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A New York Times Bestseller and National Book Award Winner*A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Book of the CenturyJacqueline Woodson, the acclaimed author of* Red at the Bone*, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse.*Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African ... Read more

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The Kid Who Changed the World

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Alias Anna

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by Susan Hood, Greg Dawson ...

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The Radium Girls: Young Readers' Edition

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by Kate Moore ...

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The Days of Rondo

by Evelyn Fairbanks ...

In the 1930s and the 1940s Rondo Avenue was at the heart of St. Paul's largest black neighborhood. African Americans whose families had lived in Minnesota for decades and others who were just arriving from the South made up a vibrant, vital community that was in many ways independent of the white society around it.The Days of Rondo is Evelyn Fairbanks's affectionate memoir of this lively ... Read more

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by Heather E. Schwartz ...

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Brazen

Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World

by Pénélope Bagieu ...

Illustrated by Pénélope Bagieu ...

2019 Eisner Award Winner for Best U.S. Edition of International MaterialThroughout history and across the globe, one characteristic connects the daring women of Brazen: their indomitable spirit.With her characteristic wit and dazzling drawings, celebrated graphic novelist Pénélope Bagieu profiles the lives of these feisty female role models, some world famous, some little known. From Nellie Bly to ... Read more

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Extraordinary Achievements and Daring Adventures

by Rich Mole ...

Series series Amazing Stories
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by Steve Korté, Who HQ ...

Illustrated by Robert Squier ...

Series series What Is the Story Of?
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