cline-Ransome, Lesa 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2021)


Publication Date: 08/03/2021

BTSB #: 222867 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.8 MG Lexile: 900 F&P: X

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural Family Life


Subjects: Family life - Illinois - Chicago - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Single-parent families - Fiction Chicago (Ill.) - History|y20th century - Fiction


Summary: When nine-year-old Clem's father dies in the Port Chicago Disaster he is forced to navigate his family's losses and struggles in 1940's Chicago.


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Blades of freedom [Nathan Hale's hazardous tales Volume: 10]by Hale, Nathan 

BTSB Prebound(Amulet Books, 2020)


Publication Date: 10/27/2020

BTSB #: 411950 Available

Dewey: 900/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 3.7 MG

Subjects: Napoleon|bI, - Emperor of the French,|d1769-1821 Louisiana Purchase Slave insurrections Biographical comic books, strips, etc France - History Haiti - History


Summary: How the largest slave uprising in history, which took place in Haiti against Napoleon's France, affected Napoleon's decision to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States. In graphic novel format.


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Buried lives : the enslaved people of George Washington's Mount Vernon by McClafferty, Carla Killough 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2018)


Publication Date: 11/13/2018

BTSB #: 618790 Available

Dewey: 306.3/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 8 MG RC: 11.5 6-8 Lexile: 1150

Subjects: Washington, George,|d1732-1799 - Relations with slaves Slaves - Virginia - Mount Vernon (Estate) Slavery - Virginia - Mount Vernon (Estate) Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate) - Race relations


Summary: A look at the complex relationships between George Washington and the enslaved people of Mount Vernon, and the history still being uncovered there.


6.50 *

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Claudette Colvin : twice toward justice by Hoose, Phillip M. 

BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2009)


Publication Date: 02/15/2009

BTSB #: 462697 Available

Dewey: 323.092/BAges: 10-14   
AR: 6.8 MG RC: 7.1 6-8 Lexile: 1000 F&P: Z

Subjects: Colvin, Claudette,|d1939- African Americans - Biography Civil rights workers Segregation Montgomery (Ala.)


Summary: This fresh take on Montgomery's history-making bus protest introduces a brave teenager who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus.


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469479
Defiant : growing up in the Jim Crow South by Hudson, Wade 

BTSB Prebound(Crown Books for Young Readers, 2021)


Publication Date: 10/12/2021

BTSB #: 469479 Available

Dewey: 323.092/AAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.6 UG Lexile: 810 F&P: Z

Subjects: Hudson, Wade Civil rights workers - Louisiana - Biography African American boys - Louisiana - Biography African Americans - Louisiana - Social life and customs|y20th century Civil rights movements - United States Bildungsromans Mansfield (La.) - Biography


Summary: The memoir of Wade Hudson, a Black man and Civil Rights activist who came of age in the 1960s at the height of the Civil Rights Movement.


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864781
Escaping a POW camp [Great Escapes In History]by Summers, Jacque 

BTSB Prebound(Child's World, 2019)


Publication Date: 08/01/2018

BTSB #: 864781 Available

Dewey: 355.113/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.2 MG Lexile: 830 F&P: W

Subjects: Prisoners of war - History


Summary: Incredible stories of people who made daring escapes from prisoner of war camps.


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Glory be by Scattergood, Augusta 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2012)


Publication Date: 01/15/2012

BTSB #: 781570 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 4.3 MG RC: 4.2 3-5 Lexile: 680 F&P: S

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Segregation - Fiction Race relations - Fiction Sisters - Fiction City and town life - Mississippi - Fiction Mississippi - History - Fiction


Summary: In the summer of 1964 Glory's town in Mississippi, beset by racial tension, closes her public pool rather than desegregating it.


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Grenade by Gratz, Alan 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2018)


Publication Date: 09/15/2018

BTSB #: 393477 Available

Dewey: FAges: 11-14   
AR: 5.2 MG RC: 4.6 6-8 Lexile: 760

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Japan - Okinawa Island - Fiction Marines - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Okinawa-shi (Japan) - History|y20th century - Fiction


Summary: On April 1, 1945 with the battle of Okinawa beginning, fourteen-year-old native Okinawan Hideki, drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps, is handed two grenades and told to go kill American soldiers; small for his age Hideki does not really want to kill anyone, he just wants to find his family, and his struggle across the island will finally bring him face-to-face with Ray, a marine in his very first battle--and the choice he makes then will change his life forever.


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718994
Hand in hand : ten Black men who changed America by Pinkney, Andrea Davis 

BTSB Prebound(Disney/Jump at the Sun, 2012)


Publication Date: 10/23/2012

BTSB #: 718994 Available

Dewey: 973/CAges: 10-14   
AR: 7.5 MG Lexile: 970

Subjects: African American men African Americans Social change - United States - History


Summary: Profiles ten notable African American men who worked for racial equality at different times in American history.


6.50 *

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Heart and soul : the story of America and African Americans by Nelson, Kadir 

BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2011)


Publication Date: 10/15/2011

BTSB #: 670323 Available

Dewey: 973/NAges: 9-12   
AR: 6.6 MG RC: 6 6-8 Lexile: 1050 F&P: W

Subjects: African Americans - History United States - Civilization


Summary: The compelling and inspiring story of our country through the lens of the African-American experience.


6.50 *

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Hooray for women! by Williams, Marcia 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2019)


Publication Date: 08/15/2019

BTSB #: 950514 Available

Dewey: 362.83/CAges: 8-12   


Subjects: Women - Biography


Summary: Discover and cheer the accomplishments of more than seventy amazing women from all over the world and throughout history.


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178324
Jeremy worried about the wind by Butchart, Pamela 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2021)


Publication Date: 11/16/2021

BTSB #: 178324 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-7   


Genres: Adventure Fiction Humorous Fiction


Subjects: Worry - Fiction Wind - Fiction Adventure fiction Humorous fiction Friendship - Fiction


Summary: Jeremy is a worrier. He worries about mismatched socks, spotted bananas, evil squirrels, burnt toast, dinosaurs, and, most of all . . . the wind! Then, on a very windy day, Jeremy's biggest fear comes true when he is blown right out of his shoes and up into the sky! Soon he finds himself on an adventure along with sled dogs, a narwhal, and some pirates. Jeremy quickly learns that a little courage can lead to the most exciting experiences.


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Journey to America : escaping the Holocaust to freedom by Levitin, Sonia 

Paperback(Aladdin, 2020)


Publication Date: 07/21/2020

BTSB #: 567523 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
Lexile: 750 F&P: U

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural Family Life


Subjects: Holocaust, 1939-1945 - Fiction Jews - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - Fiction Jewish refugees - Fiction Jewish families - Fiction


Summary: The story of Lisa Platt and her family's escape from Nazi Germany and journey to the United States. A fictional account inspired by Sonia Levitin's real experience.


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Letters from Cuba by Behar, Ruth 

BTSB Prebound(Nancy Paulsen, 2020)


Publication Date: 08/25/2020

BTSB #: 102013 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.4 MG F&P: X

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Refugees - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Jews - Cuba - Fiction Dressmaking - Fiction Letters - Fiction Cuba - History|y1933-1959 - Fiction


Summary: In 1938, eleven-year-old Esther joins her father in tropical, multicultural Cuba, where they toil together to rescue the rest of their Jewish family from persecution in Poland. Includes notes about the author's grandmother, on whom the story is based.


6.50 *

280275
Lifting as we climb : black women's battle for the ballot box by Dionne, Evette 

BTSB Prebound(Viking, 2020)


Publication Date: 01/14/2020

BTSB #: 280275 Available

Dewey: 324.6/CAges: 10-14   
AR: 9.4 MG+ Lexile: 1330 F&P: Z+

Subjects: United States.|tConstitution.|n19th Amendment Suffrage - United States - History|y20th century Women - Suffrage - United States African American women - Biography Race relations Women's rights - United States


Summary: Tells the important, overlooked story of black women as a force in the suffrage movement.


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