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922608
1619 project : born on the water by Hannah-Jones, Nikole 

BTSB Prebound(Kokila, 2021)

BTSB #: 922608 Available

Dewey: 305.896/NAges: 5-9   
AR: 5 LG Lexile: 860

Subjects: African Americans Slavery Genealogy Grandmothers - Fiction United States - History


Summary: Stymied by her unfinished family tree assignment for school, a young girl seeks Grandma's counsel and learns about her African ancestors, the consequences of slavery, and the history of Black resistance in the United States.


518454
Borders by King, Thomas 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2022)

BTSB #: 518454 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.1 MG F&P: Y

Subjects: Graphic novels Citizenship - Fiction Identity (Psychology) - Fiction Siksika Indians - Fiction First Nations - Fiction Native Americans - North America - Fiction


Summary: The story of a boy and his mother whose road trip from Alberta to Salt Lake City is thwarted at the border when they identify their citizenship as Blackfoot. Refusing to identify as either American or Canadian first bars their entry into the US, and then their return into Canada. In the limbo between countries, they find power in their connection to their identity and to each other. In graphic novel format.


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057122
Child of the flower-song people : Luz Jimenez, daughter of the Nahua by Amescua, Gloria 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 057122 Available

Dewey: EAges: 6-8   
AR: 5.3 LG Lexile: 1020

Genres: Multicultural Historical Fiction


Subjects: Jimenez, Dona Luz,|d1897-1965 - Fiction Nahuas - Fiction Native Americans - Mexico - Fiction Artists' models - Fiction Mexico - History|y20th century - Fiction


Summary: A fictionalized account of a Nahua woman who grew up in Mexico during the early 1900s, became a model for artists, worked with scholars to preserve the Nahuatl language and stories, and was known as the "soul of Mexico."


434994
Clara Lemlich [She Persisted]by Heiligman, Deborah 

Paperback(Philomel, 2021)

BTSB #: 434994 Available

Dewey: 331.8809/BAges: 6-9   
AR: 5.1 LG Lexile: 780

Subjects: Lemlich, Clara,|d1886-1982 Women labor leaders - New York (State) - New York - Biography Women clothing workers - New York (State) - New York - Biography Shirtwaist Makers' Strike, New York, N.Y., 1909 Women social reformers - New York (State) - New York - Biography


Summary: Clara Lemlich immigrated to New York to escape danger in Ukraine, where she was born. She started working in clothing factories on the Lower East Side, only to realize that workers were being treated unfairly. So she stood up for the rights of workers, especially girls and women--and she won, changing the way factory workers were treated in America forever! Readers learn about the amazing life of Clara Lemlich--and how she persisted.


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222911
Claudette Colvin [She Persisted]by Cline-Ransome, Lesa 

BTSB Prebound(Philomel, 2021)

BTSB #: 222911 Available

Dewey: 323.092/BAges: 6-9   
AR: 6.3 LG Lexile: 1170 NC F&P: S

Subjects: Colvin, Claudette,|d1939- African Americans - Alabama - Montgomery - Biography African American civil rights workers - Alabama - Montgomery - Biography African Americans - Segregation - Alabama - Montgomery - History Segregation in transportation - Alabama - Montgomery - History Montgomery (Ala.) - Biography Montgomery (Ala.) - Race relations - History|y20th century


Summary: Before Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat on a bus, fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin made the same choice. She insisted on standing up-or in her case, sitting down-for what was right.


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341120
Curse of the mummy : uncovering Tutankhamun's tomb by Fleming, Candace 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Focus, 2021)

BTSB #: 341120 Available

Dewey: 932/NAges: 9-13   
AR: 6.8 MG+

Subjects: Tutankhamen, - King of Egypt - Tomb Excavations (Archeology) - Egypt - Valley of the Kings Blessing and cursing Valley of the Kings (Egypt) - Antiquities Egypt - History|y1570-1320 B.C, Eighteenth dynasty


Summary: During the reign of the New Kingdom of Egypt, the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun ruled and died tragically young. In order to send him on his way into the afterlife, his tomb was filled with every treasure he would need after death. And then, it was lost to time, buried in the sands of the Valley of the Kings. His tomb was also said to be cursed. Centuries later, as Egypt-mania gripped Europe, two Brits -- a rich earl with a habit for gambling and a disreputable, determined archeologist -- worked for years to rediscover and open Tutankhamun's tomb. But once it was uncovered, would ancient powers take their revenge for disturbing and even looting the pharaoh's resting place? What else could explain the mysterious illnesses, accidents, and deaths that began once it was found?


827096
Dawn raid by Smith, Pauline Vaeluaga 

BTSB Prebound(Levine Querido, 2021)

BTSB #: 827096 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Family Life Multicultural Historical Fiction


Subjects: Polynesians - New Zealand - Fiction Family life - Fiction Immigration and emigration - Fiction Protest movements - Fiction Diary fiction New Zealand - Fiction


Summary: After the police raid their house, Lenny starts talking about protests and injustices against Pacific Islanders by the government, which inspires the whole family to become involved in the movement.


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437691
Day for rememberin' : inspired by the true events of the first Memorial Day by Henderson, Leah 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 437691 Available

Dewey: EAges: 6-8   
AR: 4.8 MG F&P: T

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural


Subjects: Freedmen - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Memorial Day - Fiction Charleston (S.C.) - Fiction United States - History|y1861-1865, Civil War - Fiction


Summary: In Charleston, South Carolina, in 1865, ten-year-old Eli and other newly freed slaves gather to honor the memory of fallen Union soldiers, an event considered to be one of the first celebrations of what is now called Memorial Day.


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663338
Flip! : how the frisbee took flight by Muirhead, Margaret 

BTSB Prebound(Charlesbridge, 2021)

BTSB #: 663338 Available

Dewey: 796.2/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 4.4 LG F&P: T

Subjects: Morrison, Walter Frederick Morrison, Lucie Flying discs (Game) Inventors - Biography Inventions


Summary: Fred Morrison is credited with inventing this classic toy, but for centuries folks have been flipping for flying discs. For more than twenty years, Fred and his wife, Lu, tried and failed to perfect a flying-disc concept. Eventually they created what we know today as the Frisbee.


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637219
Latinitas : celebrating 40 big dreamers by Menendez, Juliet 

BTSB Prebound(Holt, 2021)

BTSB #: 637219 Available

Dewey: 920.72/CAges: 8-12   
AR: 6.6 MG Lexile: 1000

Subjects: Women - Latin America - Biography Latinos (U.S.) - Biography Latin Americans - Biography Women - United States - Biography


Summary: Celebrates Latinas and Latin American women who followed their dreams.


530017
Linked by Korman, Gordon 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 530017 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.3 MG

Genres: Mystery Fiction


Subjects: Middle schools - Fiction School stories Swastikas - Fiction Vandalism - Fiction Race relations - Fiction Mystery fiction Colorado - Fiction


Summary: Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks into school and vandalizes it with a swastika. Nobody can believe it. How could such a symbol of hate end up in the middle of their school? The mystery deepens as more swastikas begin to appear. Some students decide to fight back and start a project to bring people together instead of dividing them further.


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530544
List of Unspeakable Fears by Kramer, J. Kasper 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 530544 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.9 MG Lexile: 720

Genres: Family Life Supernatural


Subjects: Fear - Fiction Anxiety - Fiction Grief - Fiction Supernatural - Fiction Stepfathers - Fiction Communicable diseases - Fiction North Brother Island (N.Y.) - Fiction New York (N.Y.) - History|y1898-1951 - Fiction


Summary: In 1910 New York City, four years after her Irish immigrant father dies of tuberculosis, ten-year-old Essie's fear and anxiety continue to grow uncontrollably, so much that when her mother, a brave nurse, remarries and the family moves to North Brother Island, where Essie's new stepfather runs a quarantine hospital for the incurably sick, Essie imagines all manner of horrors, including the ghost of a little girl--which might not be imaginary after all.


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416768
Love The Earth: Understanding Climate Change, Speaking Up For Solutions, And Living An Earth-Friendly Life by Hammond, Mel 

Paperback(American Girl)

BTSB #: 416768 Available

Dewey: 333.72/NAges: 8-12   


Summary: This book is packed with ideas and information for girls who care about the earth to help them understand climate change, speak up for solutions, and live an earth-friendly life. It's full of quizzes, crafts, party ideas, and a science experiment to help girls learn how they can use their unique passions and talents to make a difference.


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264376
Maria Tallchief [She Persisted]by Day, Christine 

Paperback(Philomel, 2021)

BTSB #: 264376 Available

Dewey: 792.8/BAges: 6-9   
AR: 6.2 LG

Subjects: Tallchief, Maria Ballerinas - United States - Biography Native American ballerinas - United States - Biography Osage Indians - United States - Biography


Summary: Maria Tallchief loved to dance, but was told that she might need to change her Osage name to one that sounded more Russian to make it as a professional ballerina. She refused, and worked hard at dancing her best, becoming America's first prima ballerina. Many famous American ballets were created for Maria! Readers learn about the amazing life of Maria Tallchief--and how she persisted.


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Mighty inside by Frazier, Sundee 

BTSB Prebound(Levine Querido, 2021)

BTSB #: 352642 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5 MG

Genres: Multicultural


Subjects: African Americans - Fiction Racism - Fiction Stuttering - Fiction Courage - Fiction Jews - Fiction Friendship - Fiction


Summary: Melvin Robinson wants a strong, smooth, He-Man voice that lets him say what he wants, when he wants-especially to his crush Millie Takazawa, and Gary Ratliff, who constantly puts him down. But the thought of starting high school is only making his stutter worse. And Melvin's growing awareness that racism is everywhere is making him realize that he can't mutely stand by. His new friend Lenny, a fast-talking, sax-playing Jewish boy, encourages Melvin to take some risks by speaking up.


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700114
One thing you'd save by Park, Linda Sue 

BTSB Prebound(Clarion, 2021)

BTSB #: 700114 Available

Dewey: 811/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 3.9 MG

Subjects: Children's poetry Classrooms - Poetry


Summary: When a teacher asks her class what one thing they would save in a house fire, some students know the answer right away. Others come to their decisions more slowly. And some change their minds when they hear their classmates' responses.


639750
Plagues and pandemics [History Smashers]by Messner, Kate 

BTSB Prebound(Random House, 2021)

BTSB #: 639750 Available

Dewey: 614.4/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 7.9 MG Lexile: 1110

Subjects: Epidemics - History Plague - History Diseases and history Communicable diseases - History Black Death COVID-19 (Disease)


Summary: With a mix of sidebars, illustrations, photos, and graphic panels, this book uncovers the hidden truths about history's pandemics, from the Black Death to COVID-19.


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623338
Plan for the people : Nelson Mandela's hope for his nation by McDivitt, Lindsey 

BTSB Prebound(Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 623338 Available

Dewey: 968.071/BAges: 6-9   
AR: 5.9 MG Lexile: 830

Subjects: Mandela, Nelson,|d1918-2013 Presidents - South Africa - Biography Anti-apartheid activists - South Africa - Biography Race relations


Summary: This biography follows Nelson Mandela from his work with the African National Congress, to his imprisonment on Robben Island, to his extraordinary rise to the presidency.


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596691
Ruby Bridges [She Persisted]by Magoon, Kekla 

Paperback New title.(Philomel)

BTSB #: 596691 Temp OS

Dewey: 379.2/BAges: 6-9   


Summary: As a first grader, Ruby Bridges was the first Black student to integrate William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana. This was no easy task, especially for a six-year-old. Ruby's bravery and perseverance inspired children and adults alike to fight for equality and social justice. Readers learn about the amazing life of Ruby Bridges--and how she persisted.


4.91 *

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315188
Sea-ringed world : sacred stories of the Americas by Esperon, Maria Garcia 

BTSB Prebound(Levine Querido, 2021)

BTSB #: 315188 Available

Dewey: 398.2/NAges: 8-14   


Subjects: Native Americans - Folklore Short stories


Summary: Fifteen thousand years before Europeans stepped foot in the Americas, people had already spread from tip to tip and coast to coast. Like all humans, these Native Americans sought to understand their place in the universe, the nature of their relationship with the divine, and the origin of the world into which their ancestors had emerged. The answers lay in their sacred stories which are part of this collection from the edge of Argentina all the way up to Alaska.


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