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    Alia's Mission
      This graphic storybook/graphic novel is based on the true story of the chief librarian at the Central Library in Basra, Iraq. It tells the story of how she tried to save the books from destruction during the Iraq War.
      Author: Stamaty, Mark Alan HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading

    Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World
      Minute biographies of 26 illustrious women with quotes from each. Discover woman who have changed people's lives and read about their childhood, hardships and successes to inspire girls and women of all ages.
      Author: Chin-Lee, Cynthia HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World
      Minute biographies of 26 illustrious women with quotes from each. Discover woman who have changed people's lives and read about their childhood, hardships and successes to inspire girls and women of all ages.
      Author: Chin-Lee, Cynthia HSE Descriptors: social studies

    As Good as Anybody
      Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, who had both experienced discrimination, joined forces in the Civil Rights Movement.
      Author: Michelson, Richard HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal
      The life of Bass Reeves, from slavery to US marshal, the most feared and respected lawman in the territories. This is a story of a remarkable African-American hero of the Old West. Actual photos, western vocabulary, timeline,further reading/websites, res
      Author: Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal
      The life of Bass Reeves, from slavery to US marshal, the most feared and respected lawman in the territories. This is a story of a remarkable African-American hero of the Old West. Actual photos, western vocabulary, timeline,further reading/websites, res
      Author: Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Black Pioneers
      This well-researched history of African American pioneers, freedom fighters, and participants in the Underground Railroad tells little known stories of brave people who settled the midwest against great odds. The book contains archival photographs, a map
      Author: Katz, William Loren HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Bread and Roses, Too.
      This is a fictionalized history of the 1912 Lawrence, Massachusetts, factory strike. The main characters are two children, a girl whose family is active in the strike, and a homeless boy. Aspects of the strike itself and of outsiders' attempts to help the
      Author: Paterson, Katherine HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Bucking the Sarge
      Teenage Luther, who is exploited by his slumlord mother, keeps his equilbrium through many humorous misadventures before finding his own way.
      Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul

    Dear One, The
      15-year-old, pregnant Rebecca arrives at her mother's college friend's house to await the birth of her baby. She and others in the house learn to embrace differences and develop friendships.
      Author: Woodson, Jacqueline

    Dream of Freedom, A
      This well written and comprehensive documentation of the Civil Rights Movement, its background, issues, and confrontations is told by a white Southern woman of privilege who grew up during that period. Photographs and fact boxes, index, bibliography, and
      Author: McWhorter, Diane HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Eleanor
      This biography of Eleanor Roosevelt's early life conveys the emotionally impoverished childhood amid wealth and power. The book captures the indomitable spirit of the woman who would become the greatest and most beloved First Lady and a leader in her own
      Author: Cooney, Barbara HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Eleanor Roosevelt
      Freedman relates this biography of Eleanor Roosevelt with the interest of suspense fiction which is accompanied by extensive archival photographs. The book traces her evolution from a shy young girl from an unhappy home to America's most acclaimed First
      Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Eleanor, Quiet No More
      The author tells the story of Eleanor Roosevelt's life simply, each phase emphasizing a quote of hers. In addition to lovely, soft illustrations, the author includes a timeline, selected bibliograph, and web sites.
      Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Eleanor, Quiet No More
      The author tells the story of Eleanor Roosevelt's life simply, each phase emphasizing a quote of hers. In addition to lovely, soft illustrations, the author includes a timeline, selected bibliograph, and web sites.
      Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Fiery Vision: The Life and Death of John Brown
      Brown is one of the controversial figures in American history who continues today to evoke both anger and admiration. This gripping biography of John Brown, abolitionist and crusader for equality of races, describes the events of his life that led to Har
      Author: Cox, Clinton HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Fiery Vision: The Life and Death of John Brown
      Brown is one of the controversial figures in American history who continues today to evoke both anger and admiration. This gripping biography of John Brown, abolitionist and crusader for equality of races, describes the events of his life that led to Har
      Author: Cox, Clinton HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Firefly Letters: A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba, The
      This powerful book shares the plight of women and slavery in Cuba, a beautiful, lush island with many ugly truths. The early feminist, Fredrika Bremer, travels from Denmark to record life in this society and finds a great deal of prejudice and wrongs. Dur
      Author: Engle, Margarita HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading

    Francie
      This engaging novel shows a slice of life in small-town Alabama in the 1940s, as told from the perspective of 13-year-old Francie. Francie, her mother, and her brother anxiously await a chance to join her father in Chicago. In the meantime, Francie comes
      Author: English, Karen

    Freedom Riders
      This book, illustrated with historical photographs, tells the story of two young men, one white and one black, whose common goal in life is to bring equality between the races. Their story is set during the historic freedom rides of the Civil Rights Move
      Author: Bausum, Ann HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Friend on Freedom River
      This is the story of young Louis, who decides to do what his father would do and help runaway slaves make it across the Detroit River to Canada.
      Author: Whelan, Gloria HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
      This is a picture biography of Cesar Chavez. It focuses on his childhood and initial efforts at organizing farm workers in the mid-60s, creating The National Form Workers Association.
      Author: Krull, Kathleen HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Heavenly Village, The
      This is subtitled "A Novel," but it's really more a loosely connected set of short stories, all of which take place in the "Heavenly Village," a place for those who have died but are not quite yet ready to leave earth behind. (Note: religious overtones, i
      Author: Rylant, Cynthia HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Hero Beowulf, The
      This prose retelling of the first part of the earliest poem in English (Anglo Saxon, actually) has strong, vibrant illustrations and helpful supplementary material.
      Author: Kimmel, Eric A. HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Martin's Big Words
      Brief and easy-to-read biographical statements are accompanied by MLK's words and award-winning illustrations. An abbreviated Civil Rights chronology and bibliography conclude the book.
      Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Monster
      16-year-old Steve Harmon is on trial for murder. This riveting book tells his story in the form of his journals and a film script he is writing.
      Author: Myers, Walter Dean

    Nobody Particular
      A graphic novel format depicts the activist Diane Wilson and her fight against water pollution along the Gulf Coast of Texas. The illustrations contain diagrams to explain problems of pollution.
      Author: Bang, Molly HSE Descriptors: science

    Number the Stars
      In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis. It is about the power of the Danish Resistance, heroes of a nation, the power of human decency over th
      Author: Lowry, Lois HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading

    Only Passing Through
      Strong illustrations help tell this biography of Sojourner Truth. An Author's Note updates the relevance of Sojourner Truth and provides a helpful timeline.
      Author: Rockwell, Anne HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Rosa
      Giovanni tells the story of Rosa Parks' infamous bus ride. In the telling, the author speaks to the strength of the African-American community in their struggle for equal rights. The author weaves other tales (Emmett Till) into the story to give the rea
      Author: Giovanni, Nikki HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Si, Se Puede (Yes, We Can!)
      Text in both English and Spanish on each page tells the story of a mother who becomes active in union organization. This story is based on the 2000 janitors' strike in Los Angeles. An essay by Luis J. Rodriguez describes a real-life activist whose goals a
      Author: Cohn, Diana HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Sir Gawain & the Green Knight
      The author retells this famous tale of one of the knights of King Arthur's famous Roundtable, in which Gawain accepts a challenge of a giant green knight that leads to further trials at the end of one year. Vivid illustrations contribute to the sense of
      Author: Morpurgo, Michael HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Somewhere In the Darkness
      Jimmy, a teenager, lives in the city with Mama Jean. Then he meets Crab, a "man with something to prove. Maybe Crab's not sure what it is; maybe Jimmy's not sure he wants to know. But it may be the last chance Crab has to tell Jimmy who he was, and who
      Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Sundiata
      With roots in the 13th Century history of Mali in West Central Africa, the legend of Sundiata and how he gains the kingship prophesied at his birth is illustrated with exquisite cut paper artwork. Historical facts are included in the endmatter and a beau
      Author: Wisniewski, David HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Touching Spirit Bear
      Cole, a juvenile "delinquent," is offered jail or "circle justice," a system based on Native American traditions that attempts to provide healing for the criminal, his victim, and the community. Cole's time at a remote Alaskan island and his interactions
      Author: Mikaelsen, Ben

    When Harriet Met Sojourner
      The author imagines the meeting of two brave activists for the freeing of slaves --Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman when they were in Boston in 1864. The story is told with the aid of very powerful artwork.
      Author: Clinton, Catherine HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Women of Hope
      The author wrote essays on thirteen African American women to accompany photographs of the Bread and Roses Cultural Project. The essays feature inspiring women who exhibited courage in overcoming barriers of race and gender in fighting for rights we all
      Author: Hansen, Joyce HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Wreath for Emmett Till, A
      Told in a poetic form known as heroic crown sonnets, the thoughtfully illustrated poem causes the reader to experience the murder of 14 year old Emmett Till in Mississippi. The author provides an introduction to the poetic form, biographical information
      Author: Nelson, Marilyn HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading


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