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A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet

By Kathryn Lasky

7 yo African girl is kidnapped and sold into slavery. She is encouraged by her Boston owners to become literate and becomes a the first published African American woman.

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Dear Benjamin Banneker

By Andrea David Pinkney

Picture book biography of self-taught African American man, who publishes an almanac and writes a letter to Thomas Jefferson to accuse him of hypocrisy.

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Adopted by Indians

By Thomas Jefferson Mayfield

Author fondly recounts his twelve childhood years living with California Native Americans. Adaptation of book for adults.

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Paddle-to-the-Sea

By Holling C. Holling

Young native boy carves figure in a canoe, which then journeys downriver from a creek to the ocean via the St. Lawrence Seaway

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Tree in the Trail

By Holling C. Holling

Tree watches passersby on the Santa Fe Trail

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Adam of the Road

By Elizabeth Gray

Boy searches for stolen dog through English countryside

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Zia

By Scott O'Dell

Sequel to Island of the Blue Dolphins as told by Karana’s 14 year old mixed-race niece featuring mission life and Karana’s rescue

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Island of the Blue Dolphins

By Scott O'Dell

A girl is left behind on her island after the rest of her people were forcilbly relocated to mainland California. Based on the true story of The Lone Woman.

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Justin Morgan Had a Horse

By Marguerite Henry

Young boy gets to help schoolmaster raise founding sire of Morgan breed.

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Minn of the Mississippi

By Holling C. Holling

Minn, a snapping turtle, travels down the Mississippi River observing people and wildlife, with historical and natural details.

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