Historical - United States - 20th Century
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The Moon Over Star
$18.99 Read moreIn July 1969, the world witnessed an awe-inspiring historical achievement when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the moon. For the young protagonist of this lyrical… [more below]
- Author: Aston, Dianna Hutts
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 16 2008
- ISBN10: 0803731078
- Language: English
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The Pushcart War
$12.99 Read more“The best book about politics ever written for children.” —The Washington Post
50th Anniversary Edition, now in paperback
DO YOU KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE PUSHCART WAR? THE REAL HISTORY? It’s a story- Author: Merrill, Jean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: September 29 2015
- ISBN10: 1590179366
- Language: English
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Las Guerras de Los Mi?rcoles / The Wednesday Wars
$12.95 Read moreNovela ganadora del Newbery Honor
Holling Hoodhood est? en problemas. Acaba de comenzar el s?ptimo grado con la se?ora Baker, y presiente que la maestra tiene algo en su contra. Por qu? otra raz?n lo… [more below]- Author: Schmidt, Gary D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1644736802
- Language: Spanish
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El Ba?l de la Esperanza / The Hope Chest
$14.95 Add to cartCelebra la Enmienda XIX con esta novela hist?rica sobre el voto femenino!
Violet huye de casa para buscar a su hermana. En su viaje, encuentra una amiga… y una causa.
Es 1920 y han pasado varios a?- Author: Schwabach, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 9798890982773
- Language: Spanish
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Operation: Happy: A World War II Story of Courage, Resilience, and an Unbreakable Bond
$9.99 Add to cartClub Tome Book Award Winner, 2025-2026
As World War II enters her backyard, a young girl tries to cope with the war and keep her family together by completing a bucket list with her best friend: her do
- Author: Walsh, Jenni L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 0310178622
- Language: English
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Gittel
$14.95 Add to cartThe town bully, Karl Leckner, threatens to nail her mouth shut. Her best friend says she has more sass than sense. Even her beloved zayde wishes she would hold her tongue and rise above. But thirteen-… [more below]
- Author: Schneider, Laurie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1646035518
- Language: English
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How to Catch a Polar Bear
$8.99 Add to cartIn this “funny and heartwarming” (Booklist) historical fiction companion to The Rhino in Right Field, Nick’s summer gets way more exciting when a polar bear escapes from the local zoo–perfect for fan… [more below]
- Series: Washington Park Stories
- Author: Dekeyser, Stacy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1665925620
- Language: English
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Amelia Who Could Fly
$12.99 Read moreThis warm and lovely little picture book tells the story of Amelia Earhart as a young girl, growing up with an unconventional dream of flying a plane. The illustrations perfectly capture the spirit of… [more below]
- Author: Corso, Mara Dal
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1610674693
- Language: English
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The Pecan Sheller
$19.99 Add to cartIn 1930s San Antonio, thirteen-year-old Petra dreams of going to college and becoming a writer.
But with her beloved father dead, two younger siblings to care for, and with a stepmother struggling to
- Author: Ruiz-Flores, Lupe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 9798765610527
- Language: English
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We Dream of Space: A Newbery Honor Award Winner
$17.99 Read moreA Newbery Honor Book – BookPage Best Books – Chicago Public Library Best Fiction – Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee – Horn Book Fanfare – New York Times Notable Children’s Book – School Library Journa
- Author: Kelly, Erin Entrada
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 05 2020
- ISBN10: 0062747304
- Language: English
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Stepping on the Cracks
$9.99 Add to cartIn 1944, when her brother is overseas fighting in World War II, eleven-year-old Margaret changes her mind about the school bully, Gordy, after she discovers he is hiding his own brother, a deserter.
A… [more below]
- Author: Hahn, Mary Downing
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0547076606
- Language: English
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Heaven to Betsy and Betsy in Spite of Herself
$22.00 Add to cart“Some characters become your friends for life. That’s how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy.” –Judy Blume
With a Foreword by Laura Lippman
These two books in Maud Hart Lovelace’s beloved Betsy-Tacy series:
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Lovelace, Maud Hart
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: September 29 2009
- ISBN10: 0061794694
- Language: English
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Glory Be
$8.99 Add to cartA Mississippi town in 1964 gets riled when tempers flare at the segregated public pool.
As much as Gloriana June Hemphill, or Glory as everyone knows her, wants to turn twelve, there are times when Glo… [more below]
- Author: Scattergood, Augusta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: December 30 2014
- ISBN10: 0545331811
- Language: English
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Goats for Christmas: Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet
$7.99 Add to cartFeaturing the charming characters from Jacqueline Kelly’s Newbery Honor Book The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, this exciting chapter book series introduces young readers to Callie Vee and the rough-and
- Series: Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet #6
- Author: Kelly, Jacqueline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1250854008
- Language: English
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Skunked!: Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet
$8.99 Add to cartFrom Newbery honor author Jacqueline Kelly comes Skunked!, a new illustrated chapter book series for younger readers featuring the beloved characters from The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate.
In Calpurni- Series: Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet #1
- Author: Kelly, Jacqueline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 03 2017
- ISBN10: 1250129443
- Language: English
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A Season of Gifts
$9.99 Add to cartOne of the most adored characters in children’s literature is the eccentric, forceful, bighearted Grandma Dowdel, star of the Newbery Award-winning A Year Down Yonder and Newbery Honor-winning A Long … [more below]
- Author: Peck, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 14 2010
- ISBN10: 0142417297
- Language: English
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Esperanza Rising
$12.99 Add to cartPura Belpr Award Winner
IRA Notable Book for a Global Society New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and SharingEsperanza thought she’d always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico
- Author: Ryan, Pam Munoz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 13 2019
- ISBN10: 1432863886
- Language: English
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The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had
$8.99 Read moreA powerful story about race and an unlikely friendship from award-winning author of The Lions of Little Rock.
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults The last thing Harry “Dit” Sims expects when Emma Walker- Author: Levine, Kristin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 16 2010
- ISBN10: 0142416487
- Language: English
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Lucy Fights the Flames: A Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Survival Story
$27.99 Read moreIn 1911, fourteen-year-old Lucy Morelli lives with her parents, older brother, and several youngers siblings in a crowded apartment in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. Lucy dreams … [more below]
- Series: Girls Survive
- Author: Gilbert, Julie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1496583868
- Language: English
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Someplace to Call Home
$15.95 Read more2021-2021 Texas Bluebonnet Master List. 2020 Women Writing the West Willa Award (tied for 1st place). In 1933, what’s left of the Turner family–twelve-year-old Hallie and her two brothers–finds itse… [more below]
- Author: Dallas, Sandra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1585364142
- Language: English
