12 yo girl defies orders to stay inside the fort of the new British colony; when she drops a figurine it is found by a 13 yo Native American and they form a secret friendship. Told in verse in alternating perspectives.
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Blue Birds
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The American Story: 100 True Tales from American History
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
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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Sing Down the Moon
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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Seabird
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Crossing Bok Chitto
Illustrated story about African American slaves gaining freedom with help from Native Americans by crossing Bok Chitto river into Choctaw territory.
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Squanto Friend of the Pilgrims
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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Minn of the Mississippi
Minn, a snapping turtle, travels down the Mississippi River observing people and wildlife, with historical and natural details.
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Riders of the Pony Express
Rider-by-rider portayal of inaugural Pony Express ride, which Moody portrays as a race between east- and west-bound riders.
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