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Author
Series
Between two flags volume 2
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
174 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
83) Give me liberty
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
810L
Physical Desc
376 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Follows the life of thirteen-year-old Nathaniel Dunn, from May 1774 to December 1775, as he serves his indentureship with a music teacher in Williamsburg, Virginia, and witnesses the growing rift between patriots and loyalists, culminating in the American Revolution.
84) The deep cut
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
vi, 217 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Considered "slow" by his father, Lonzo tries his best to help his family in Culpeper, Virginia, during the Civil War and, in the process, comes to some decisions about how to live his life.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Most people think that the Brown vs. Board of Education decision of 1954 meant that schools were integrated with deliberate speed. But the children of Prince Edward County located in Farmville, Virginia, who were prohibited from attending formal schools for five years knew differently, including Yolanda. Told by Yolanda Gladden herself, cowritten by Dr. Tamara Pizzoli and with illustrations by Keisha Morris, When the Schools Shut Down is a true account...
Author
Publisher
JourneyForth
Pub. Date
©2011.
Lexile measure
760L
Physical Desc
189 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Quaker Avery Bennett has learned much from his mother about treating wounds and illnesses, and when he and his dog Gunner head into the Civil War battlefields in search of his Uncle Fredric in 1862, he finds many who need his help.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
1060L
Physical Desc
561 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
After escaping a death sentence in the summer of 1775, Octavian and his tutor find shelter but no safe harbor in British-occupied Boston and, persuaded by Lord Dunmore's proclamation offering freedom to slaves who join his counterrevolutionary Royal Ethiopian Regiment, Octavian and his friends soon find themselves engaged in naval raids on the Virginia coastline as the Revolutionary War breaks out in full force.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
1060L
Physical Desc
561 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
After escaping a death sentence in the summer of 1775, Octavian and his tutor find shelter but no safe harbor in British-occupied Boston and, persuaded by Lord Dunmore's proclamation offering freedom to slaves who join his counterrevolutionary Royal Ethiopian Regiment, Octavian and his friends soon find themselves engaged in naval raids on the Virginia coastline as the Revolutionary War breaks out in full force.
89) Virginia Wolf
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Lexile measure
AD 560L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Vanessa's sister, Virginia, is in a "wolfish" mood -- growling, howling and acting very strange. Vanessa tries everything she can think of to cheer her up, but nothing seems to work. Loosely based on the relationship between author Virginia Woolf and her sister, painter Vanessa Bell.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A young girl who serves as letter writer for her blind stepmother is haunted by her unwitting role in Nat Turner's Rebellion, one of the bloodiest slave uprisings in the history of America.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
970L
Physical Desc
137 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
As Esme introduces her stuffed animal collection that is alphabetically arranged from Alvin the aardvark to Zelda the zebra she also relates her family's military life and her father's deployment.
Author
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
254 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A black family of five moves into an enormous house once used as a hiding place for runaway slaves. Mysterious sounds and events as well as the discovery of secret passageways make the family believe they are in grave danger.
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Felicity meets Penny, a beautiful copper-colored mare, she knows with all her heart that she must free Penny from her cruel owner. Felicity desperately wishes for that same sureness of heart about the rumors of revolution swirling through Williamsburg. Felicity's father believes that the colonies should be free from England's rule, but her beloved grandfather and her best friend Elizabeth both support the king. Includes all-new special features....
97) An unlikely pair
Author
Series
Disney's storytime Treasures Library volume 10
Publisher
Advance Publishers
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Percy the pug is a spoiled nuisance until he is sent to live on his own in the forest and learns from Meeko the raccoon how to take care of himself and to care for others.
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Lexile measure
920L
Physical Desc
216 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old April Sloane has never set foot in a school before, and now that President Hoover and his wife are building a one-room schoolhouse in the hollow of the Blue Ridge Mountains where April lives, she is eager to attend it. But these are the Depression years, and Mama, who has been grieving ever since the accidental death of her seven-year-old son, wants April to stay home and do the chores around their dilapidated farm. With her grandmother's...
99) Pocahontas
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1607, the Virginia Company sends a ship from England to America to stake a claim on the New World and bring back the gold that is rumored to be abundant there. Ambitious Governor Ratcliffe is head of the expedition, but well-known explorer and adventurer John Smith is the natural leader. Well-armed, the men anticipate easily fighting off any one they encounter, but John Smith's first meeting with a native is not at all what he expects. Chief Powhatan's...
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (512 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mulan: Mulan is a young Chinese woman who breaks tradition and joins the Imperial army, accompanied by a her guradian dragon, Mushu, to battle an invading army.
Mulan II: Mulan and Shang are engaged to be married and must journey to a distant city in a valiant quest to save their beloved empire.
Brave: Princess Merida, an archer and self-reliant young woman, makes a decision which defies custom and brings chaos to her kingdom. To restore her kingdom,...