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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Short non-fiction stories of both well-known and obscure people and events from American history
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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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14 yo white Bostonian girl helps an African American runaway slave girl, told in alternating points of view.
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City based orphan goes to live with her country relatives, depicts farm life at beginning of 20th century
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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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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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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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