Lincoln: A Photobiography
By: Russell Freedman
3.90
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Abraham Lincoln stood out in a crowd as much for his wit and rollicking humor as for his height. Th…
Want to Read $ 1.99"I have mo prejudice against the Southern people... They are just what we would ben in their situation. If slavery did not now exits amongst them, they wld not inrtoduce it. If it did now exist amongst us, we should not instantly give it up... I surely will not blame them for not doing what I should not know how to do myself. (p52)"-Russell Freedman, Lincoln: A Photobiography
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1. Adam of the Road
By: Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray
3.77
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
"A road's a kind of holy thing," said Roger the Minstrel to his son, Adam. "That's why it's a good… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- childrens
2. Thimble Summer
By: Elizabeth Enright
3.75
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
When Garnet finds a silver thimble in the sand by the river, she is sure it’s magical. But is it ma… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- childrens
"Garnet was very happy. She was so happy, for no especial reason, that she felt as if she must move carefully so she wouldn’t jar or shake the feeling of happiness. She descended from the roof cautiou…"-Elizabeth Enright, Thimble Summer
3. A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32
By: Joan W. Blos
3.54
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
I, Catherine Cabot Hall, aged 13 years, 6 months, 29 days…do begin this book. So begins the journal… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- childrens
"For are we not, all of us, wand'rers and strangers; and do we not, all of us, travel in danger or voyage uncharted seas?"-Joan W. Blos, A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32
4. Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women (Newbery Medal Winner)
By: Cornelia Meigs
3.75
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Biography tracing the fascinating life of Louisa May Alcott from her happy childhood in Pennsylvani… read more
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- biography
- history
- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
5. The Cross of Lead (Crispin, #1)
By: Avi
3.84
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
"Asta's Son" is all he's ever been called. The lack of a name is appropriate, because he and his mo… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- childrens
6. Call It Courage
By: Armstrong Sperry
3.60
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
A boy tries to overcome his fear of the sea in this treasured classic and winner of the Newbery Med… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
7. Rabbit Hill
By: Robert Lawson
4.25
Format: 355 pages,
It has been a while since Folks lived in the Big House, and an even longer time has passed since th… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
8. Dear Mr. Henshaw (Leigh Botts, #1)
By: Paul O. Zelinsky , Beverly Cleary
4.39
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Beverly Cleary's timeless Newbery Medal-winning book explores difficult topics like divorce, insecu… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
9. The Matchlock Gun
By: Walter D. Edmonds
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
A Newbery Medal Winner In 1756, New York State was still a British colony, and the French and the I… read more
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- historical
- american history
- middle grade
- childrens
10. The Midwife's Apprentice
By: Karen Cushman
5.00
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
From the author of Catherine, Called Birdy comes another spellbinding novel set in medieval England… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- childrens
11. Maniac Magee
By: Jerry Spinelli
4.00
Format: 222 pages,
Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee might have lived a normal life if a freak accident hadn't made him an… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
12. 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
- childrens
13. Rifles for Watie
By: Harold Keith
4.36
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
Jeff Bussey walked briskly up the rutted wagon road toward Fort Leavenworth on his way to join the … read more
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14. Lincoln: A Photobiography
By: Russell Freedman
3.90
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Abraham Lincoln stood out in a crowd as much for his wit and rollicking humor as for his height. Th… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- childrens
- historical
- presidents
- civil war
- middle grade
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"I have mo prejudice against the Southern people... They are just what we would ben in their situation. If slavery did not now exits amongst them, they wld not inrtoduce it. If it did now exist amongs…"-Russell Freedman, Lincoln: A Photobiography
15. Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
By: Paul Fleischman , Eric Beddows
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
From the Newbery Medal-winning author of Seedfolks, Paul Fleischman, Joyful Noiseis a collection of… read more
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16. A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers
By: Nancy Willard , Alice Provensen , Martin Provensen
4.16
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by William Blake'sSongs of Innocenceand Songs of Experience, this delightful collection of… read more
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17. Missing May
By: Cynthia Rylant
3.79
Format: 704 pages, Paperback
This critically acclaimed winner of the Newbery Medal and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award joins Sc… read more
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18. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village
By: Robert Byrd , Laura Amy Schlitz
3.28
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
Step back to medieval 1255 England and meet 22 villagers, illustrated in pen and ink, inspired by t… read more
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19. The Hero and the Crown (Damar, #2)
By: Robin McKinley
4.20
Format: 24 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Aerin could not remember a time when she had not known the story; she had grown up knowing it. It w… read more
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20. Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
By: Patricia MacLachlan
3.83
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
This beloved Newbery Medal–winning book is the first of five books in Patricia MacLachlan's chapter… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- childrens
"I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall."-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
"There are always things to miss," said Maggie. "No matter where you are."-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
"My brother William is a fisherman, and he tells me that when he is in the middle of a fogbound sea the water is a color for which there is no name."-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
21. M.C. Higgins, the Great
By: Virginia Hamilton
4.21
Format: None pages, Paperback
Mayo Cornelius Higgins sits on his gleaming, forty-foot steel pole, towering over his home on Sarah… read more
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22. It's Like This, Cat
By: Emily Cheney Neville , Emil Weiss
4.28
Format: 141 pages, Paperback
My father is always talking about how a dog can be very educational for a boy. This is one reason I… read more
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23. Amos Fortune, Free Man
By: Elizabeth Yates , Nora S. Unwin
3.97
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
A Newbery Medal Winner When Amos Fortune was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave trade… read more
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24. The Higher Power of Lucky (The Hard Pan Trilogy, #1)
By: Susan Patron
4.27
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Believing that her French guardian is about to abandon her to an orphanage in the city, ten-year-ol… read more
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25. Dicey's Song (Tillerman Cycle, #2)
By: Cynthia Voigt
3.22
Format: 111 pages, Paperback
Now that the four abandoned Tillerman children are settled in with their grandmother, Dicey finds t… read more
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26. The Whipping Boy
By: Peter Sís , Sid Fleischman
3.69
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
A shout comes echoing up the stairway "Fetch the whipping boy!" A young orphan named Jemmy rouses … read more
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27. The View from Saturday
By: E.L. Konigsburg
4.28
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
How has Mrs. Olinski chosen her sixth-grade Academic Bowl team? She had a number of answers. But we… read more
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28. Shadow Of A Bull
By: Maia Wojciechowska
3.92
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Manolo Olivar was the son of his father. Which may not seem like a necessary thing to say. But in M… read more
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29. Up a Road Slowly
By: Irene Hunt
4.41
Format: 333 pages, Paperback
The Newbery Award-winning novel From the author of Across Five Aprilsand No Promises in the Windco… read more
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30. Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel
By: Claudia Clark
4.28
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
One of the great political friendships of the modern world, as told through key moments that shaped… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- history
"As she had done when she introduced the US president in Berlin, she addressed him publicly with the informal du for the first time since the NSA controversy in 2013."-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel
"Let me make two remarks. First I concentrate on the task ahead for 2016. I’m quite busy with that—thank you very much. And I’m looking with great interest in the American election campaign.’ For the …"-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel
"Obama’s next words captured the attention of the world and the amusement of those present. As he wagged his finger at the crowd, he scolded, ‘So stop it, all of you. I know you have to find something…"-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel
"In her usual manner, Merkel spoke in German. It is worth pointing out, however, that before the translator had an opportunity to convert her statements to English, Obama gave the chancellor and the p…"-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel
31. Freewater
By: Amina Luqman-Dawson
4.18
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they … read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- childrens
"Lord only knows how many of us they keep from running. How many of us stay in these hateful places out of love. I used to think it was from scaring us - beating, cutting, or whipping us that did it. …"-Amina Luqman-Dawson, Freewater
