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2) Broken trail
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
During a horse drive to Wyoming, a man and his estranged nephew meet a man transporting five Chinese girls to a brothel; the next morning he is gone with the drovers' money, leaving the girls behind. The intended buyer sends a hired gun out to retrieve her property, as the cowboys try to keep the girls safe, and deliver the herd of horses.
Author
Language
English
Description
One of a handful of lawyers in the new state of Oregon, recently widowed Matthew Penny agrees to help Worthy Brown, a newly freed slave, rescue his fifteen year old daughter, Roxanne, from their former master, a powerful Portland lawyer. Worthy's lawsuit sets in motion events that lead to Worthy's arrest for murder and create an agonizing moral dilemma that could send either Worthy or Matthew to the hangman.
Author
Series
Viking quest volume 5
Publisher
Moody Publishers
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Five years after taking Bree and her brother Devin from Ireland to serve as tenth century Viking slaves, Mikkel decides whether to keep his promise to return the pair to their home and restore their freedom.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Foreign correspondent Chris Tomlinson returns to Texas to discover the truth about his family's slave owning history. Tomlinson Hill tells the story of two families, one black and one white, who trace their ancestry to the same Central Texas slave plantation. Tomlinson discovers that his counterpart in the African American family is LaDainian Tomlinson, one of the greatest running backs in the history of the National Football League. LaDainian's...
7) The fall of the house of Dixie: the Civil War and the social revolution that transformed the South
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Author
Series
Dragonwatch volume 4
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: The war against dragons intensifies. Will Kendra and Seth find the help they desperately need from the Giant Queen? This fourth book in a five-book series leaves the underwater dragon preserve of Crescent Lagoon for a gladiator-style arena at Titan Valley, the magical realm of towering giants and enslaved dragons. Our two young heroes have never felt so small or faced a challenge so . . . giant!
Author
Language
English
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American Library Association Youth Media Awards 2021
Juneteenth Reads 2023
Juneteenth Reads for Children
Newbery Medal | Winners And Honorees | 2020-Current
Juneteenth Reads 2023
Juneteenth Reads for Children
Newbery Medal | Winners And Honorees | 2020-Current
Description
Publisher Annotation: In a moving, lyrical tale about the cost and fragility of freedom, a New York Times best-selling author and an acclaimed artist follow the life of a man who courageously shipped himself out of slavery. 56pp.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"An award-winning scholar uncovers Lincoln's strategy for abolishing slavery in this groundbreaking history of the sectional crisis and Civil War. Some celebrate Lincoln for freeing the slaves; others fault him for a long-standing conservatism on abolition and race. James Oakes gives us another option in this brilliant exploration of Lincoln and the end of slavery. Through the unforeseen challenges of the Civil War crisis, Lincoln and the Republican...
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