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Copper Sun
Sharon M. Draper (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2006)
Shelf Number: FICTION/DRA Young Adult
When slave traders invade Armari's village, she is dragged to a slave ship bound for the Carolinas . Bought by a plantation owner, Amari befriends a white indentured servant named Polly and struggles to hold on to her memories in the face of hopeless and despair.
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Dear Mr. Rosenwald
Carole Boston Weatherford (Scholastic, c2006)
Shelf Number: TWEEN/WEA
Based on the true story of the Rosenwald schools built in the rural African-American South in the 1920s, a writer and poet tells the lyrical story of third grader Ovella as her family and community help each other build a new, and much prayed-for, school.
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Freedom Ship
Doreen Rappaport (Hyperion, c2006)
Shelf Number: Tween
During the Civil War, young Samuel and his father can see Union ships in the Atlantic Ocean as they work as slaves on a Confederate steam ship out of Charleston . On May 13, 1862 , Samuel and his family risk everything to reach a Union ship and escape.
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From Slave to Soldier: Based on a True Civil War Story
Deborah Hopkinson (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2005)
Shelf Number: TWEEN/HOP
Tells the true account of a young slave who joins the Union Army, ideal for beginning readers and burgeoning history buffs.
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Harlem Hustle
Janet McDonald (F. Foster Books/Farrar, c2006)
Shelf Number: FICTION/MCD Young Adult
In her companion to "Brother Hood," McDonald once again captures the rhythms of Harlem in this fast, funny story of a restless teenager who uses the power of words to rise above it all.
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Hip-hop High School
Alan Lawrence Sitomer (Hyperion Books For Children, c2006)
Shelf Number: FICTION/SIT Young Adult
In this funny and inspiring hip-hop-flava'd sequel to "The Hoopster," Theresa Anderson takes on one of the baddest monsters of high school--the SAT. |
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