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3) Suitcase
Author
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Despite his love of drawing and his feelings of inadequacy as an athlete, sixth-grader Xander "Suitcase" Bingham works to become a baseball player to win the approval of his father.
Author
Publisher
Distributed by University Press of New England
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
A young slave's journey to freedom begins when a plantation owner's granddaughter teaches him how to read. Based on the childhood of Alec Turner (1845-1923) who escaped from slavery by joining the Union Army during the Civil War and later became a landowner in Vermont.