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WWII
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Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Barnes and Noble--In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis. -
Two Suns in the Sky by Miriam Bat-Ami
Barnes and Noble: In 1944, an Upstate New York teenager named Christine meets and falls in love with Adam, a Yugoslavian Jew living in a refugee camp, despite their parents' conviction that they do not belong together. -
Hiroshima by Laurence Yep
Barnes and Noble: Describes the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, particularly as it affects Sachi, who becomes one of the Hiroshima Maidens. Describes the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, particularly as it affects Sachi, who becomes one of the Hiroshima Maidens. -
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Civil Rights Movement
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Linda Brown, You Are Not Alone
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Editor Joyce Carol Thomas worked with many of today's most popular authors to gather stories, poetry, and reflections of Brown vs. The Board of Education. -
Back of the Bus
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Aaron Reynolds's book chronicles Rosa Park's refusal to give up her seat on the bus from the viewpoint of a child, a fictitious passenger watching this historic event unfold from his own seat at the back of the bus. Despite his mother trying to play down the significance of Parks's actions, both the boy and his mother know that times are changing. -
Freedom on the Menu-The Greensboro Sit-Ins
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Carole Boston Weatherford's story of the Greensboro Four is told from the point of view of Connie, a young, African American girl. While Connie is too young to participate in the sit-ins, she isn't too young to help her siblings make protest signs or to understand she's living in a time of great change! -
A Sweet Smell of Roses
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Angela Johnson's book is a unique look at the march on Washington. Told from the viewpoint of a young, African American girl and her sister, readers are able to walk in the shoes of two young children as they witness one of the most famous moments in all of the Civil Rights Movement-Dr. King's "I have a Dream" speech. -
The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963
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Christopher Paul Curtis's novel follows the lovable Watson family on their journey to Birmingham, AL. Readers will be on the edge of their seats as they wait to find out if the youngest Watson child was killed in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing. -
Freedom Summer
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Wiles's book tells the story of best friends John Henry and Joe. The two boys have everything in common except race. For the boys, this only means that there are some things that Joe is allowed to do but John Henry isn't. When anti-segregation laws are passed the boys learn that changing people's outlook isn't as simple as changing the law.
