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

BTSB Prebound(12-Story Library, 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.


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42 is not just a number : the odyssey of Jackie Robinson, American hero by Rappaport, Doreen 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2017)

BTSB #: 739627 Available

Dewey: 796.357/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 7 MG RC: 8.6 6-8 Lexile: 1010 F&P: X

Subjects: Robinson, Jackie,|d1919-1972 Baseball


Summary: Chronicles the courage and dignity of Jackie Robinson, the man who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball which had an impact beyond the world of sports.


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360444
All he knew by Frost, Helen 

BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 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)

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)

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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153601
Barack Obama [United States Presidents]by Britton, Tamara L. 

BTSB Prebound(Checkerboard Library, 2021)

BTSB #: 153601 Available

Dewey: 973.931/BAges: 8-12   
Lexile: 820

Subjects: Obama, Barack Presidents - Biography Presidents - United States - History Legislators - United States - Biography Politics and government - Biography


Summary: A biography of Barack Obama, including his childhood, family, personal life, early political career and key events, retirement, and more.


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949671
Baseball's leading lady : Effa Manley and the rise and fall of the Negro Leagues by Williams, Andrea 

BTSB Prebound(Roaring Brook Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 949671 Available

Dewey: 796.357/BAges: 10-14   
AR: 8.8 MG Lexile: 1300

Subjects: Manley, Effa,|d1897-1981 Newark Eagles (Baseball team) Negro leagues - History Baseball - United States - History Baseball team owners - United States - Biography Women baseball team owners - United States - Biography African American women - Biography


Summary: The true story of Effa Manley, the first and only woman in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and the black female co-owner of the Newark Eagles in the Negro leagues.


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Becoming Muhammad Ali by Patterson, James 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 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.


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Being Clem by Cline-Ransome, Lesa 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 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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Betty before X by Shabazz, Ilyasah 

BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2018)

BTSB #: 804732 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.9 MG RC: 5.3 6-8 Lexile: 810

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural


Subjects: Shabazz, Betty - Fiction Family life - Michigan - Detroit - Fiction Civil rights movements - Fiction Racism - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Stepfamilies - Fiction Detroit (Mich.) - History|y20th century - Fiction


Summary: Raised by her aunt until she is six, Betty, who will later marry Malcolm X, joins her mother and stepfamily in 1940s Detroit, where she learns about the civil rights movement.


411950
Blades of freedom [Nathan Hale's hazardous tales]by Hale, Nathan 

BTSB Prebound(Amulet Books, 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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618790
Buried lives : the enslaved people of George Washington's Mount Vernon by McClafferty, Carla Killough 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 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.


119932
Catherine's war by Billet, Julia 

BTSB Prebound(HarperAlley, 2020)

BTSB #: 119932 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 3.7 MG

Subjects: Jews - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - Fiction Photographers - Fiction Graphic novels France - Fiction


Summary: Based on a true survival story of WWII, this graphic novel follows a Jewish girl's gripping journey to the free zone of France, armed only with a camera.


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Chance : escape from the Holocaust by Shulevitz, Uri 

BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2020)

BTSB #: 815624 Available

Dewey: 940.53/AAges: 9-14   
AR: 5.9 MG

Subjects: Shulevitz, Uri,|d1935- - Childhood and youth Jewish children in the Holocaust - Poland - Biography Holocaust, 1939-1945 - Poland - Personal narratives Poland - Ethnic relations


Summary: A picture book author's memoir of how he and his Jewish family escaped the terrors of WWII by fleeing Warsaw for the Soviet Union.


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130454
Changing the equation : 50+ US Black women in STEM by Bolden, Tonya 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2020)

BTSB #: 130454 Available

Dewey: 509.2/CAges: 10-14   
F&P: V

Subjects: African American women scientists - Biography Women in science - Biography Minorities in science - Biography


Summary: Explores the black women who have changed the world of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) in America. Including groundbreaking computer scientists, doctors, inventors, physicists, pharmacists, mathematicians, aviators, and many more, this book celebrates over 50 women who have shattered the glass ceiling, defied racial discrimination, and pioneered in their fields.


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759442
Child of the dream : a memoir of 1963 by Robinson, Sharon 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2019)

BTSB #: 759442 Available

Dewey: 973.9209/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.9 MG

Subjects: Robinson, Sharon,|d1950- - Childhood and youth Robinson, Jackie,|d1919-1972 - Family African American girls - Connecticut - Stamford - Biography Bildungsromans - Connecticut - Stamford African Americans - Civil rights - History|y20th century Stamford (Conn.) - Race relations - History|y20th century


Summary: In January of 1963, Sharon Robinson turned thirteen the night before George Wallace declared on national television 'segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever' in his inauguration for governor of Alabama. That was the start of a year that would become one of the most pivotal years in the history of America. As the daughter of Jackie Robinson, Sharon had incredible access to some of the most important events of the era.


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Children's crusade of 1963 boosts civil rights [Events that changed America]by Adamson, Heather 

BTSB Prebound(Child's World, 2019)

BTSB #: 041860 Available

Dewey: 323.1196/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.3 MG Lexile: 860 F&P: X

Subjects: Civil rights movements Race relations


Summary: A captivating look into the Civil Rights Movement and how the actions of children helped promote equality for all races in America.


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462697
Claudette Colvin : twice toward justice by Hoose, Phillip M. 

BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 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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543607
Code word courage [Dogs of World War II]by Larson, Kirby 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2018)

BTSB #: 543607 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.1 MG RC: 3.3 3-5 Lexile: 590

Genres: Historical Fiction Animals


Subjects: Dogs - Fiction Family life - Fiction Navajo Indians - Fiction Native Americans - North America - California - Fiction Navajo code talkers - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - United States - Fiction Friendship - Fiction United States - History|y1933-1945 - Fiction


Summary: In September 1944 eleven-year-old Billie lives with her great aunt, Doff, eagerly waiting for her older brother Leo to return from boot camp, and desperate to find the father that left when she was little; but Leo brings a friend with him, a Navajo named Denny, and the injured dog they have rescued and named Bear--and when the two young men go off to war Bear becomes the thread that ties them all together, and helps Billie to find a true friend.


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Currents by Smolik, Jane Petrlik 

BTSB Prebound(Charlesbridge, 2015)

BTSB #: 831252 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5.5 MG RC: 5.6 3-5 Lexile: 860

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural


Subjects: Slavery - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Identity (Psychology) - Fiction Social classes - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Irish Americans - Fiction Authorship - Fiction Isle of Wight (England) - History - 19th century - Fiction Great Britain - History|yVictoria, 1837-1901 - Fiction


Summary: In 1854 eleven-year-old Bones is a slave in Virginia who sends a bottle holding her real name and a trinket from her long-lost father down the James River--the currents carry it far away, ultimately uniting the lives of three young girls.


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