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Papa's mechanical fish
By Candace Fleming, Boris Kulikov. 2013
In the summer of 1851, with encouragement and ideas provided by his family, an inventor builds a working submarine and…
takes his family for a ride. Includes notes about Lodner Phillips, the real inventor on whom the story is based. For grades K-3 and older readers. 2013Happy feet: the Savoy Ballroom Lindy Hoppers and me
By Richard Michelson, E. B. Lewis. 2005
A young boy who loves to dance listens as his father retells the story of the night he was born,…
which coincided with the opening of the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem. For grades K-3Mackinac Bridge: the five mile poem (Tales of young Americans series)
By Gloria Whelan, Gijsbert Van Frankenhuyzen. 2006
Although it will mean that their father can no longer make a living running a ferry boat, thirteen-year-old Mark and…
his brother Luke are excited about the building of a five-mile bridge across the Straits of Mackinac in Michigan in 1957. A 2007 Michigan Notable book. For grades 2-4. 2006The 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. 2001My mastodon
By Barbara Lowell, Antonio Marinoni. 2020
Just Jane: a daughter of England caught in the struggle of the American Revolution (Great Episodes)
By William Lavender. 2002
Fourteen-year-old orphan Lady Jane Prentice arrives in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1776 from England to live with her uncle's family.…
Over the next six years the colonies rebel against the crown, and Jane finds her loyalties divided between countries--and between suitors. For grades 6-9. 2002Beyond the Grave (The 39 Clues #4)
By Jude Watson. 2009
Bestselling author Jude Watson takes Amy and Dan on a thrill-packed ride for the 4th installment of The 39 Clues…
series.Betrayed by their cousins, abandoned by their uncle, and with only the slimmest hint to guide them, fourteen-year old Amy Cahill and her younger brother, Dan, rush off to Egypt on the hunt for 39 Clues that lead to a source of unimaginable power. But when they arrive, Amy and Dan get something completely unexpected - a message from their dead grandmother, Grace. Did Grace set out to help the two orphans . . . ore are Amy and Dan heading for the most devastating betrayal of them all?