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By Beth Powning. 2021
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A novel of orphans and widows, terror and hope, and the relationships that hold us together when things…
fall apart.With murder dominating the news, the respected wife of a New Brunswick sea captain is drawn into the case of a British home child whose bad luck has turned worse. Mortified that she must purchase the girl in a pauper auction to save her from the lechery of wealthy townsmen, Josephine Galloway finds herself suddenly the proprietor of a boarding house kept afloat by the sweat and tears of a curious and not completely compatible collection of women, including this English teenager, Flora Salford. Flora's place in her new "family" cannot be complete until she rescues the missing person in her life, the only one who understands the trials she has come through and fresh horrors met since they were separated years before.Reconnecting with characters of Beth Powning's beloved The Sea Captain's Wife, The Sister's Tale is a story of women finding their way, together, through terrible circumstances they could neither predict nor avoid, but will stop at nothing to overcome.By Kadir Nelson. 2011
Presents an introduction to African American history beginning with Revolutionary-era slavery. Topics include the jazz boom in Harlem and the…
civil rights activism of a generation inspired by Dr. King, Malcolm X, and other leaders. Coretta Scott King Award. For grades 4-7. 2011By Ann Turner, Ann Warren Turner, James Ransome. 2015
By Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, R. Gregory Christie. 2015
A fictional account of the National Memorial African Bookstore, which was founded by Louis Michaux in the 1930s. While working…
in his family's landmark Harlem bookstore, young Louis Michaux Jr. learns the power of books and meets famous men like Malcolm X. For grades K-3. 2015By T. Neill Anderson. 2013
Four stories featuring historical disasters. In City of the Dead, the fate of the residents of Galveston, Texas hangs in…
the balance as floodwaters rise during the great hurricane in 1900. Also includes Ocean of Fire, People of the Plague, and Massacre of the Miners. For grades 5-8. 2015By Barbara Olenyik Morrow, Leonard Jenkins. 2004
Hallie discovers two runaway slaves hiding in Levi Coffin's house and must choose between protecting herself and her family or…
helping the two strangers she's only just met. This book was inspired by the true account of two runaway slave sisters who were hidden by Underground Railroad leader Levi Coffin in his home in Indiana in the 1830s. For grades K-3By William B. McCloskey. 2013
Twenty years after his greenhorn days in William McCloskey's bestselling novel Highliners, Hank Crawford stands tall as a respected fishing…
captain in Kodiak, Alaska. Set amongst the tumult of the early 1980s, Raiders follows the struggles of the Alaskan fishermen as they regain control of their fishing grounds from the fleets of foreign companies that have been plundering their bays. But such companies aren't deterred and instead contract American boats to catch the fish for them. To keep his family afloat, Hank signs on with a Japanese firm and ends up shunned as a traitor by his peers. But when Hank begins to suspect that his new employers are playing a political game with him as the pawn, he must confront the possibility that to find redemption, he may have to sacrifice all he has. UnratedBy Janet Nolan, Marie Lafrance. 2010
By Carole Boston Weatherford, R. Gregory Christie. 2016
The story in rhyme of Congo Square--the one place that slaves could congregate in New Orleans on Sundays to celebrate…
their heritage by dancing and sharing music together. For grades K-3By Robin Moore. 2002
In 1718, fifteen-year-old Quaker Daniel Collins leaves his uncle's household in colonial Philadelphia to stow away on a ship whose…
mission is to track down a notorious pirate. Daniel is later surprised to discover the buccaneer's true identity. For grades 5-8. 2002By 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. 1960By Jeanette Winter, Mary Lyn Ray. 1994
Caleb is not sure he likes living with the huge "family" in the Shaker village where his mother brought him…
after his father died in the Civil War. He is sure that he loves the many songs of work and celebration and that the songs help him hear the angels. He grows up working hard, learning to make brooms, to sugar the maples, to knit, and eventually to tend the orchard and the Tree of Songs. For grades K-3By Jeff Provine. 2021
Oklahoma's Ghostly Legends are as varied as its history and culture. The state boasts hauntings by ancient Native Americans, Spanish…
miners, soldiers, outlaws, ranchers, performers, students, repairmen, and many more. Oklahoma's stately mansions, theaters, and old hotels still have previous residents dwelling in a spectral form. One phenomenon that may be surprising is Oklahoma's uncanny number of headless ghosts. Haunted Oklahoma explores King Tutt's Tomb on the Arkansas, Mr. Apple's Mausoleum, and the Spooksville Triangle, to name just a few. Eerie occurrences, spooky events, unsolved mysteries, and terrifying specters make for a scary journey through Oklahoma's Haunted past. Adult. Some violence. UnratedBy Mildred Taylor, Jerry Pinkney. 1976
Nine-year-old Cassie Logan recalls a turbulent time in Mississippi during the Great Depression--a year of night riders, burnings, and threats.…
She describes her African American family's struggle to survive with their dignity and independence intact. Some strong language. For grades 6-9. Newbery Award. 1976By Tracie Peterson. 2001
Garret Lucas was hired to take Maggie Intissar from Kansas to her estranged father's ranch in the New Mexico territory.…
But Maggie will do anything to avoid the painful memories of her past. AdultBy Maurine Whipple. 1976
Set in the 1860s at Utah's Dixie Mission, this is a moving story of a desert outpost where a band…
of Mormons fight to survive in an arid land. A young Mormon girl finds herself torn between fear of her older husband and love for his son; between her passionate faith in the stern tenets of Mormonism and her equally passionate desire for beauty and gaiety. Considered a classic historical novel. LDS fiction. AdultBy Kai Cheng Thom. 2022
Connaissez-vous la chienne Laïka, la première de tous les êtres vivants à avoir voyagé dans l’espace? Ce livre vous raconte…
son histoire et les raisons qui l’ont poussée à quitter sa meute pour aller à la rencontre des étoiles. Quelque part entre le conte et la leçon d’histoire, Pour Laïka est un hommage aux liens qui unissent toutes les créatures de la Terre - et de l’Univers.By Mardijah Aldrich Tarantino. 1982
This book is a collection of eighteen lively, well-loved stories from the life of the Prophet Muhammad. They highlight the…
main stations of his life--from orphaned child to Prophet of God and beloved leader of all Muslims. The book includes twenty-three charming illustrations that offer a glimpse of the world in which the stories are set. Mardijah Aldrich Tarantino is of American and French heritage. She has traveled widely and enjoys painting, languages, and writing for children. She lives in Cathedral City, California.By James Womack, Sergio Del Molino. 2013
Winner of the Premio Ojo Crítico and Premio Tigre Juan, The Violet Hour is the celebration of a life cut…
short. A deeply moving memoir that shows us the inner life of a man confronted with his own limitations.Children who lose their parents are orphans, and those who have to close their spouse's dead eyes are widows and widowers. But we, the parents who sign the documents authorizing our children's funerals, we have no name, no civil status. We remain parents forever.Sergio del Molino is a Spanish writer and journalist who lives in Zaragoza. He has worked for almost ten years as a reporter in the Heraldo de Aragón, where he writes a Sunday column.By Rob Funderburk, Michael Czyzniejewski. 2012
For everyone who's always wondered what would happen if Roger Ebert had taken Oprah Winfrey to a critics' screening of…
Revenge of The Nerds for their second date..In Chicago Stories: 40 Dramatic Fictions by Michael Czyzniejewski, each story is told in the persona of a famous Chicagoan, from Mrs. O'Leary to Barack Obama.Illustrated by Chicago artist Rob Funderburk