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George vs. George: The American Revolution as Seen from Both Sides

By Rosalyn Schanzer

An illustrated comparison of George Washington and King George III in the years leading up to and including the American Revolution, with a particularly balanced presentation of both the British and the American points of view.

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The Secret Horses of Briar Hill

By Megan Shepherd

A young orphaned English girl confined to a sanatorium in the countryside sees winged horses through the mirrors. She is called on to help save the animals during World War II.

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Blood on the River: James Town, 1607

By Elisa Carbone

A 12 yo British boy is enlisted as a page for Captain John Smith and joins the voyage to settle Jamestown, Virginia. The sequel is Poison in the Colony.

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Blood Red Horse

By K.M. Grant

12 yo son of an English lord grows up to join King Richard’s crusade in the Holy Land, along with his father and brother and a very special war horse. First in a trilogy

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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 the first published African American woman.

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Heroes, Incredible True Stories of Courageous Animals

By David Long

Short illustrated vignettes featuring true animal war heroes.

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Catherine, Called Birdy

By Karen Cushman

14 yo daughter of a lord rebels against her father’s plans for her marriage in Medieval England.

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Adam of the Road

By Elizabeth Gray

An English boy searches for his stolen dog through the English countryside in medieval times.

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Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom

By Carole Boston Weatherford

Picture book biography in verse of life of Henry “Box” Brown, an African American slave who mailed himself to freedom. With back matter.

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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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