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Black History Month - JF
Historical Fiction - JF
If You Like I Survived, Read These!
Womens History Month - JF
Historical Fiction - JF
If You Like I Survived, Read These!
Womens History Month - JF
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Twelve-year-old Ann understands there is only one thing to be grateful for as a slave: having her family together. But when the master falls into debt, he plans to sell Ann and her younger brother. Ann is convinced her family must run away on the Underground railroad. Will Ann's family survive the dangerous trip and make it to freedom?
3) Freedom ship
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[2006]
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English
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On May 13, 1862, Samuel and his family, who work on a Confederate steamship out of Chaleston, South Carolina, make a daring break for freedom when they see Union ships resting on the Atlantic Ocean.
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[2014]
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English
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Addy Walker's family is planning a dangerous escape from slavery during the summer of 1864. But before they can leave, the most terrible thing Addy can imagine happens--her Poppa and her brother, Sam, are sold! Addy and her Momma decide they must head out on their own. Although the road to freedom is difficult, Addy's new life brings new friends, school, and even the opportunity to help others. But when will her family be reunited?
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2016.
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The day nine-year-old Grace is called to work in the kitchen in the Big House, everyone warns her to to keep her head down and her thoughts to herself, but the more she sees of the oppressive Master and his hateful wife, the more she questions things until one day her thoughts escape--and to avoid being separated she and her family flee into the Dismal Swamp, to join the other escaped slaves who live there.
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Hidden histories volume 2
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English
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"Dred Scott's daughter learns what it means to pay the price of freedom... Eleven-year-old Eliza Scott has a lot to live for. She and her family will soon be free. She is learning to read and write at a secret school. And she has a new friend she can share her dreams with. But when Eliza is confronted by vicious slave catchers, the spread of cholera, and a devastating fire, she is forced to come to terms with what it really takes to be on her own....
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Mark of the thief trilogy volume 3
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2017.
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English
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Trouble has a way of seeking out Nicolas Calva, and it's not likely to leave him alone any time soon. With Caesar's magic bulla, the Malice of Mars, and the possibility of a Jupiter Stone in play, all the powers of Rome are circling Nic. He'll have to maneuver his way through scheming government officials and reawakened magical beasts to save the Empire. Can he manage to keep his friends and family safe, claim his own freedom once and for all, and...
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[2018]
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English
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Deep within a subterranean Mine-World, a tribe of humans forced into a grim life of servitude by malevolent overlord Zygon knows nothing of the surface world or of hope, until a brave young boy named Orin discovers a sword with mysterious powers that only he can unlock. After escaping the Mine-World with his weapon, Orin teams with rogue smuggler Dagg, a beautiful princess, and some trusty robots on an intergalactic mission to free his enslaved people...
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