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Buried Lives: The Enslaved People of George Washington's Mount Vernon
Carla Killough McClafferty · Holiday House
Pages: 168
Format: Hardcover
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An illuminating look at the complex relationships between George Washington and the enslaved people of Mount Vernon, and the history still being uncovered there.When he was eleven years old, George Washington inherited ten human beings. His own life has been well chronicled, but the lives... |
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The Vanishing Stair
Maureen Johnson · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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In New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson's second novel in the Truly Devious series, there are more twists and turns than Stevie Bell can imagine. No answer is given freely, and someone will pay for the truth with their life. The Truly Devious case - an unsolved kidnapping... |
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Cicada
Shaun Tan · Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover
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Cicada tells the story of a hardworking little cicada who is completely unappreciated for what he does. But in the end, just when you think he's given up, he makes a transformation into something ineffably beautiful. A metaphor for growing up? A bit of inspiration for the unappreciated... |
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Spin
Lamar Giles · Scholastic Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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When rising star Paris Secord (aka DJ ParSec) is found dead on her turntables, it sends the local music scene reeling. No one is feeling that grief more than her shunned pre-fame best friend, Kya, and ParSec's chief groupie, Fuse -- two sworn enemies who happened to be the ones... |
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A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II
Elizabeth Wein · Balzer Bray
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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The gripping true story of the only women to fly in combat in World War II - from Elizabeth Wein, award-winning author of Code Name VerityIn the early years of World War II, Josef Stalin issued an order that made the Soviet Union the first country in the world to allow female pilots to fly in combat.... |
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Living Simply: A Teen Guide to Minimalism
Sally McGraw · Twenty First Century Books
Pages: 112
Format: Library Binding
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Twenty-first-century minimalism is an increasingly mainstream response to global environmental crises such as climate change, the garbage glut, fast fashion, and other manifestations of the harmful impact of consumerism. Originally founded in the art world in the decades after World War II, minimalism... |
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Fake News: Separating Truth from Fiction
Michael Miller · Twenty First Century Books
Pages: 112
Format: Library Binding
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While popularized by President Donald Trump, the term "fake news" actually originated toward the end of the 19th century, in an era of rampant yellow journalism. Since then, it has come to encompass a broad universe of news stories and marketing strategies ranging from outright... |
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Echo North
Joanna Ruth Meyer · Page Street Kids
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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"Epic and engrossing. Magic pulsates through every page. . .Readers will ache when it's over and want to start all over again. A lush, captivating new twist on beloved fairy tales." -- Kirkus, starred review"...a compelling, satisfying romantic adventure with metafictional... |
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Hey, Kiddo
Jarrett J. Krosoczka · Graphix
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't... |
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Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
Ibi Zoboi · Balzer Bray
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, and featuring some of the most acclaimed bestselling Black authors writing for teens today - Black Enough is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it's like to be young and Black in America.Black is...sisters navigating... |
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