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Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When a series of accidents and other strange happenings at the Capitol City Natural History Museum lead to rumors that the museum is being haunted by the ghost of a Pterosaur, ten-year-old Wilson Kipper and his friends set out to solve the mystery.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Discover the true meaning of being brave in this tender and whimsical picture book. . .that follows a grandfather and grandson who travel through time in a beloved 1952 Ford." --Provided by publisher.
4823) When clouds touch us
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A novel in verse inspired by the author's experience follows Hà and her family, refugees from the Vietnam War, as they move to Texas for a new job, and despite not wanting to start over again, Hà discovers unwanted change can bring a good opportunity.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Started as a hashtag after the death of Trayvon Martin, Black Lives Matter has become one of the most significant protest movements of our time. See how its activists and demonstrators have changed the course of history"--
4825) Beautifully me
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Zubi, a happy Bangladeshi girl, is excited about her first day of school, but at breakfast she is puzzled by her mother and older sister worrying about being "too big," and even at school she hears other people criticizing each other's bodies, and she starts to worry that maybe something is wrong with how she looks--until her declaration at dinner that she is on a diet makes her family realize what they have been doing wrong.
4826) The sound of freedom: Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the concert that awakened America
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Press
Pub. Date
2010, c2009
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: Award-winning civil rights historian Ray Arsenault describes the dramatic story behind Marian Anderson's concert at the Lincoln Memorial--an early milestone in civil rights history--on the seventieth anniversary of her performance. On Easter Sunday, 1939, the brilliant vocalist Marian Anderson sang before a throng of seventy-five thousand at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington--an electrifying moment and an under-appreciated milestone...
Author
Series
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"From the moment Africans were first brought to the shores of the United States, they had a hand in shaping the country. Their labor created a strong economy, built our halls of government, and defined American society in profound ways. And though the Emancipation Proclamation wasn't signed until 300 years after the first Africans arrived, the fight for freedom started the moment they set foot on American soil. This book contains the true narrative...
4829) Frederick Douglass
Author
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Profiles the life of Frederick Douglass, his escape from slavery, his career as an author and orator, and his quest for justice.
4830) Parker grows a garden
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Parker grows a backyard garden with her two grandmothers, Nana and Mom Mom"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Portable Press
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"A graphic biography of civil rights leader and American icon Martin Luther King Jr. This graphical biography tells the story of the most prominent leader of the American civil rights movement. With full-color illustrations and a historically accurate narrative, Martin Luther King Jr.: Voice for Equality! will inform and entertain readers of all ages. From his childhood in Atlanta to his rise as an international icon of human rights and a fiery orator...
Publisher
Nicodemus National Historic Site?]
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Informational program created in conjunction with a local baseball tournament that was organized to commemorate a historic baseball rivalry that existed decades ago between the communities of Nicodemus and Hill City, Kansas.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Gyo Fujikawa's iconic children's books are beloved all over the world. Now it's time for Gyo's story to be told--a story of artistic talent that refused to be constrained by rules or expectations. Growing up quiet and lonely at the beginning of the twentieth century, Gyo learned from her relatives the ways in which both women and Japanese people lacked opportunity. Her teachers and family believed in her and sent her to art school and later Japan,...
4834) Popped star
Author
Series
Gum Girl volume 3
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
As Gabby Gomez is trying to tell her family she is Gum Girl, she encounters Ninja-Rina, a masked ballerina for whom no crime is "tutu" big.
4835) Me and Muhammad Ali
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Langston's joyous encounter with his hero, boxing champion and poet Muhammad Ali, is everything he dreamed it would be and more.
4836) The winter people
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
As the French and Indian War rages in October of 1759, Saxso, a fourteen-year-old Abenaki boy, pursues the English rangers who have attacked his village and taken his mother and sisters hostage.
4839) Barely Floating
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"Natalia De La Cruz Rivera y Santiago, also known as Nat, was swimming neighborhood kids out of their money at the local Inglewood pool when her life changed. The LA Mermaids performed, emerging out of the water with matching sequined swimsuits, and it was then that synchronized swimming stole her heart. The problem? Her activist mom and professor dad think it's a sport with too much emphasis on looks-on being thin and white. Nat grew up the youngest...
