Words That Built a Nation: Voices of Democracy That Have Shaped America’s History
By: Marilyn Miller
4.24
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
When originally published in 1999, Words That Built a Nation was hailed for bringing together the U…
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1. When You Reach Me
By: Rebecca Stead
4.08
Format: 199 pages, Hardcover
Miranda is an ordinary sixth grader, until she starts receiving mysterious messages from somebody w… read more
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"What's the burn scale?"-Rebecca Stead, When You Reach Me
"We have lunch at ten-forty-five,"-Rebecca Stead, When You Reach Me
"It's crazy the things a person can pretend not to notice."-Rebecca Stead, When You Reach Me
"She's called the secretary, but as far as I can tell she basically runs the school."-Rebecca Stead, When You Reach Me
2. Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment
By: Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston , James D. Houston
3.70
Format: 223 pages, Paperback
Jeanne Wakatsuki was seven years old in 1942 when her family was uprooted from their home and sent … read more
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"Now she wanted for me the same thing I thought I wanted. Acceptance, in her eyes, was simply another means for survival."-Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment
"I instinctively decided that I would prove that I wasn't different, that it should not be odd to hear me speaking English. From that day forward I lived with this double impulse:the urge to disappear…"-Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment
"You cannot deport 110,000 people unless you have stopped seeing individuals. Of course, for such a thing to happen, there has to be a kind of acquiescence on the part of the victims, some submerged b…"-Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment
"From that day on, pay of me yearned to be invisible. In a way, nothing would have been nicer than for no one to see me. Although I could not have defined it at the Tom me, I felt if attention were dr…"-Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment
3. Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)
By: Kirby Larson
4.02
Format: 289 pages, Hardcover
After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, 16-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travel… read more
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"Home is not a building, but a feeling of belonging."-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)
"Sometimes it takes a big dream to wake up a small town."-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)
"I will have to rely on that painful teacher, experience."-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)
"Sometimes the biggest battles we face are within ourselves."-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)
4. The Hangman (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #6.5)
By: Louise Penny
3.81
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
On a cold November morning, a jogger runs through the woods in the peaceful Quebec village of Three… read more
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5. In the Land of the Jaguar: South America and Its People
By: Gena K. Gorrell
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
South America's story is as varied as its geography of soaring mountains, scorching deserts, and lu… read more
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6. Ghost Boys
By: Jewell Parker Rhodes
4.34
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a… read more
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"Bear witness. My tale is told Wake. Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better. Don’t let me (Or anyone else) Tell this tale again"-Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ghost Boys
"Bear witness. My tale is told. Wake. Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better. Don't let me (Or anyone else) Tell this tale again."-Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ghost Boys
7. Tortilla Sun
By: Jennifer Cervantes
4.46
Format: None pages, Hardcover
When twelve-year-old Izzy discovers a beat-up baseball marked with the words "Becausemagic" while u… read more
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8. Which Way to the Wild West?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About Westward Expansion
By: Steve Sheinkin , Tim Robinson
3.83
Format: None pages, Hardcover
History--with the good bits put back. Discover the drama, discoveries, dirty deeds and derring-do t… read more
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9. The Great American Dust Bowl
By: Don Brown
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A speck of dust is a tiny thing. In fact, five of them could fit into the period at the end of this… read more
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10. Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom
By: Sue Macy
3.80
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
Take a lively look at women's history from aboard a bicycle, which granted females the freedom of m… read more
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11. Chasing Secrets
By: Gennifer Choldenko
3.14
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Newbery Honor-winning author Gennifer Choldenko deftly combines humor, tragedy, fascinating histori… read more
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12. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition
By: William Kamkwamba , Bryan Mealer
3.50
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
The New York Timesbestselling memoir of the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Ma… read more
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13. We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History
By: Phillip Hoose
3.92
Format: None pages,
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14. This Land Is Our Land: A History of American Immigration
By: Linda Barrett Osborne
3.68
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
A 2017 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction finalist! American attitudes toward immigrants are paradoxica… read more
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15. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse
By: Joseph M. Marshall III , Jim Yellowhawk
3.50
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
Jimmy McClean is a Lakota boy--though you would not guess it by his name: his father is a white man… read more
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16. The Harlem Charade
By: Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
3.57
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
WATCHER. SHADOW. FUGITIVE. Harlem is home to all kinds of kids. Jin sees life passing her by from t… read more
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17. Through My Eyes
By: Ruby Bridges , Margo Lundell
4.07
Format: 189 pages, Hardcover
In November 1960, all of America watched as a tiny six-year-old black girl, surrounded by federal m… read more
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18. King George: What Was His Problem?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the American Revolution
By: Steve Sheinkin , Tim Robinson
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
KING GEORGE NEVER DID UNDERSTAND AMERICANS "Entire books have been written about the causes of the … read more
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19. Two Miserable Presidents: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the Civil War
By: Steve Sheinkin , Tim Robinson
4.00
Format: None pages,
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20. The Librarian of Auschwitz
By: None , None
3.82
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of… read more
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21. Esperanza Rising
By: Pam Muñoz Ryan
4.29
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Esperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico--she'd always have fan… read more
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22. Walk Two Moons
By: Sharon Creech
4.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
"How about a story? Spin us a yarn." Instantly, Phoebe Winterbottom came to mind. "I could tell you… read more
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23. Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
By: Kadir Nelson
3.84
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Kadir Nelson's Heart and Soulis the winner of numerous awards, including the 2012 Coretta Scott Kin… read more
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24. Prairie Lotus
By: Linda Sue Park
4.29
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
Prairie Lotus is a book about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an educat… read more
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25. Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids
By: Cynthia Leitich Smith
4.20
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A collection of intersecting stories set at a powwow that bursts with hope, joy, resilience, the st… read more
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"Returning the phone, she said, “You’re an artist."-Cynthia Leitich Smith, Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids
"Four kids in T-shirts and jeans jam on a powwow stage. They’re grinning, bouncing, fully engaged with their music, each other, and the relaxed crowd. I’m splitting fry bread with a cousin as we cheer…"-Cynthia Leitich Smith, Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids
26. Backyard Bears: Conservation, Habitat Changes, and the Rise of Urban Wildlife (Scientists in the Field)
By: Amy Cherrix
4.29
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
In this acclaimed addition to the beloved Scientists in the Field series, author Amy Cherrix follow… read more
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27. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People (ReVisioning History for Young People)
By: Debbie Reese
4.36
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Spanning more than 400 years, this classic bottom-up history examines the legacy of Indigenous peop… read more
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28. What the Eagle Sees: Indigenous Stories of Rebellion and Renewal
By: Eldon Yellowhorn
4.37
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
"There is no death. Only a change of worlds.” —Chief Seattle [Seatlh], Suquamish Chief … read more
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29. A Different Mirror for Young People: A History of Multicultural America (For Young People Series)
By: Ronald Takaki
4.30
Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition
A longtime professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, Ronald Takaki w… read more
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30. American History: A Visual Encyclopedia (DK Children's Visual Encyclopedias)
By: D.K. Publishing
4.40
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Uncover the key moments that shaped American history in this extensive history encyclopedia for chi… read more
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31. Words That Built a Nation: Voices of Democracy That Have Shaped America’s History
By: Marilyn Miller
4.24
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
When originally published in 1999, Words That Built a Nation was hailed for bringing together the U… read more
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