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"From the New York Times bestselling author of West of Here, a novel that chronicles a hundred-and-seventy years of American nation-building from numerous points-of-view across place and time, and explores the Great American Experiment from its formative days to the present moment and asks whether or not our nation has made good on its promises"--
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English
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At turns heartbreaking, uplifting, fiercely romantic, and riotously funny, QUEEN OF AMERICA tells the unforgettable story of a young woman coming of age and finding her place in a new world. Beginning where Luis Alberto Urrea's bestselling The Hummingbird's Daughter left off, QUEEN OF AMERICA finds young Teresita Urrea, beloved healer and "Saint of Cabora," with her father in 1892 Arizona. But, besieged by pilgrims in desperate need of her healing...
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
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English
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When three students, feeling out of place during a White House tour, bump into a painting of George Washington, the President comes to life and leads them on an insider's tour, during which they meet many former residents.
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Gods of Gotham volume 2
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G.P. Putnam's Sons, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2013?]
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English
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Tor
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"On the shores of the sparsely populated American wilderness, a small group of intrepid settlers have landed, seeking freedom to worship and prosper far from the religious strife and political upheaval that plague a war-ridden Europe... 500 years before Columbus set sail. While it has long been known that Viking ships explored the American coast, recent archaeological evidence suggests a far more vast and permanent settlement. It is from this evidence...
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Clifton Chronicles volume 2
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English
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From the author of the international bestseller Only Time Will Tell, Jeffrey Archer picks up the sweeping story of the Clifton Chronicles with The Sins of the Father.
With war between Britian and Germany on the immediate horizon, Harry Clifton has joined the merchant marines to escape long buried family secrets that have just come to light. And it isn't long before war is upon them. On the very day that Britain declares
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Publisher Annotation: Sixth-grader Lu Olivera just wants to keep her head down and get along with everyone in her class. Trouble is, Lu?s old friends have been changing lately ? acting boy crazy and making snide remarks about Lu?s newfound talent for running track. Lu?s secret hope for a new friend is fellow runner Belinda Gresham, but in 1970 Red Grove, Alabama, blacks and whites don?t mix. As segregationist ex-governor George Wallace ramps up his...
14) Calico Girl
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English
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Callie struggles to understand slavery when her stepbrother is sold away at the start of the Civil War, but is determined her whole family will be free one day. Includes historical notes.
16) Good wives
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English
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Look out for Little Women-soon to be a major motion picture starring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Timothée Chalamet, and Meryl Streep! Louisa May Alcott's enchanting tale of the March sisters continues with this beautiful keepsake edition of Good Wives, the second novel in the Little Women Collection! The tale of the March sisters continues in the beloved sequel to Little Women, which picks up three years later as Meg is preparing for her wedding,...
17) The bell rang
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A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book, Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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2020 Youth Media Awards: Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery, and Printz!
Juneteenth Reads for Children
Juneteenth Reads for Children
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A slave family is distressed when they discover their son Ben has run away.
18) Light and air
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Holiday House
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Halle and her mother find unexpected solace on a tuberculosis ward in 1930s upstate New York"--
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Flashback Four volume 4
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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The Flashback Four are coerced by a secret government organization, NOYB, to travel to July 1804 Weehawken, New Jersey, to witness the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr.
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