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831142
What was the Harlem Renaissance? [What Was?]by Smith, Sherri L. 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2021)

BTSB #: 831142 Available

Dewey: 974.7/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 6.1 MG Lexile: 910 F&P: X

Subjects: Harlem Renaissance African Americans - New York (State) - New York - Intellectual life|y20th century African American arts - New York (State) - New York|y20th century African Americans - Intellectual life|y20th century Harlem (New York, N.Y.) - Intellectual life|y20th century New York (N.Y.) - Intellectual life|y20th century


Summary: Traces Harlem's history all the way to its seventeenth-century roots and explains how the early-twentieth-century Great Migration brought African Americans from the deep South to New York City and gave birth to the golden years of the Harlem Renaissance when African Americans excelled in the arts.


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694991
What was the Hindenburg? [What Was?]by Pascal, Janet B. 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2014)

BTSB #: 694991 Available

Dewey: 387.7/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.4 MG RC: 4.7 3-5 Lexile: 770 F&P: X

Subjects: Hindenburg (Airship) Aircraft accidents Airships


Summary: The Hindenburg was the largest airship ever built. It burst into flames as spectators watched it attempt to land in Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937. In under a minute, the Hindenburg was gone.


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440338
What was the Holocaust? [What Was?]by Herman, Gail 

Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2018)

BTSB #: 440338 Available

Dewey: 940.53/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.2 MG RC: 4.4 3-5 Lexile: 720 F&P: X

Subjects: Holocaust, 1939-1945


Summary: A thoughtful and age-appropriate introduction to an unimaginable event-the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a genocide on a scale never before seen, with as many as twelve million people killed in Nazi death camps--six million of them Jews.


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440350
What was the Holocaust? [What Was?]by Herman, Gail 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2019)

BTSB #: 440350 Available

Dewey: 940.53/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.2 MG RC: 4.4 3-5 Lexile: 720 F&P: X

Subjects: Holocaust, 1939-1945


Summary: A thoughtful and age-appropriate introduction to an unimaginable event-the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a genocide on a scale never before seen, with as many as twelve million people killed in Nazi death camps--six million of them Jews.


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635032
What was the Ice Age? [What Was?]by Medina, Nico 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2019)

BTSB #: 635032 Available

Dewey: 551.7/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.6 MG RC: 5.5 3-5 Lexile: 840 F&P: W

Subjects: Ice age


Summary: A mesmerizing overview of the world as it was when glaciers covered the earth and long-extinct creatures like woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats battled to survive.


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635052
What was the Ice Age? [What Was?]by Medina, Nico 

Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2019)

BTSB #: 635052 Temp OS

Dewey: 551.7/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.6 MG RC: 5.5 3-5 Lexile: 840 F&P: W

Subjects: Ice age


Summary: A mesmerizing overview of the world as it was when glaciers covered the earth and long-extinct creatures like woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats battled to survive.


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842232
What was the Lewis and Clark Expedition? [What Was?]by St. George, Judith 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2014)

BTSB #: 842232 Available

Dewey: 917.804/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.8 MG RC: 5.6 3-5 Lexile: 860 F&P: U

Subjects: Lewis, Meriwether,|d1774-1809 Clark, William,|d1770-1838 Lewis and Clark Expedition|d(1804-1806) West (U.S.) - Exploration


Summary: True-life adventure tale of the two-year journey that finally brought the explorers to the Pacific Ocean.


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842239
What was the Lewis and Clark Expedition? [What Was?]by St. George, Judith 

Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2014)

BTSB #: 842239 Available

Dewey: 917.804/CAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.8 MG RC: 5.6 3-5 Lexile: 860 F&P: U

Subjects: Lewis, Meriwether,|d1774-1809 Clark, William,|d1770-1838 Lewis and Clark Expedition|d(1804-1806) West (U.S.) - Exploration


Summary: True-life adventure tale of the two-year journey that finally brought the explorers to the Pacific Ocean.


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533317
What was the March on Washington? [What Was?]by Krull, Kathleen 

Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2013)

BTSB #: 533317 Available

Dewey: 323.1196/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 6.1 MG RC: 6.2 3-5 Lexile: 900

Subjects: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom|d(1963 : - Washington, D.C.) Civil rights demonstrations - Washington (D.C.) - History|y20th century African Americans - Civil rights


Summary: On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people gathered in Washington, DC, to demand equal rights for all races. It was there that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, and it was this peaceful protest that spurred the momentous civil rights laws of the mid-1960s.


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What was the plague? [What Was?]by Edwards, Roberta 

Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2021)

BTSB #: 303840 Available

Dewey: 616.9/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 6.8 MG Lexile: 950 F&P: X

Subjects: Black Death Plague - History Plague - Prevention Diseases and history


Summary: While the coronavirus COVID-19 changed the world in 2020, it still isn't the largest and deadliest pandemic in history. That title is held by the Plague. This disease, also known as the "Black Death," spread throughout Asia, Africa, and Europe in the fourteenth century and claimed an astonishing 75-200 million lives by the time it officially ended. Learn about these grimy and horrific years, explaining just how this pandemic began, how society reacted to the disease, and the impact it left.


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303845
What was the plague? [What Was?]by Edwards, Roberta 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2021)

BTSB #: 303845 Available

Dewey: 616.9/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 6.8 MG Lexile: 950 F&P: X

Subjects: Black Death Plague - History Plague - Prevention Diseases and history


Summary: While the coronavirus COVID-19 changed the world in 2020, it still isn't the largest and deadliest pandemic in history. That title is held by the Plague. This disease, also known as the "Black Death," spread throughout Asia, Africa, and Europe in the fourteenth century and claimed an astonishing 75-200 million lives by the time it officially ended. Learn about these grimy and horrific years, explaining just how this pandemic began, how society reacted to the disease, and the impact it left.


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462308
What was the San Francisco Earthquake? [What Was?]by Hoobler, Dorothy 

Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2016)

BTSB #: 462308 Temp OS

Dewey: 979.4/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.1 MG RC: 4.4 3-5 Lexile: 720 F&P: U

Subjects: San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 Earthquakes - California - San Francisco - History|y20th century Fires - California - San Francisco - History|y20th century San Francisco (Calif.) - History|y20th century


Summary: A look at the historic earthquake that rocked San Francisco in 1906, destroying much of the city and sparking a massive fire and how the city managed to recover from the disaster.


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774244
What was the Titanic? [What Was?]by Sabol, Stephanie 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin, 2018)

BTSB #: 774244 Available

Dewey: 910.9163/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.6 MG RC: 5.4 3-5 Lexile: 820 F&P: V

Subjects: Titanic (Steamship) Shipwrecks - North Atlantic Ocean - History|y20th century Shipwrecks - North Atlantic Ocean


Summary: Find out why the great ship went down and how it was discovered seventy-five years later.


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774286
What was the Titanic? [What Was?]by Sabol, Stephanie 

Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2018)

BTSB #: 774286 Temp OS

Dewey: 910.9163/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.6 MG RC: 5.4 3-5 Lexile: 820 F&P: V

Subjects: Titanic (Steamship) Shipwrecks - North Atlantic Ocean - History|y20th century Ocean travel - History Rescue work Disasters


Summary: Find out why the great ship went down and how it was discovered seventy-five years later.


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372490
What was the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921? [What Was?]by Gayle, Caleb 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2023)

BTSB #: 372490 Available

Dewey: 976.6/NAges: 8-12   
Lexile: 960 F&P: Y

Subjects: Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921 African Americans - Oklahoma - Tulsa - History|y20th century Riots - Oklahoma - Tulsa - History|y20th century Racism - Oklahoma - Tulsa - History|y20th century Tulsa (Okla.) - Race relations Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) - Race relations


Summary: The Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was a thriving neighborhood of 10,000 Black residents. There, Black families found success and community. They ran their own businesses. Then, in one weekend in 1921, all of this was lost. A racist mob tore through the streets, burning everything to the ground and killing scores of innocent residents.


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624126
What was the underground railroad? [What Was?]by McDonough, Yona Zeldis 

Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2013)

BTSB #: 624126 Temp OS

Dewey: 973.7/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5 MG RC: 4.4 3-5 Lexile: 710 F&P: W

Subjects: Underground Railroad Fugitive slaves Antislavery movements


Summary: No one knows where the term "Underground Railroad" came from--there were no train tracks, only abolitionist "conductors" who helped bring an estimated 100,000 slaves to freedom through elaborate routes that included "stations," safe houses where fugitives could rest before moving on, and a system of codes and signals used to identify friend from foe. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad," this book chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and what they sacrificed for freedom.


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624146
What was the underground railroad? [What Was?]by McDonough, Yona Zeldis 

BTSB Prebound(Grosset & Dunlap, 2013)

BTSB #: 624146 In Bindery

Dewey: 973.7/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5 MG RC: 4.4 3-5 Lexile: 710 F&P: W

Subjects: Underground Railroad Fugitive slaves Antislavery movements


Summary: No one knows where the term "Underground Railroad" came from--there were no train tracks, only abolitionist "conductors" who helped bring an estimated 100,000 slaves to freedom through elaborate routes that included "stations," safe houses where fugitives could rest before moving on, and a system of codes and signals used to identify friend from foe. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad," this book chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and what they sacrificed for freedom.


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685801
What was the Vietnam War? [What Was?]by O'Connor, Jim 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2019)

BTSB #: 685801 Available

Dewey: 959.704/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 6.3 MG RC: 5.6 3-5 Lexile: 870 F&P: X

Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Vietnam - History|y1945-1975 United States - History|y1961-1969 United States - History|y1969-


Summary: Explains why the U.S. got involved, what the human cost was, and how defeat in Vietnam left a lasting scar on America.


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685805
What was the Vietnam War? [What Was?]by O'Connor, Jim 

Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2019)

BTSB #: 685805 Available

Dewey: 959.704/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 6.3 MG RC: 5.6 3-5 Lexile: 870 F&P: X

Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Vietnam - History|y1945-1975 United States - History|y1961-1969 United States - History|y1969-


Summary: Explains why the U.S. got involved, what the human cost was, and how defeat in Vietnam left a lasting scar on America.


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694997
What was the Wild West? [What Was?]by Pascal, Janet B. 

Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2017)

BTSB #: 694997 Available

Dewey: 978/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.5 MG RC: 5.4 3-5 Lexile: 820 F&P: X

Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.)|y19th century Wilderness areas - West (U.S.) West (U.S.) - History|y19th century


Summary: Presents the history of the Wild West, covering pioneers, business people, scouts, lawmen, outlaws, gangs, gunslingers, and cowboys.


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