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Americanized: rebel without a green card
By Sara Saedi. 2018
Television show writer and novelist recounts her teenage years in the 1990s, and reveals how she discovered that her family…
had entered the United States as undocumented immigrants. Provides a humorous account of balancing teen angst with trying to become an American citizen. For senior high and older readers. 2018Bravo!: poems about amazing Hispanics
By Margarita Engle, illustrations by Rafael Lopez. 2017
Marching to the mountaintop: how poverty, labor fights, and civil rights set the stage for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s final hours
By Ann Bausum, National Geographic Kids. 2012
Recounts the 1968 sanitation worker's strike in Memphis, Tennessee, that was sparked by low wages, unsafe working conditions, and a…
racially charged climate. Discusses Martin Luther King Jr.'s involvement with the movement and his assassination. For grades 6-9. 2012The sixty-eight rooms (The Sixty-Eight Rooms Adventures)
By Greg Call, Marianne Malone, Gina Triplett. 2010
On a sixth-grade field trip to the Art Institute of Chicago, Ruthie and Jack discover a small magic key that…
shrinks them to fit into the Thorne Rooms--minidioramas from different eras. But Ruthie and Jack are not the first visitors to explore inside these tiny rooms. For grades 4-7. 2010Maz, you're up!
By Kelly Mazeroski, Judith Lauso. 2010
Maz, You're Up! is a children's book commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1960 World Series. Kelly Mazeroski, Bill Mazeroski's…
daughter-in-law, was inspired to write the book after the birth of her first son. 2010. For grades 4-7Taking hold: from migrant childhood to Columbia University
By Francisco Jiménez. 2015
Jiménez came to California with his emigrant Mexican family, and worked for many years in the fields alongside them. Here,…
he recounts his life from when he arrives in NY City to begin graduate work at Columbia University in the late 1960s. It was a turbulent, political time, and he missed his girlfriend and family in California. Eventually he became a professor at Santa Clara University in 1973Razia's ray of hope: one girl's dream of an education (CitizenKid)
By Suana Verelst, Elizabeth Suneby. 2013
Cat among the pigeons (A Cat Royal Adventure Ser. #2)
By Julia Golding, Roaring Brook Press. 2008
London, 1790s. Catherine "Cat" Royal, an orphan who lives at the Drury Lane Theater, rallies her companions to try to…
save her friend Pedro from the clutches of Mr. Hawkins, a slave master who considers Pedro his property. For grades 5-8. 2006Uncle Remus: the complete tales (Phyllis Fogelman Books)
By Julius Lester, Jerry Pinkney. 1999
Presents the trickster Brer Rabbit and his adventures with Brer Fox, Brer Wolf, and other creatures. Omnibus edition of four…
books by Lester retelling the African American folktales first published by Joel Chandler Harris (1848-1908). For grades 4-7 and older readers. 1999The secrets of Vesuvius (The Roman Mysteries Ser. #2)
By Caroline Lawrence, Roaring Brook Press. 2001
Flavia Gemina, from The Thieves of Ostia (DB 55246), and her companions journey to her uncle's farm after rescuing Roman…
admiral Pliny from a capsized boat. On the farm there is a riddle to solve and signs that Mt. Vesuvius nearby will soon erupt. For grades 5-8. 2001Hold up the sky: and other Indian tales from Texas and the Southern Plains
By Jane Louise Curry, James Watts. 2003
Twenty-six stories passed down through the generations from different tribes who inhabited the United States southwest plains. Includes brief information…
about each of the fourteen Native American storytelling tribes represented in this collection. For grades 4-7. 2003Bronx masquerade
By Nikki Grimes, Christopher Myers. 2002
Tough students at a Bronx high school reveal their innermost thoughts, dreams, and fears during the monthly English class's Open-Mike…
Fridays. Through their expressions of rap, free verse, and rhymes, the students learn they are more alike than they are different. For junior and senior high readers. Coretta Scott King Award. 2002The land
By Mildred D Taylor, Mildred D. Taylor, Max Ginsburg. 2001
Mississippi, post-Civil War. Paul-Edward, the son of a white plantation owner and a slave of African-Indian heritage, follows his dream…
of owning his own land through hard work and determination. Prequel to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (DB 50326), the story of Paul-Edward's granddaughter, Cassie Logan. For grades 6-9. 2001Brady
By Jean Fritz, Lynd Ward. 1987
In 1836, a Pennsylvania community is bitterly divided on the slavery question. Young Brady is at first undecided, but eventually…
takes an antislavery stand and helps with the "Underground Railroad" activities. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 1960Spiders in the hairdo: modern urban legends
By David Holt, Bill Mooney. 1999
Modern day folktales usually attributed to a friend of a friend and believed to be true. Includes the case of…
the dog from Mexico that turns out to be a rat, spiders in the beehive hairdo, and alligators in the sewers. For senior high and older readers. 1999We goddesses: Athena, Aphrodite, Hera
By Doris Orgel, Marilee Heyer. 1999
Three Greek immortals--Athena, goddess of wisdom; Aphrodite, goddess of love; and Hera, goddess of marriage--tell their own stories. The introduction…
provides background on the society and religion of ancient Greece. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 1999Black, blue & gray: African Americans in the Civil War
By James Haskins, Jim Haskins. 1998
Examines the gradual acceptance of African American soldiers in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. Includes excerpts…
from letters, documented accounts, and government transcripts. The last chapter describes how historians for many years ignored the role of African American troops in the war. For grades 5-8Cajas de cartón: relatos de la vida peregrina de un niño campesino
By Francisco Jiménez. 2000
Doce cuentos de Panchito y su familia que viven en California como trabajadores indocumentados. En "Bajo la Alambrada," Panchito cuenta…
cómo la familia deja México y pasa debajo de la alambrada para entrar en California. En "Cajas de Carton" habla de la necesidad de ganar dinero trabajando en los campos, donde no es siempre posible asistir a la escuela. Para grados 5 a 8Senderos frontierizos: continuación de Cajas de cartón
By Francisco Jiménez. 2002
Fourteen-year-old Francisco describes his family's migrant-worker problems in southern California, their deportation to Mexico, and their legal reentry into the…
United States. He discusses his desire for education in the face of hardships and prejudice. Sequel to Cajas de Cartón (DB 54979). For grades 5-8. Spanish language. 2001Thunder cave
By Roland Smith. 1995
After his mother's death, young Jake Lansa leaves his New York home on a lone quest to Kenya in search…
of his father, a wildlife biologist. Enroute Jake is abducted by a ruthless ring of poachers intent on locating a rare elephant herd. Jake becomes a pawn in a perilous game of greed and threatened extinction. For grades 5-8