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Carl Sandburg

Adventures of a Poet

by Niven, Penelope & Sandburg, Carl & Nadel, Marc

Traces the life of the American poet, journalist, and historian who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the Pulitzer Prize for History.

Project UltraSwan

by Osborn, Elinor

Describes the life of large trumpeter swans, how they nearly became extinct, and efforts to help them relearn migration routes and to reintroduce them to the e...

Days of Jubilee

The End of Slavery in the United States

by McKissack, Patricia C. & McKissack, Pat & Dillon, Leo & and others.McKissack, Fredrick

Uses slave narratives, letters, diaries, military orders, and other documents to chronicle the various stages leading to the emancipation of slaves in the Unit...

Tadpole

by White, Ruth

In rural Kentucky in 1955, Serilda Collins, single mother of four lively girls, discovers that her orphaned nephew is being subjected to brutality.

Kensuke's Kingdom

by Morpurgo, Michael

When Michael is swept off his family's yacht, he washes up on a desert island, where he struggles to survive--until he finds he is not lone.

Firewing

by Oppel, Kenneth

Griffin, a young bat, is sucked into the "Underworld," and his father follows to rescue him.

Confucius

The Golden Rule

by Freedman, Russell

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Vaqueros

America's First Cowmen

by Sandler, Martin W.

No Summary Available

Animals on the Trail with Lewis and Clark

by Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw

Retraces the Lewis and Clark journey and blends their observations of previously unknown animals with modern information about those same animals.

Hippolyta and the curse of the Amazons

by Yolen, Jane & Harris, Robert

Thirteen-year-old Hippolyta, a princess of the Amazons, fights to save her people from destruction when her mother the Queen refuses to sacrifice her second-bo...