Chasing King's Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin
By: James L. Swanson
4.19
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An astonishing account of the assassination of America's most beloved and celebrated civil rights l…
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1. Dead End in Norvelt
By: Jack Gantos
4.25
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Dead End in Norveltis the winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal for the year's best contribution to chil… read more
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- middle grade
2. A Year Down Yonder (A Long Way from Chicago, #2)
By: Richard Peck
3.71
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Mary Alice remembers childhood summers packed with drama. At fifteen, she faces a whole long year w… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
3. The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century
By: Sarah Miller
3.36
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
"Someone has killed Father!" August 4, 1892: Lizzie Borden calls out frantically for help. When the… read more
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4. Time Bomb
By: Joelle Charbonneau
3.72
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
A congressman's daughter who has to be perfect. A star quarterback with a secret. A guy who's tired… read more
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"Once you were a winner, you had to stay the winner they expected you to be."-Joelle Charbonneau, Time Bomb
"...fighting to live is hard. It’s supposed to be. Giving up is the easy part."-Joelle Charbonneau, Time Bomb
"To get what you wanted in life, you must inspire trust - even if you intended to break it."-Joelle Charbonneau, Time Bomb
"Was he scared? Hell, yeah. But sometimes the only way to change something was to break it first."-Joelle Charbonneau, Time Bomb
5. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad
By: Ann Petry
4.10
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
The Horn Bookcalled this classic biography of Harriet Tubman an "unusually well-written and moving … read more
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6. The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
By: David McCullough
5.00
Format: 30 pages, Hardcover
On December 31, 1999, after nearly a century of rule, the United States officially ceded ownership … read more
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7. American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies
By: Michael W. Kauffman
3.08
Format: 354 pages, Paperback
It is a tale as familiar as our history primers: A deranged actor, John Wilkes Booth, killed Abraha… read more
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8. A Work in Progress
By: Jarrett Lerner
4.40
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A young boy struggles with body image in this poignant and “perceptive” ( Publishers Weekly , starr… read more
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- middle grade
9. Parkland: Birth of a Movement
By: Dave Cullen
3.98
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Columbine offers a deeply moving account of the extraordin… read more
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- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
10. Tornado Brain
By: Cat Patrick
4.14
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
A neurodivergent 7th grader is determined to find her missing best friend before it's too late. … read more
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- middle grade
- audiobook
11. The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
By: George Stephanopoulos
4.45
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
George Stephanopoulos, former senior advisor to President Clinton and for more than 20 years anchor… read more
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- biography
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
12. Chasing King's Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin
By: James L. Swanson
4.19
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An astonishing account of the assassination of America's most beloved and celebrated civil rights l… read more
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- biography
- history
- true crime
- historical
- middle grade
- crime
- death
- nonfiction
- african american
- audiobook
13. Without Sanction (Matt Drake, #1)
By: Don Bentley
4.18
Format: 373 pages, Hardcover
After surviving a clandestine operation that went tragically wrong, Matt Drake escaped Syria with h… read more
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- audiobook
14. Dust
By: Dusti Bowling
4.23
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A girl who struggles to breathe befriends a boy who seems shrouded in dust. After Avalyn nearly die… read more
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- middle grade
- audiobook
15. Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era
By: Jerry Mitchell
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
On June 21, 1964, more than twenty Klansmen murdered three civil rights workers. The killings would… read more
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- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
16. What Happened to Rachel Riley?
By: Claire Swinarski
4.23
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly … read more
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- middle grade
- audiobook
17. Life's Too Short: A Memoir
By: Darius Rucker
4.18
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A raw, heartfelt memoir from Darius Rucker, the three-time Grammy Award–winning, Diamond-selling le… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- audiobook
18. When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day
By: Garrett M. Graff
4.59
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
19. The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning
By: A.J. Jacobs
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically attempts to follow the origi… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- history
- audiobook
20. Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America
By: Candacy A. Taylor
4.23
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
The first book to explore the historical role and residual impact of the Green Book, a travel guide… read more
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- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- african american
- audiobook
21. Liberty on Trial in America: Cases that Defined Freedom
By: Douglas O. Linder
4.11
Format: 12 pages, Audiobook
We like to believe that the founding principle of the United States is liberty. “Give me liberty, o… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
