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(0)Ellen Levine
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 490L
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
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Description
A fictionalized account of how in 1849 a Virginia slave, Henry "Box" Brown, escapes to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Lexile measure
820L
Physical Desc
172 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In his 1845 diary, thirteen-year-old orphan Jedediah describes his wagon train journey to Oregon, in which he confronts rivers and sandy plains, bears and rattlesnakes, and the challenges of living with his fellow travelers. Includes historical notes.
5) In trouble
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
HL 510L
Physical Desc
200 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1950s New York, sixteen-year-old Jamie's life is unsettled since her father returned from serving time in prison for refusing to name people as Communists, when her best friend turns to Jamie for help with an unplanned pregnancy.
Author
Pub. Date
1990
Lexile measure
810L
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations ; 16 x 21 cm
Language
English
Description
This book focuses on the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Full-color art and an engaging question-and-answer format help children learn what it was like to participate in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, stage a sit-in at a lunch counter, join the famous March on Washington, and more.
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Lexile measure
540L
Physical Desc
200 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In the Bronx, New York, during the McCarthy era, twelve-year-old Jamie keeps a terrible secret about her family, but when the truth is exposed, her parents lose their jobs and she is fired from the school newspaper.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Lexile measure
1060L
Physical Desc
224 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses author and marine biologist Rachel Carson's efforts to protect the environment, from her childhood nature outings through the impact of her 1962 book, "Silent Spring."
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 69 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
March on!: Martin Luther King Jr.'s sister recalls the day she heard him deliver his "I have a dream" speech.
Martin's big words: Introduces the ideas and accomplishments of Martin Luther King Jr. using some of his own words.
Rosa: Recounts how Rosa Parks set the events of the civil rights movement in motion by refusing to give up her seat on an Alabama city bus.
Henry's freedom box: A fictionalized story about a young slave who mails himself to...