A fact-filled fictional correspondence between President Abraham Lincoln and a 12 yo African American slave girl During the American Civil War. A Dear Mr. President Book.
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Abraham Lincoln: Letters from a Slave Girl
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True North
14 yo white girl helps African American runaway slave girl, told in alternating points of view.
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The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
12 yo girl reluctantly moves with family from civilized Massachusetts to California, so that her widowed mother can find work at a gold mining camp.
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The Birchbark House
First book in series, introduces 7 yo girl Omakayas, illustrates daily life for the Ojibwe (Chippewa)
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Elijah of Buxton
Clever and slightly mischievous 11 yo African American boy is born free in Canada to former slave parents. He risks everything by chasing a thief into America.
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