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Best Shot in the West

The Adventures of Nat Love

by MCKISSACK, Patricia C. & McKissack, Frederick L.

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Ubiquitous

Celebrating Nature's Survivors

by Sidman, Joyce

From the creators of the Caldecott Honor Book Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems . . .Ubiquitous (yoo-bik-wi-tuhs): Something that is (or seems to ...

One Crazy Summer

by Williams-Garcia, Rita

Eleven-year-old Delphine has it together. Even though her mother, Cecile, abandoned her and her younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern, seven years ago. Even though...

An Eye for Color

The Story of Josef Albers

by Wing, Natasha

As a child, Josef Albers loved to watch his handyman father paint houses.When Josef grew up and became an artist, he reduced each image to its simplest shapes,...

Duel!

Burr and Hamilton's Deadly War of Words

by Fradin, Dennis Brindell

In the early morning hours of July 11, 1804, two men stood facing each other on a New Jersey cliff side. One was the U.S. vice president, Aaron Burr, and the o...

Elijah of Buxton

by Curtis, Christopher Paul

In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and...

Freedom Walkers

The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

by Freedman, Russell

Covers the events surrounding and including the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the end of segregation on buses.

Strange Mr. Satie

by Anderson, M. T.

Introduces the life of the French composer, Erik Satie, who spent his entire career challenging established conventions in music.

Locomotion

by Woodson, Jacqueline

In a series of poems, eleven-year-old Lonnie writes about his life, after the death of his parents, separated from his younger sister, living in a foster home,...