Historical - United States - 20th Century
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We Dream of Space: A Newbery Honor Award Winner
$17.99 Add to cartA Newbery Honor Book – BookPage Best Books – Chicago Public Library Best Fiction – Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee – Horn Book Fanfare – New York Times Notable Children’s Book – School Library Journa
- Author: Kelly, Erin Entrada
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 05 2020
- ISBN10: 0062747304
- Language: English
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Stepping on the Cracks
$9.99 Add to cartIn 1944, when her brother is overseas fighting in World War II, eleven-year-old Margaret changes her mind about the school bully, Gordy, after she discovers he is hiding his own brother, a deserter.
A… [more below]
- Author: Hahn, Mary Downing
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0547076606
- Language: English
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Heaven to Betsy and Betsy in Spite of Herself
$22.00 Add to cart“Some characters become your friends for life. That’s how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy.” –Judy Blume
With a Foreword by Laura Lippman
These two books in Maud Hart Lovelace’s beloved Betsy-Tacy series:
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Lovelace, Maud Hart
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: September 29 2009
- ISBN10: 0061794694
- Language: English
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Glory Be
$8.99 Read moreA Mississippi town in 1964 gets riled when tempers flare at the segregated public pool.
As much as Gloriana June Hemphill, or Glory as everyone knows her, wants to turn twelve, there are times when Glo… [more below]
- Author: Scattergood, Augusta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: December 30 2014
- ISBN10: 0545331811
- Language: English
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Goats for Christmas: Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet
$7.99 Add to cartFeaturing the charming characters from Jacqueline Kelly’s Newbery Honor Book The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, this exciting chapter book series introduces young readers to Callie Vee and the rough-and
- Series: Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet #6
- Author: Kelly, Jacqueline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1250854008
- Language: English
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Skunked!: Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet
$8.99 Read moreFrom Newbery honor author Jacqueline Kelly comes Skunked!, a new illustrated chapter book series for younger readers featuring the beloved characters from The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate.
In Calpurni- Series: Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet #1
- Author: Kelly, Jacqueline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 03 2017
- ISBN10: 1250129443
- Language: English
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A Season of Gifts
$9.99 Add to cartOne of the most adored characters in children’s literature is the eccentric, forceful, bighearted Grandma Dowdel, star of the Newbery Award-winning A Year Down Yonder and Newbery Honor-winning A Long … [more below]
- Author: Peck, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 14 2010
- ISBN10: 0142417297
- Language: English
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Esperanza Rising
$12.99 Add to cartPura Belpr Award Winner
IRA Notable Book for a Global Society New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and SharingEsperanza thought she’d always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico
- Author: Ryan, Pam Munoz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 13 2019
- ISBN10: 1432863886
- Language: English
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The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had
$8.99 Read moreA powerful story about race and an unlikely friendship from award-winning author of The Lions of Little Rock.
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults The last thing Harry “Dit” Sims expects when Emma Walker- Author: Levine, Kristin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 16 2010
- ISBN10: 0142416487
- Language: English
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Lucy Fights the Flames: A Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Survival Story
$27.99 Read moreIn 1911, fourteen-year-old Lucy Morelli lives with her parents, older brother, and several youngers siblings in a crowded apartment in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. Lucy dreams … [more below]
- Series: Girls Survive
- Author: Gilbert, Julie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1496583868
- Language: English
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Someplace to Call Home
$15.95 Read more2021-2021 Texas Bluebonnet Master List. 2020 Women Writing the West Willa Award (tied for 1st place). In 1933, what’s left of the Turner family–twelve-year-old Hallie and her two brothers–finds itse… [more below]
- Author: Dallas, Sandra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1585364142
- Language: English
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A Star Like Jesse Owens
$8.99 Read moreMatthew is a young African-American boy who dreams of becoming an Olympic runner like his hero, Jesse Owens. There’s one big problem, though Matthew has asthma, which makes it hard for him to run. Whe… [more below]
- Series: Smithsonian Historical Fiction
- Author: Smith, Nikki Shannon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: August 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1496598695
- Language: English
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The Doll Shop Downstairs
$7.99 Read moreNine year old Anna and her sisters like helping out in their parents’ doll repair shop, because once their chores are done, the fun can begin. The girls are allowed to play carefully with the dolls un… [more below]
- Author: McDonough, Yona Zeldis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 04 2011
- ISBN10: 0142416916
- Language: English
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Mighty Inside
$17.99 Read moreGolden Kite Award Finalist
Melvin Robinson wants a strong, smooth, He-Man vo
Washington State Book Award Winner
Junior Library Guild Gold Standard
Notable Social Studies Reading List
CCBC Choices- Author: Frazier, Sundee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1646140915
- Language: English
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Countdown
$21.99 Read moreThe story of a formative year in 12-year-old Franny Chapman’s life, and the life of a nation facing the threat of nuclear war.
Franny Chapman just wants some peace. But that’s hard to get when her best… [more below]
- Series: Sixties Trilogy
- Author: Wiles, Deborah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0545106052
- Language: English
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The Babe & I
$7.99 Read moreIt’s 1932 and hard times are everywhere. But life isn’t all bad. America still loves baseball, and Babe Ruth is the star of the game. And two boys are about to discover that with some creativity, hard… [more below]
- Author: Adler, David A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0152050264
- Language: English
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Leaving Lymon
$8.99 Add to cartA companion novel to Finding Langston, recipient of a Coretta Scott King Writing Honor and winner of the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction.
Behind every bad boy is a story worth hearing and a- Series: The Finding Langston Trilogy #2
- Author: Cline-Ransome, Lesa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0823449424
- Language: English
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The Colors of the Rain
$17.99 Read moreThis historical middle grade novel written in free verse, set against the backdrop of the desegregation battles that took place in Houston, Texas, in 1972, is about a young boy and his family dealing … [more below]
- Author: Toalson, R. L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 18 2018
- ISBN10: 1499807171
- Language: English
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Visiting Langston
$11.99 Read moreA wonderful picture book introduction to a legendary American writer
It’s a special day when a little girl and her father go to visit the house where the great poet Langston Hughes lived–especially- Author: Perdomo, Willie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0805078819
- Language: English
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A Prickly Problem: Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet
$9.99 Read moreIn this fourth book in the illustrated Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet chapter book series, a young Callie Vee tackles a conundrum involving the rambunctious family dog and some very prickly quills
When the T- Series: Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet #4
- Author: Kelly, Jacqueline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 02 2018
- ISBN10: 1250177197
- Language: English
