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By Brianna DuMont. 2018
Profiles of twelve troublemakers from history, including Robert Fortune, a Scottish gardener who worked for the tea-loving British government. His…
mission: to steal tea seeds from China. For grades 5-8. 2018By Walter Staib, Jennifer Fox, Fernando Juarez. 2010
By Robert Andrew Parker, Robert A. Parker. 2008
By Linda LeGarde Grover. 2014
Dale Ann, Theresa, and Margie, are American Indian women coming of age in the 1970's. They navigate love, economic hardship,…
loss, and changing family dynamics on Mozhay Point reservation. When Theresa meets Michael Washington, he introduces her to his father, Zho Wash, and the three women begin looking at their people's history. UnratedBy Doreen Rappaport, Matt Tavares. 2012
This biography of Helen Keller introduces young readers to one of the world's most influential women. Using quotes from Keller…
herself, the author brings to life her story of courage and achievement. For grades K-3By César Aira, Chris Andrews, Cesar Aira. 2006
By Jennifer Thermes, Holly M. Barry, Holly Barry. 2013
By Karl H. Schlesier. 2008
Idaho, 1877. Eighteen-year-old John Seton, whose father was white, lives among his late mother's people, the Nez Perces. When nontreaty…
bands are pressured by the U.S. government to move onto a reservation, they flee north. On the journey, Seton struggles to safeguard the horses, elude soldiers--and survive. Some violence. 2008By Joseph Bruchac. 2006
Fictional autobiography of Native American athlete Jim Thorpe (1887-1953). Recounts his early life on an Oklahoma reservation and at Carlisle…
Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, where he excelled in sports. Describes winning two Olympic gold medals and the scandal of losing them on a technicality. For grades 6-9. 2006By Tim Tingle, Norma Howard. 2003
Twelve traditional stories reflecting the history and beliefs of the Choctaw nation spanning almost two centuries of tribal life. "Saltypie"…
is Tingle's own story of his family's close bond with his blind grandmother. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2003By Lynda Durrant. 1998
On her twelfth birthday, wearing a new lace-trimmed dress, Mary is captured by Delaware Indians and forced to march west…
with them. She is chosen to replace the leader's dead granddaughter and becomes part of his family. Based on a historical incident in Pennsylvania in 1759. For grades 5-8By Ed Young, Jean Fritz. 1983
A biography of the famous American Indian princess emphasizes her lifelong admiration of John Smith and the difficulties she faced…
as an Indian princess married to an Englishman. For grades 4-7 to share with older readersBy Thomas King. 2022
La vie n'est pas de tout repos pour Thumps DreadfulWater. Alors qu'il peine à accepter tant son diabète que le…
cancer de Claire, voilà que la productrice d'une populaire émission d'affaires criminelles, Nina Maslow, débarque à Chinook et insiste pour que Thumps l'aide à réactiver un vieux dossierBy Ann Clare LeZotte. 2020
1805. Mary Lambert has always felt safe among the deaf community of Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard where practically everyone communicates…
in a shared sign language. But a scientist determined to discover the origins of the islands' widespread deafness decides that she makes the perfect live specimen--and kidnaps her. For grades 4-7. 2020By Justina Ireland. 2018
After the dead rise on the battlefields of Gettysburg, America passes the Negro and Native Reeducation Act that requires children…
of color attend combat schools to battle the undead. Jane McKeene, trained to protect the elite, gets caught up in a conspiracy. Violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2018By Monica Clark-Robinson. 2018
By Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, R. Gregory Christie. 2012
Fictionalized biography traces the life of Lewis Michaux, who opened Harlem's National Memorial African Bookstore in 1939. Includes news clippings,…
historical documents, and the imagined reminiscences--told in the style of an oral history--of Michaux's family members, business associates, and friends. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2012By Holling Clancy Holling. 1980
A First Nations boy sets a foot-long canoe afloat on Ontario's Lake Nipigon. As the little dugout drifts through the…
Great Lakes to the ocean, strangers honor the message carved in the wood: "Please put me back in water. I am Paddle-to-the-Sea." For grades 3-6. Caldecott Honor Book. 1941By Rita Williams-Garcia. 2010
Oakland, California; 1968. Eleven-year-old Delphine and her younger sisters Vonetta and Fern arrive from Brooklyn to spend the summer with…
their poet mother Cecile, who abandoned them years ago. Cecile resents their presence--and sends them to a Black Panther summer camp. For grades 4-7. C.S. King Award, Newbery Honor. 2010By Laura Elliott. 2009
1945. World War II pilot Henry Forester from Under a War-Torn Sky (DB 68311), returns home to Virginia and struggles…
with nightmares. Henry ventures to France to find a boy who saved his life and is shocked at the lingering devastation. Some violence. For senior high readers. 2009