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Little Britches

By Ralph Moody

Autobiographical account of 8 yo boy moving with family to a Colorado cattle ranch. This is the first of eight books Moody wrote about his early life.

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Sing Down the Moon

By Scott O'Dell

15 yo Native American Navajo girl and her family evicted from land by American soldiers and forced to march Long Walk

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To Kill a Mockingbird

By Harper Lee

A 6 yo girl comes of age in small town America and witnesses racism first hand when her lawyer father tries to defend a wrongfully accused African American man.

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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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Seven Daughters and Seven Sons

By Barbara Cohen and Bahija Lovejoy

Young woman refuses to be subservient to the patriarchy and moves to the big city to start a business

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Squanto Friend of the Pilgrims

By Clyde Robert Bulla

A biography of the Native American Pokanoket man who welcomed and assisted the English settlers at Plymouth Colony.  This story also covers an earlier period during which he had been kidnapped and taken to Spain and England.

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By the Great Horn Spoon!

By Sid Fleischman

12 yo boy travels to CA to seek his fortune during the Gold Rush. He and his butler companion have many humorous encounters and adventures.

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Across Five Aprils

By Irene Hunt

A 9 yo farm boy must take over the farm when his older brothers take up the Civil War fight. Most fight for the Union side, but one brother does not, thus dividing the family.

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