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Abe Lincoln Speaks
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Alan Venable
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In this book you’ll hear Abe Lincoln tell the story of his own life, from the day he was born in a small log cabin, right up to the day he was shot by an assassin’s bullet.
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After the Buffalo Jump
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This book includes stories of the Blackfoot Nation including the buffalo jump, a UNESCO World Heritage site where the Blackfoot people killed thousands of buffalo by running them off a cliff
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Against All the Odds
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John Bergez
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The stories told in this book reveal Washington’s struggles, doubts, and fears as well as his enormous achievements.
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Border Crossing
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This is the fictional but realistic story of a Mexican family that crosses the border illegally into Texas in the 1990s in search of a better economic life.
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Cleopatra
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Alan Venable
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This book tells the story of Cleopatra, from her first heady encounter with Caesar, through her bearing of Caesar’s and Antony’s children, to her suicide.
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Death at Jamestown
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Noe Venable
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This book illuminates a complex, exciting, and brutal period in the history of America.
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Fight for Your Life
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In 1967, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a top boxer, was convicted for a crime he didn't commit. This is the story of one of the most notorious cases of injustice in U.S. history
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For Liberty
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From the Boston Tea Party, in 1773, to the British surrender at Yorktown, in 1781, For Liberty is a fictionalized journey through colonial America and the American Revolution.
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Frederick Douglass
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Devorah Major
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As leader of free blacks in the north, Douglass urged Lincoln to end slavery during the Civil War. This book covers mainly Frederick's early and middle life.
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Gettysburg
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Bill Reeder
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Gettysburg: Missing in Action is a Civil War story of two best friends — Sam and Cal — who march into the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863.
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Harriet Tubman
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Alan Venable
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This book documents an amazing woman's struggle to end American slavery. There may be no more heroic, historically revealing, and amazing life of the 19th century than that of Harriet Tubman.
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I Am Vallejo!
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Alan Venable
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In this first-person narrative, he tells his own story right up through his funeral in 1890. Intelligent, proud, generous, and humorous, Mariano Vallejo recounts the founding of California and welcome
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King Tut's Tomb
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Alan Venable
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This book tells the story of Howard Carter’s career, including the moment when he finally opened the solid-gold coffin and saw the amazing golden mask of Egypt’s "boy king" pharaoh.
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Kings of the Nile
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Alan Venable
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This book provides a background on 3,000 years of ancient Egypt and its rulers.
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On Strike!
by
Alan Venable
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This book tells how Mexican-American Cesar Chavez inspired millions and changed the lives of American farm workers.
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Rosa Parks
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Devorah Major
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This book emphasizes Rosa's childhood, her role in the dangerous fight to free the Scottsboro Boys, and Rosa's inspiring actions in Montgomery.
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Sacagawea
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Alan Venable
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This book portrays the Lewis and Clark expedition as it might have appeared to Sacagawea herself. It describes how she might have felt about joining the expedition to and from the Pacific Coast.
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The Black Death
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Alan Venable
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This is a story about one of the most horrible diseases that people have ever known. In the year 1665, a disease called plague, swept through the city of London, England.
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The Japanese Americans
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Based on actual experiences of Japanese Americans during World War II, this story stresses the importance of learning from the mistakes of history.
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The Red Badge of Courage
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John Matern
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This realistic Civil War novel probes the mind of a youth named Henry in his first few days of battle
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The Story of Anne Frank
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Alan Venable
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This book excerpts Anne's diary, but it also puts the diary in its historical context. Readers will finish this book having gained an understanding of the events of World War II Europe.
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The Tuskegee Airmen
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In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the U.S. Army to form the 99th Fighter Squadron, the first squadron of black pilots.
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When the Horses are Gone
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Alan Venable
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This book tells the story of heroic resistance through the eyes of a fictional Nez Perce boy whose duty lies in preserving his family's herd of horses.
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