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• Black Star

  Alexander, Kwame,

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  Twelve-year old Black girl Charley, who dreams of becoming the first professional female pitcher, must navigate adolescence during the turbulent segregation era and the beginning of the Great Migration.

• Wings to Soar

  Athaide, Tina,

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  In 1972 Viva and her Indian family were forced to leave Uganda--now in a resettlement camp in England she struggles to cope with the living conditions there, hoping that her father may join them soon.

• Lost in the Empire City

  Avi, 1937-

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  An Italian boy loses his family after arriving at Ellis Island in the early 20th century. While searching for a clue as to where his family has gone, he gets caught up with a gang of boys who steal to stay alive. When an unexpected…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Brave Bird at Wounded Knee

  a Story of Protest on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

  Bithell, Rachel,

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  Patsy Antoine and her relatives live on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Her classmates don't even know she is part Lakota. When the tiny town of Wounded Knee is occupied, Patsy's relatives are stuck amid the conflict…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Scattergood

  Bouwman, H. M.,

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  In 1941 rural Iowa, thirteen-year-old Peggy's quiet life is turned upside down by refugee arrivals, first love, and a heartbreaking diagnosis.

• Light Comes to Shadow Mountain

  Buzzeo, Toni,

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  In 1937 rural Kentucky, Cora Mae starts a school newspaper to rally support for the Rural Electrification Act, but the town's resistance to change is not easy to overcome.

• Farewell Cuba, Mi Isla

  Diaz, Alexandra,

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  Victoria loves everything about her home in Cuba. The beautiful land, the delicious food, her best friend and cousin, Jackie, and her big, loving family. But it's 1960 in Cuba, and as the political situation grows more and more dangerous,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bea and the New Deal Horse

  Elliott, Laura, 1957-

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  Abandoned by her father after Black Tuesday, thirteen-year-old Bea convinces Mrs. Scott to take in her and her sister in exchange for farm work and Bea bonds with a seemingly untrainable horse.

• One Big Open Sky

  Cline-Ransome, Lesa,

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  In the 1870s, a Black family undertakes a perilous wagon journey westward for a tenuous shot at freedom in Nebraska.

• Cora and the Terrible Twister

  a Tri-state Tornado Survival Story

  Gilbert, Julie, 1976-

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  For young Cora Moffat March 18, 1925 has been a bad day, but it gets much worse when her school is hit by the Tri-State Tornado, and she, her twin brother and her former best friend Claire, struggle to survive as the school and town are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Warrior on the Mound

  Headen, Sandra W.,

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  In 1939 North Carolina, an all-Black baseball team "trespasses" on the whites-only baseball field, and the resulting racial outrage can only be resolved on the mound.

• Amil and the After

  Hiranandani, Veera,

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  In 1948, 12-year-old Amil, who is both Muslim and Hindu, struggles to find his place in Bombay, India, until his twin sister suggests he tell his story through drawings meant for their late mother as he tries to find hope and a sense of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Plot to Kill a Queen

  a Royal Spy Story in Three Acts, Also Including the Princess Saves the Cakes, a One Act Play to Perform With a Company of Friends

  Hopkinson, Deborah,

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  In 1582 thirteen-year-old Emilia Bassano is a lute player and aspiring playwright who stumbles on a plot to kill Queen Elizabeth, and is recruited by Sir Francis Walsingham to go to the castle where Mary Queen of Scots is being held and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry

  Johnson, Anna Rose,

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  Lucy, a spirited French-Ojibwe orphan, is sent to the stormy waters of Lake Superior to live with a mysterious family of lighthouse-keepers-and, she hopes, to find the legendary necklace her father spent his life seeking.

• Eyes on the Sky

  Kramer, J. Kasper,

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  In quiet Roswell, aeronautics-obsessed Dorothy lives with her brother on a rural ranch, and when her downed weather balloon sparks rumors of a crashed flying saucer, she sets out to discover the truth and soon realizes there is more at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In the Tunnel

  Lee, Julie (Children's fiction writer),

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  Fourteen-year-old Myung-gi flees North Korea with his family during the height of the devastating Korean War, beginning an epic struggle for survival that pushes them to the brink.

• The Windeby Puzzle

  Lowry, Lois,

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  Told in two voices, two outcasts in an Iron Age village befriend each other, as disabled, orphaned Varick helps Estrild achieve her dream of becoming the first female warrior. Inspired by the Windeby bog body.

• Mama's Chicken and Dumplings

  Mann, Dionna L.,

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  Set in the 1930s in the segregated African American community of Vinegar Hill in Charlottesville, Virginia, ten-year-old Allie devises a secret Man for Mama Plan to find her mama a husband.

• A Sky Full of Song

  Meyer, Susan, 1960-

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  In 1905 North Dakota, eleven-year-old Russian immigrant Shoshana is bullied for being Jewish, but after listening to the music of her homeland, she is reminded of the resilience and traditions her people have brought all the way 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.