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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 particular sensitivity to the British point of view.

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The American Story: 100 True Tales from American History

By Jennifer Armstrong

Short non-fiction stories of well-known and obscure people and events from American history

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Blood on the River: James Town, 1607

By Elisa Carbone

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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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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Show Way

By Jacqueline Woodson

Picture book depicts generations of African American women from author’s family and their special quilts containing secret messages and maps to freedom

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Sees Behind Trees

By Michael Dorris

A Native American Powhatan boy, who has trouble seeing, learns to hone his other senses. After his coming-of-age naming ceremony, he sets out on journey with a tribal elder.

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