12 yo African American orphan boy, a former slave, and his older brother, a runaway and a Union veteran of the Civil War, set out from their South Carolina plantation to claim their own Forty Acres. Along the way to Georgia they are joined by an 8 yo slave girl and others. They eventually create a successful farm, but are threatened with loss when the rules are changed.
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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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