First published in 1921 The Story of Mankind has charmed generations of readers of all ages with its warmth simplicity and wisdom. Beginning with the origins of human life and sweeping forward to illuminate all of history Hendrik van Loon's incomparable prose enlivens the characters and events of ev... Read more

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This Newbery Medal Book describes how a ten-year-old Danish girl's bravery is tested when her best friend is threatened by Nazis in 1943. ... Read more

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A biography of Amos Fortune--born an African prince named At-mun--who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the United States. Eventually able to buy his own freedom, Fortune dedicated the rest of his life to helping other slaves buy theirs. Winner of the 1951 Newbery Medal. ... Read more

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David Kherdian re-creates his mother's voice in telling the true story of a childhood interrupted by one of the most devastating holocausts of our century. ... Read more

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Describes the daily lives of American pioneers who explored and settled the territories west of the Appalachians. ... Read more

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Fourteen-year-old Chris, bitterly hating the Yankees for invading his Tennessee mountain home, learns a difficult lesson about the waste of war and the meaning of tolerance and courage when he reports the approach of a Yankee supply troop to the Confederates, only to learn that his brother is probab... Read more

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A young Inca boy, unaware of his royal blood, shares a lonely existence with an old llama herder. ... Read more

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A compilation, selected from various sources and arranged chronologically, of the reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves tells about their experiences, from the leaving of Africa through the Civil War and into the early twentieth century. A Newbery Honor Book. Reissue. ... Read more

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