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by Desnoettes, Caroline

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The Buffalo Soldier

by Garland, Sherry & Himler, Ronald

This heartwarming story of a buffalo soldier's service to his country during the Indian Wars and Spanish-American War reveals the many hardships these regiment...

Stompin' at the Savoy

The Story of Norma Miller

by Govenar, Alan

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Cecilia's Year

by Abraham, Susan & Abraham, Denise Gonzales

Nearly fourteen and poor, Ceclia Gonzales wants desperately to go to high school and become a teacher until her mother's old-fashioned ideas about a woman's pl...

Close Encounters of a Third-World Kind

by Stewart, Jennifer J.

Twelve-year-old Annie is reluctant to travel to a village in Nepal for her father's two-month medical mission, but once there she assists at the clinic, makes ...

Looking for Seabirds

Journal from an Alaskan Voyage

by Webb, Sophie

To human eyes, the remote Aleutian Islands of Alaska look barren and rocky. The waters seem frigid, the high, sweeping winds intolerable, and the seas rolling....

Empire State Building

by Mann, Elizabeth B. & Witschonke, Alan

Discusses the history, design, and construction of New York City's Empire State Building.

Inside Grandad

by Dickinson, Peter

Gavin tries to enlist the help of selkies--seal people--to communicate with his comatose grandfather.

Rabble Rousers

Twenty Women Who Made a Difference

by Harness, Cheryl

Just in time for Women's History Month, here are short, spirited profiles of twenty women who impacted life in America by speaking out against injustice and fi...

September 11, 2001

by Santella, Andrew

Recounts events of September 11, 2001, when terrorists flew into the World Trade Cent er and the Pentagon, discusses what is known of the terrorists, and relat...