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769528
Mary Seacole : bound for the battlefield by Rubin, Susan Goldman 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2020)


Publication Date: 10/13/2020

BTSB #: 769528 Available

Dewey: 947/BAges: 8-12   
Lexile: 870 F&P: U

Subjects: Seacole, Mary,|d1805-1881 Nurses - Biography Jamaicans - Biography Crimean War, 1853-1856 Jamaica Crimea (Ukraine)


Summary: The life of pioneering Jamaican nurse Mary Seacole who spent much of her life on the front lines of the Crimean War, ministering to the wounded, caring for soldiers, and making her mark on the world of medicine.


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507792
Meet Phillis Wheatley : poet and former slave [Introducing Famous Americans]by Katirgis, Jane 

BTSB Prebound(Enslow, 2020)


Publication Date: 08/15/2019

BTSB #: 507792 Available

Dewey: 811/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 3.9 MG

Subjects: Wheatley, Phillis,|d1753-1784 African American women poets - Biography Women slaves - United States - Biography


Summary: Arriving in Boston aboard a slave ship in 1761, Phillis Wheatley began what would eventually be a storied life in America. Primary sources bring to life the story of America's first African American female poet. Wheatley learned to speak English and to read and write. She even learned to read Latin. Soon she was writing poetry, but no one in Boston would publish her book because she was a slave. She had to find a publisher in London to print her poetry and her words live on.


17.36 *

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617342
Mighty justice : the untold story of civil rights trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree by Asim, Jabari 

BTSB Prebound(Roaring Brook Press, 2020)


Publication Date: 12/15/2020

BTSB #: 617342 Available

Dewey: 323.092/BAges: 10-14   
AR: 8.1 MG+

Subjects: Roundtree, Dovey Johnson,|d1914-2018 African Americans - Biography African Americans - Civil rights - History|y20th century Civil rights workers - United States - Biography Women - Biography Segregation


Summary: The memoir of activist and trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree who won a landmark desegregation court case and was one of the first black women to break down barriers in several areas of society.


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764426
Missing : the true story of my family in World War II by Rosen, Michael 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2020)


Publication Date: 10/06/2020

BTSB #: 764426 Available

Dewey: 940.53/NAges: 10-14   
Lexile: 850

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 Holocaust, 1939-1945 Jewish families


Summary: How World War II and the Holocaust affected the author's family in a personal, powerful narrative.


840157
Mississippian culture : the mound builders [Analyze the ancients]by Spilsbury, Louise 

BTSB Prebound(Gareth Stevens, 2019)


Publication Date: 08/15/2018

BTSB #: 840157 Available

Dewey: 977.3/NAges: 9-12   


Subjects: Mississippian culture Native Americans - North America - Antiquities


Summary: The Mound Builders were some of the most advanced Native peoples to be encountered by European explorers. They made their homes in the part of North America along what is now known as the Mississippi River. Their complex, ancient culture is very impressive: the Mound Builders are credited with being the first group of people to rely on farming as a major source of food.


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883086
Montgomery Bus Boycott [We shall overcome]by Tisdale, Rachel 

BTSB Prebound(PowerKids, 2014)


Publication Date: 01/02/2014

BTSB #: 883086 Available

Dewey: 323.1196/NAges: 9-12   


Subjects: Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956 African Americans - Civil rights - Alabama - Montgomery - History|y20th century Civil rights movements - Alabama - History|y20th century Montgomery (Ala.) - Race relations


Summary: Details the boycott and its social and legal outcomes sparked by Rosa Park's simple and heroic refusal to give up her seat.


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282413
Muhammad Ali : the greatest [Gateway biographies]by Doeden, Matt 

BTSB Prebound(Lerner, 2017)


Publication Date: 01/15/2017

BTSB #: 282413 Available

Dewey: 796.8309/BAges: 9-14   
AR: 5.9 MG RC: 5.7 6-8 Lexile: 890

Subjects: Ali, Muhammad,|d1942-2016 Boxers (Sports) Political activists


Summary: A biography of Muhammad Ali, known for his battles in the boxing ring as well as his achievements outside of it. Follow his journey from amateur to heavyweight champion, and learn how he advocated for peace and justice as an activist.


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665236
My country, 'tis of thee : how one song reveals the history of civil rights by Murphy, Claire Rudolf 

BTSB Prebound(Holt, 2014)


Publication Date: 06/03/2014

BTSB #: 665236 Available

Dewey: 782.42/NAges: 6-9   
AR: 5.5 LG RC: 8.5 3-5 Lexile: 1000

Subjects: Smith, Samuel Francis,|d1808-1895.|tAmerica God save the King Political ballads and songs


Summary: More than any other, one song traces America's history of Patriotism and protest.


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Night diary by Hiranandani, Veera 

BTSB Prebound(Dial Books for Young Readers, 2018)


Publication Date: 03/06/2018

BTSB #: 446558 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.5 MG RC: 4.3 6-8 Lexile: 700

Genres: Family Life


Subjects: Refugees - Fiction Diaries - Fiction Family life - India - Fiction Hindus - Fiction Muslims - Fiction India - History|y1947 Partition - Fiction


Summary: Shy twelve-year-old Nisha, forced to flee her home with her Hindu family during the 1947 partition of India, tries to find her voice and make sense of the world falling apart around her by writing to her deceased Muslim mother in the pages of her diary.


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On our way to Oyster Bay : Mother Jones and her march for children's rights [CitizenKid]by Kulling, Monica 

BTSB Prebound(Kids Can Press, 2016)


Publication Date: 09/01/2016

BTSB #: 534238 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
Lexile: 780 AD

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Jones, Mother,|d1837-1930 - Fiction Child labor - United States - History - Fiction


Summary: A fictionalized account of actual events that took place in 1903, a march with labor reformer Mother Jones from Pennsylvania to New York in order to demand that President Roosevelt put an end to child labor.


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163296
One real American : the life of Ely S. Parker, Seneca Sachem and Civil War general by Bruchac, Joseph 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2020)


Publication Date: 10/27/2020

BTSB #: 163296 Available

Dewey: 974.7004/BAges: 10-14   
F&P: Z+

Subjects: Parker, Ely Samuel,|d1828-1895 United States.|bArmy - Biography Seneca Indians - Kings and rulers - Biography Generals - United States - Biography Public administration Native Americans - North America - Biography United States - History|y1861-1865, Civil War - Biography


Summary: Biography of Ely S. Parker, a member of the Seneca, an Iroquois nation, who was an attorney, engineer, and tribal diplomat. Raised on a reservation but schooled at a Catholic institution, he learned English at a young age. During the American Civil War, he was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel and was the primary draftsman of the terms of the Confederate surrender at Appomattox. He eventually became President Grant's Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the first Native American to hold that post.


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074780
Orange for the sunsets by Athaide, Tina 

BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2019)


Publication Date: 04/02/2019

BTSB #: 074780 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.1 MG RC: 3.4 3-5 Lexile: 600

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Amin, Idi,|d1925-2003 - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Social classes - Fiction Ethnic relations - Fiction East Indians - Uganda - Fiction Family life - Uganda - Fiction Forced migration - Uganda - Fiction Uganda - History|y1971-1979 - Fiction


Summary: In alternating voices, friends Asha and Yesofu, one Indian and one African, find their world turned upside-down when Idi Amin decides to expel Asian Indians from Uganda in 1972.


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405239
Out of hiding : a Holocaust survivor's journey to America by Gruener, Ruth 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2020)


Publication Date: 10/20/2020

BTSB #: 405239 Available

Dewey: 940.53/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.7 MG Lexile: 840

Subjects: Gruener, Ruth Holocaust, 1939-1945 - Poland - Personal narratives Hidden children (Holocaust) - Biography Jews - Poland - Biography Holocaust survivors - New York (State) - New York - Biography New York (N.Y.) - Biography


Summary: Ruth Gruener was a hidden child during the Holocaust. In war-ravaged Europe, they waited for paperwork for a chance to come to America. Once they arrived in Brooklyn, they began to build a new life, but spoke little English. The family's perseverance is a classic story of the American dream, but also illustrates the difficulties that millions of immigrants face in the aftermath of trauma.


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Pathfinders : the journeys of 16 extraordinary Black souls by Bolden, Tonya 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2017)


Publication Date: 01/10/2017

BTSB #: 130484 Available

Dewey: 920.0092/CAges: 10-14   
AR: 8 MG Lexile: 1150 F&P: Z

Subjects: African Americans - Biography Successful people - United States


Summary: Brief bios of African American figures who paved the way for themselves and others in America.


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393483
Projekt 1065 by Gratz, Alan 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2016)


Publication Date: 09/15/2016

BTSB #: 393483 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5.3 MG+RC: 4.7 6-8 Lexile: 780 F&P: Z

Genres: Historical Fiction Adventure Fiction


Subjects: Hitler Youth - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - Germany - Fiction Jet planes - Fiction Spies - Fiction Berlin (Germany) - History|y1918-1945 - Fiction Germany - History|y1933-1945 - Fiction


Summary: It is 1943, and thirteen-year-old Michael O'Shaunessey, son of the Irish ambassador to Nazi Germany in Berlin, is also a spy for the British Secret Service, so he has joined the Hitler Youth, and pretending that he agrees with their violence and book-burning is hard enough--but when he is asked to find out more about "Projekt 1065" both his and his parents' lives get a lot more dangerous.


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670502
Red Cloud : a Lakota story of war and surrender by Nelson, S. D. 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2017)


Publication Date: 03/14/2017

BTSB #: 670502 Available

Dewey: 978.004/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 3.2 LG RC: 4.7 3-5 Lexile: 880 AD

Subjects: Red Cloud,|d1822-1909 Oglala Indians - Kings and rulers - Biography Lakota Indians - History Red Cloud's War, 1866-1867


Summary: The story of the Lakota and Red Cloud--one of the greatest Native American warriors.


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393486
Refugee by Gratz, Alan 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2017)


Publication Date: 09/15/2017

BTSB #: 393486 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5.3 MG RC: 5.3 6-8 Lexile: 800

Genres: Historical Fiction Adventure Fiction Multicultural


Subjects: Refugees - Fiction Immigration and emigration - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction


Summary: Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.


676475
Resistance by Nielsen, Jennifer A. 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2018)


Publication Date: 09/15/2018

BTSB #: 676475 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.8 MG RC: 5.4 6-8 Lexile: 820

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Jews - Poland - Fiction Holocaust, 1939-1945 - Poland - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - Underground movements - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - Poland - Fiction Warsaw (Poland) - History|yWarsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943 - Fiction Poland - History|yOccupation, 1939-1945 - Fiction


Summary: In 1942 sixteen-year-old Chaya Lindner is a Jewish girl living in Nazi-occupied Poland, a courier who smuggles food and documents to the isolated Jewish ghettos in southern Poland, depending on her forged papers and "Aryan" features--but when a mission goes wrong and many of her colleagues are arrested she finds herself on a journey to Warsaw, where an uprising is in the works.


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588296
Running out of night by Lovejoy, Sharon 

BTSB Prebound(Delacorte Press, 2014)


Publication Date: 11/11/2014

BTSB #: 588296 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5.3 MG Lexile: 830 F&P: V

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Friendship - Fiction Runaways - Fiction Fugitive slaves - Fiction Race relations - Fiction African Americans - Fiction


Summary: Journey of an abused twelve-year-old white girl and an escaped slave girl who run away together and form a bond of friendship while seeking freedom.


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960397
Runs with Courage by Wolf, Joan M. 

BTSB Prebound(Sleeping Bear Press, 2016)


Publication Date: 09/15/2016

BTSB #: 960397 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-13   
Lexile: 680

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Lakota Indians - Fiction Native Americans - North America - Great Plains - Fiction Private schools - Fiction School stories Identity (Psychology) - Fiction Race relations - Fiction Dakota Territory - Fiction


Summary: In the Dakota Territory in 1880, Four Winds, a ten-year-old Lakota girl, is taken from her family to a boarding school, where she is taught English and expected to assimilate into white culture.


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