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423785
Ablaze with color : a story of painter Alma Thomas by Harvey, Jeanne Walker 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2022)


Publication Date: 02/01/2022

BTSB #: 423785 Available

Dewey: 759/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 4.6 LG Lexile: 870

Subjects: Thomas, Alma Women artists - Biography African Americans - Biography Abstract art


Summary: Tells the incredible true story of Alma Thomas, the first Black woman to have a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum in New York City and to have her work chosen for the White House collection.


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American murderer : the parasite that haunted the South [Medical Fiascoes]by Jarrow, Gail 

BTSB Prebound(Calkins Creek, 2022)


Publication Date: 09/27/2022

BTSB #: 489953 Available

Dewey: 616.9/NAges: 10-14   
AR: 8.2 MG Lexile: 1080 F&P: Z

Subjects: Hookworm disease - Southern States - Prevention - History|y19th century Hookworm disease - Southern States - Prevention - History|y20th century Public health - Southern States - History|y19th century Public health - Southern States - History|y20th century


Summary: Imagine microscopic worms living in the soil. They enter your body through your bare feet, travel to your intestines, and stay there for years sucking your blood like vampires. You feel exhausted. You get sick easily. It sounds like a nightmare, but that's what happened in the American South during the 1800s and early 1900s. Doctors never guessed that hookworms were making patients ill, but zoologist Charles Stiles knew better.


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949726
Call him Jack : the story of Jackie Robinson, black freedom fighter by Williams, Yohuru R. 

BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2022)


Publication Date: 09/27/2022

BTSB #: 949726 Available

Dewey: 796.357/BAges: 10-14   
Lexile: 1090

Subjects: Robinson, Jackie,|d1919-1972 African American baseball players - Biography African Americans - Civil rights - History|y20th century Civil rights movements - United States - History|y20th century


Summary: An eye-opening portrayal of this barrier-breaking American hero as a lifelong, relentlessly proud fighter for Black justice and civil rights.


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878801
Concrete : from the ground up by Theule, Larissa 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2022)


Publication Date: 09/13/2022

BTSB #: 878801 Available

Dewey: 624/NAges: 7-9   
AR: 5.2 MG F&P: U

Subjects: Concrete construction Civil engineering Architecture Civilization


Summary: From a lowly mixture of stone, sand, water, and cement have sprung sidewalks, streets, and skyscrapers, sturdy lighthouses and magnificent palaces, long bridges and massive dams. In ancient building practices, in modern engineering, and in the architecture of the future concrete plays a mighty role in the creation of the human-made world.


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882214
Finding my dance by Thundercloud, Ria 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2022)


Publication Date: 09/13/2022

BTSB #: 882214 Available

Dewey: 792/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 5.2 LG F&P: R

Subjects: Thundercloud, Ria Dancers - Biography Native Americans - North America - Biography


Summary: Ria Thundercloud tells the true story of her path to dance and how it helped her take pride in her Native American heritage.


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467323
Greatest song of all : how Isaac Stern united the world to save Carnegie Hall by Hoyt, Megan 

BTSB Prebound(Quill Tree Books, 2022)


Publication Date: 06/21/2022

BTSB #: 467323 Available

Dewey: 787.2092/BAges: 4-8   


Subjects: Stern, Isaac,|d1920-2001 Carnegie Hall (New York, N.Y.) Violinists - Biography Jews - Biography


Summary: The inspiring story of Isaac Stern, the violin virtuoso who saved Carnegie Hall from being demolished.


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618496
Hope is an arrow : the story of Lebanese American poet Kahlil Gibran by McCarthy, Cory 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2022)


Publication Date: 06/14/2022

BTSB #: 618496 Available

Dewey: 811/BAges: 6-9   
F&P: W

Subjects: Gibran, Kahlil,|d1883-1931 - Childhood and youth Lebanese Americans - Biography Immigrants - Biography Poets - Biography Artists - Biography


Summary: Before Kahlil Gibran ever put his pen to the page to eventually become the world's third best-selling poet of all time, he was Gibran Khalil Gibran, a child immigrant from Lebanon who had a secret hope. His secret hope: to connect all people from around the world, bringing them together despite their differences and beliefs.


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894258
How to build a human : in seven evolutionary steps by Turner, Pamela S. 

BTSB Prebound(Charlesbridge, 2022)


Publication Date: 02/01/2022

BTSB #: 894258 Available

Dewey: 599.93/NAges: 10-14   
Lexile: 990 F&P: Z

Subjects: Evolution Human beings Human origins Fossil hominids


Summary: A celebrated science writer draws upon the most recent discoveries in paleoanthropology and evolutionary biology to present the seven most important steps leading to Homo sapiens.


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I could not do otherwise : the remarkable life of Dr. Mary Edwards Walker by Latta, Sara L. 

Paperback(Zest Books, 2022)


Publication Date: 10/04/2022

BTSB #: 545899 Available

Dewey: 610.92/BAges: 14-18   
Lexile: 1180

Subjects: Walker, Mary Edwards,|d1832-1919 Women physicians - United States - Biography Physicians - United States - Biography Suffragists - United States - Biography United States - History|y1861-1865, Civil War - Medical care


Summary: This book explores the extraordinary life and work of Mary Edwards Walker, a Civil War surgeon, a spy captured by the Confederacy, and the only woman to have ever been awarded the Medal of Honor.


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Inaugural ballers : the true story of the first U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball Team by Maraniss, Andrew 

BTSB Prebound(Viking, 2022)


Publication Date: 09/13/2022

BTSB #: 602867 Available

Dewey: 796.323/NAges: 12-14   
AR: 8.5 UG Lexile: 1240

Subjects: Olympic games Basketball Olympic athletes Women athletes


Summary: The inspirational true story of the birth of women's Olympic basketball at the 1976 Summer Games and the ragtag team that put US women's basketball on the map.


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842438
Lady and the octopus : how Jeanne Villepreux-Power invented aquariums and revolutionized marine biology by Staaf, Danna 

BTSB Prebound(Carolrhoda, 2022)


Publication Date: 10/04/2022

BTSB #: 842438 Available

Dewey: 578.7709/BAges: 10-18   
Lexile: 1220

Subjects: Villepreux-Power, Jeanne,|d1794-1871 Women marine biologists - France - Biography Women naturalists - France - Biography


Summary: Follow the remarkable journey of Jeanne Villepreux-Power from her childhood in a small French village to her life as a naturalist in nineteenth-century Messina, Sicily, where she conducted groundbreaking research and invented aquariums.


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592040
Mammoth math : (with a little help from some elephant shrews) by Macaulay, David 

BTSB Prebound(DK, 2022)


Publication Date: 07/12/2022

BTSB #: 592040 Available

Dewey: 510/NAges: 7-11   


Subjects: Mathematics Numbers Arithmetic Geometry Measurement


Summary: Inquisitive mammoths cover the basics of numbers, operations, geometry, measurement, and more.


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Maya's song by Watson, Renee 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2022)


Publication Date: 09/20/2022

BTSB #: 922597 Available

Dewey: 818/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 4.6 LG

Subjects: Angelou, Maya African American poets - Biography African American women - Biography


Summary: Chronicles the life of poet and activist Maya Angelou.


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Moving forward : from space-age rides to Civil Rights sit-ins with Airman Alton Yates by Barton, Chris 

BTSB Prebound(Beach Lane Books, 2022)


Publication Date: 01/11/2022

BTSB #: 095053 Available

Dewey: 323.092/BAges: 6-8   
Lexile: 900

Subjects: Yates, Alton,|d1936- Airmen - United States - Biography African Americans - Florida - Jacksonville - Biography African Americans - Civil rights - Florida - Jacksonville - History African American civil rights workers - Florida - Jacksonville - Biography Civil rights workers - Florida - Jacksonville - Biography Jacksonville (Fla.)


Summary: A picture book biography on Alton Yates, a Black man who served in the Air Force in the 1950s and contributed to key research on flight safety for pilots and passengers. After returning home, Alton dedicated his life to standing against Jim Crow and fighting for racial equality.


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Murder among friends : how Leopold and Loeb tried to commit the perfect crime by Fleming, Candace 

BTSB Prebound(Anne Schwartz Books, 2022)


Publication Date: 03/29/2022

BTSB #: 341184 Available

Dewey: 364/CAges: 14-18   
Lexile: 850

Subjects: Homicide Trials (Homicide) - Illinois College students Jews - Biography Wealth Chicago (Ill.) - History|y20th century


Summary: In 1924, eighteen-year-old college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb made a decision: they would commit the perfect crime by kidnapping and murdering a child they both knew. Depicts every twist and turn of this harrowing case--how two wealthy, brilliant young men planned and committed what became known as the crime of the century, how they were caught, why they confessed, and how the renowned criminal defense attorney Clarence Darrow enabled them to avoid the death penalty.


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463014
My big book of outdoors by Hopgood, Tim 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2022)


Publication Date: 02/08/2022

BTSB #: 463014 Available

Dewey: 500/NAges: 6-9   


Subjects: Seasons Nature Ecology


Summary: This ode to the four seasons introduces young readers to the world of nature outside their door.


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088052
One million trees : a true story by Balouch, Kristen 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2022)


Publication Date: 03/01/2022

BTSB #: 088052 Available

Dewey: 634.9/BAges: 4-8   
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Subjects: Balouch, Kristen - Childhood and youth Tree planting - Canada - Biography Forest conservation - Canada Cooperativeness


Summary: A true story about when the author was a little girl and she and her family traveled to Canada to help plant trees to replace ones that had been removed by loggers.


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873612
Overground railroad : the Green book and the roots of black travel in America by Taylor, Candacy A. 

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Publication Date: 01/25/2022

BTSB #: 873612 Available

Dewey: 305.8009/NAges: 12-16   
AR: 8.6 MG F&P: Z

Subjects: Automobile travel - United States - Guidebooks African Americans - Segregation - History|y20th century African Americans - Travel - United States - History|y20th century United States - Race relations - History|y20th century United States - Social conditions|y20th century


Summary: A young reader's edition of Candacy Taylor's acclaimed book about the history of the Green Book, the guide for Black travelers, which was published from 1936 to 1966 and was the "Black travel guide to America."


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702456
Seen and unseen : what Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adam' photographs reveal about the Japanese American Incarceration by Partridge, Elizabeth 

BTSB Prebound(Chronicle Books, 2022)


Publication Date: 10/25/2022

BTSB #: 702456 Available

Dewey: 940.53/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 6.6 MG+ Lexile: 990 F&P: Z

Subjects: Miyatake, Toyo Lange, Dorothea Adams, Ansel Manzanar War Relocation Center United States.|bWar Relocation Authority.|bPhotography Section Japanese Americans - Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945 World War, 1939-1945 - Photography World War, 1939-1945 - Concentration camps - California - Manzanar


Summary: Examines the Japanese-American incarceration--and the complexity of documenting it--through the work of legendary photographers Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams who all photographed the events with different approaches and different results.


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954846
Snowy owl scientist [Scientists in the field (Clarion/HarperCollins)]by Wilson, Mark 

BTSB Prebound(Clarion, 2022)


Publication Date: 04/19/2022

BTSB #: 954846 Available

Dewey: 598/NAges: 10-14   
AR: 7.5 MG

Subjects: Snowy owls Wildlife conservation Tundra animals


Summary: Follows researcher Denver Holt as he works during the 24-hour daylight of the Arctic summer to study every aspect of the lives of snowy owls and problems he is trying to solve to help them thrive.


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