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921644
Enemy child : the story of Norman Mineta, a boy imprisoned in a Japanese American internment camp during World War II by Warren, Andrea 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2019)

BTSB #: 921644 Available

Dewey: 940.53/BAges: 10-14   
AR: 7.2 MG RC: 9.2 6-8 Lexile: 1030

Subjects: Mineta, Norman Yoshio,|d1931- Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) - Children - Biography Legislators - United States - Biography Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 - Children - Biography World War, 1939-1945 - Children - United States - Biography World War, 1939-1945 - Japanese Americans - Children - Biography


Summary: A biography of Norman Mineta, from his internment as a child in Heart Mountain Internment Camp during World War II, through his political career including serving in Congress for ten terms during which time he was instrumental in getting the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 passed which provided reparations and an apology to those who were interned.


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

BTSB Prebound(Child's World, 2019)

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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378329
Genevieve's war by Giff, Patricia Reilly 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2017)

BTSB #: 378329 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4 MG RC: 3.2 3-5 Lexile: 550

Genres: Historical Fiction Family Life


Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - Underground movements - France - Fiction Grandparent-grandchild relationship - Fiction Self-reliance - Fiction France - History|y1940-1945, German occupation - Fiction


Summary: In August 1939 Genevieve makes an impulsive decision not to get on a train to take her to a boat back to New York and must spend the duration of World War II with her grandmother in a small village in Alsace, France, where she becomes involved with the French resistance.


781570
Glory be by Scattergood, Augusta 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 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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393477
Grenade by Gratz, Alan 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 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)

BTSB #: 718994 Available

Dewey: 973/CAges: 10-14   
AR: 7.5 MG

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.


670323
Heart and soul : the story of America and African Americans by Nelson, Kadir 

BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 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.


652611
Hidden figures by Shetterly, Margot Lee 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2016)

BTSB #: 652611 Available

Dewey: 510.92/CAges: 8-12   
AR: 8.2 MG RC: 10.6 6-8 Lexile: 1120 F&P: Y

Subjects: United States.|bNational Aeronautics and Space Administration - Biography Women mathematicians African American women African American mathematicians Space race African American - Biography Women - Biography


Summary: Interweaves a history of scientific achievement and technological innovation with the intimate stories of four women whose work forever changed the world-and whose lives show how out of one of America's most painful histories came one of its proudest moments.


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950514
Hooray for women! by Williams, Marcia 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 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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667354
In a flash by Napoli, Donna Jo 

BTSB Prebound(Wendy Lamb Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 667354 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 3.9 MG Lexile: 550 F&P: X

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Sisters - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - Japan - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Italians - Japan Japan - History|y1926-1945 - Fiction


Summary: Caught in Japan and separated from their father when World War II begins, Italian sisters Simona, thirteen, and Carolina, ten, embark on a trying journey hoping to reach safety. Includes historical notes.


21.88 *

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262831
In the shadow of liberty : the hidden history of slavery, four presidents, and five black lives by Davis, Kenneth C. 

BTSB Prebound(Holt, 2016)

BTSB #: 262831 Available

Dewey: 920.0092/CAges: 8-12   
AR: 8.2 MG RC: 10.6 9-12 Lexile: 1110

Subjects: Slaves African Americans Presidents - Relations with African Americans - History Slavery - United States - History United States - Race relations - History


Summary: An examination of American slavery through the true stories of five enslaved people who were considered the property of some of our best-known presidents.


178324
Jeremy worried about the wind by Butchart, Pamela 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 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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253869
Journey of little Charlie by Curtis, Christopher Paul 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2018)

BTSB #: 253869 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5.8 MG RC: 7.5 6-8 Lexile: 960

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural


Subjects: Sharecroppers - Fiction Slavery - Fiction Fugitive slaves - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Race relations - Fiction South Carolina - History|y1775-1865 - Fiction United States - History|y19th century - Fiction


Summary: When his poor sharecropper father is killed in an accident and leaves the family in debt, twelve-year-old Little Charlie agrees to accompany fearsome plantation overseer Cap'n Buck north in pursuit of people who have stolen from him; Cap'n Buck tells Little Charlie that his father's debt will be cleared when the fugitives are captured, which seems like a good deal until Little Charlie comes face-to-face with the people he is chasing.


567522
Journey to America : escaping the Holocaust to freedom by Levitin, Sonia 

BTSB Prebound(Aladdin, 2020)

BTSB #: 567522 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.


16.29 *

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567523
Journey to America : escaping the Holocaust to freedom by Levitin, Sonia 

Paperback(Aladdin, 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.


6.55 *

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Letters from Cuba by Behar, Ruth 

BTSB Prebound(Nancy Paulsen, 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.


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

BTSB Prebound(Viking, 2020)

BTSB #: 280275 Available

Dewey: 324.6/CAges: 10-14   
AR: 9.4 MG+ 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.


207634
Like Vanessa by Charles, Tami 

BTSB Prebound(Charlesbridge, 2019)

BTSB #: 207634 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.9 MG RC: 4.5 6-8 Lexile: 730 F&P: Z+

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural Family Life


Subjects: Williams, Vanessa - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Beauty contests - Fiction Family problems - Fiction Family life - New Jersey - Newark - Fiction School stories Self-confidence - Fiction Newark (N.J.) - History|y20th century - Fiction


Summary: It is 1983 and Vanessa Martin, a thirteen-year-old African American girl in Newark's public housing, dreams of following in the footsteps of the first black Miss America, Vanessa Williams; but with a dysfunctional family (mother in jail, father withdrawn, drunken grandfather, gay cousin) the odds are against her--until a new teacher at school organizes a beauty pageant and encourages Vanessa to enter.


311474
Lion Island : Cuba's warrior of words by Engle, Margarita 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2016)

BTSB #: 311474 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 6.8 MG Lexile: 1110

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Chuffat Latour, Antonio,|d1860- - Childhood and youth - Fiction Novels in verse Racially mixed people - Fiction Indentured servants - Fiction Slavery - Fiction Chinese - Cuba - Fiction Cuba - History|y1810-1899 - Fiction


Summary: A biographical novel about Antonio Chuffat, a Chinese-African-Cuban messenger boy in 1870s Cuba who became a translator and documented the freedom struggle of indentured Chinese laborers in his country.


422654
Little legends : exceptional men in black history by Harrison, Vashti 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2019)

BTSB #: 422654 Available

Dewey: 305.38/CAges: 8-12   
AR: 7.6 MG Lexile: 1080

Subjects: African American men - Biography African Americans - Biography


Summary: Introduces readers to forty inspirational black men who cared for others, changed the world, and finally had their moment in the sun.


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