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• Rebellion 1776

  Anderson, Laurie Halse,

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  In 1776, 13-year-old Elspeth is alone in a city ravaged by the smallpox epidemic and finds work taking care of a large, wealthy family as they await a turn at inoculation, as she also tries to find her father who went missing during the Siege of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Will's Race for Home

  a Western

  Rhodes, Jewell Parker,

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  During the land rush of 1889, African American Will and his father journey from Texas to Oklahoma, racing thousands of others to stake their claim.

• Light and Air

  Wendell, Mindy Nichols,

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  It's 1935, and tuberculosis is ravaging the nation. Everyone is afraid of this deadly respiratory illness. But what happens when you actually have it? When Halle and her mother both come down with TB, they are shunned--and then they are sent to the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Radiant

  Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux,

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  In 1963, Cooper Dale navigates the challenges of fifth grade as a Black girl in a predominantly white community near Pittsburgh.

• Zarina Divided

  Faruqi, Reem,

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  A stirring coming-of-age story about a Muslim girl who, during the Partition of India, must learn to cope with loss, guilt, and change in order to grow.

• When Sally O'Malley Discovered the Sea

  Cushman, Karen,

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  In 1894 Oregon, Sally O'Malley is thrown out of her job and embarks on a journey to the sea, only to discover that true bravery is not about facing danger alone but about learning to rely on others.

• The Teacher of Nomad Land

  a World War II Story

  Nayeri, Daniel,

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  1941. The German armies are storming across Europe. Iran is a neutral country occupied by British forces on one side. Soviet forces on another. Soldiers fill the teahouses of Isfahan. Nazi spies roam the alleyways. Babak and his little sister have…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hattie Mae Begins Again

  Flake, Sharon G.,

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  Hattie Mae hails from Seed County, North Carolina. She knows hard work: milking cows, plucking chickens, minding the garden. Her hands are made for manual labor—her feet for dirt—that is according to Lisa and some of the other girls at Miss…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Threat of the Spider

  Spradlin, Michael P.,

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  Twelve-year-old Ansel refutes the false information spread by the Hitler Youth in favor of his father's journalistic principles, and when his father goes missing, Ansel uses his investigative skills to find him and expose the truth. "Ansel has never…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rosie and the Race Toward Freedom

  An Underground Railroad Graphic Novel

  Andral, Dolores,

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  Set in 1850, twelve-year-old Rosie and her family escape enslavement on a Virginia plantation and travel north along the dangerous routes of the Underground Railroad.

• The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli

  Glaser, Karina Yan,

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  Two eleven-year-olds, one in the China of 731 and the other in Manhattan's Chinatown in 1931, embark on challenging journeys to save their families from peril