Fictionalized picture book story of the day that Agnes Sadler became the first African American woman to vote for the first time in Knoxville.
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Short non-fiction stories of well-known and obscure people and events from American history
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When Russian soldiers arrive in his small Ukrainian town, 11 yo Jewish boy’s life changes drastically even though the adults try to protect him from the harsh realities of Stalin’s regime amid World War II
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Picture book story (with rich illustrations) of an elderly African American slave from the time he is captured in Africa, shipped across the Middle Passage, and works on a plantation. He has mystically powers which allow him to lead his fellow slaves to freedom, by walking back to Africa along the ocean floor. Warning: text contains the N-word and some vivid depictions of the very tough abusive conditions throughout.
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Young orphaned, sick British girl lives in sanatorium and sees winged horses through the mirrors. She is called on to help save the animals.
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12 yo girl, member of only Jewish family in Eastern European village, agrees to hunt a dragon in order to earn money for her family in this fast paced cross between Harry Potter and Slavic mythology.
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12 yo British boy, enlisted as a page for Captain John Smith, joins the voyage to settle Jamestown, Virginia. Sequel is Poison in the Colony.
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The story of the life of the Native American Pokanoket man who welcomed English settlers. Picture book.
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An account of Paul Revere’s famous midnight ride, as well as his many activities leading up to the American Revolution, as humorously told by his horse.
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