Biography & Autobiography - Historical
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Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different: True Tales of Amazing Boys Who Changed the World Without Killing Dragons
$18.99 Add to cartBoys can be anything they want to be This timely book joins and expands the gender-role conversation and gives middle-grade boys a welcome alternative message: that masculinity can mean many things.
- Series: The Dare to Be Different
- Author: Brooks, Ben
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 25, 2018
- ISBN10: 0762465921
- Language: English
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The Complete Story of Sadako Sasaki: And the Thousand Paper Cranes
$10.99 Add to cart**Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Winner**
For the first time, middle readers can learn t
**Middle School Book of the Year — Northern Lights Book Awards**
**Skipping Stones Honor Award Winner**- Author: Sasaki, Masahiro
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 148
- Publish Date: April 7, 2020
- ISBN10: 4805316179
- Language: English
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Unlawful Orders: A Portrait of Dr. James B. Williams, Tuskegee Airman, Surgeon, and Activist (Scholastic Focus)
$19.99 Read moreBarbara Binns presents the inspiring story of one man in his struggle for racial equality in the field of battle and the field of medicine.
Scholastic Focus is the premier home of thoroughly researched
- Author: Binns, Barbara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 18, 2022
- ISBN10: 1338754262
- Language: English
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Who Was Blackbeard?
$6.99 Add to cartThough much of his early life remains a mystery, Blackbeard most likely began his life as Edward Teach in the sailing port of Bristol, England. He began his career as a hired British sailor during Que… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Buckley, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 10 2015
- ISBN10: 0448483084
- Language: English
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I Am Sacagawea (I Am #1)
$5.99 Add to cartA brand-new biography series featuring some of the most important people from history and today.
I am only sixteen years old as I trek across the country with my infant son strapped to my back. I have- Series: I Am
- Author: Norwich, Grace
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0545405742
- Language: English
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Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
$10.99 Add to cartPublishers Weekly Best Book * ALA Best Book for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children’s Book * ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice
In the tradition of The Diary of Anne Frank and I Am Malala, this is the incred
- Author: Jiang, Ji-Li
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 30 2018
- ISBN10: 0064462080
- Language: English
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Signs of Survival: A Memoir of the Holocaust
$17.99 Add to cartRENEE: I was ten years old then, and my sister was eight. The responsibility was on me to warn everyone when the soldiers were coming because my sister and both my parents were deaf.
I was my family’s
- Author: Hartman, Renee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 4, 2022
- ISBN10: 1338753355
- Language: English
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The Journey of York: The Unsung Hero of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
$9.99 Add to cart“Thomas Jefferson’s Corps of Discovery included Captains Lewis and Clark and a crew of 28 men to chart a route from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. All the crew but one volunteered for the mission. Yo
- Series: Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books with 4D
- Author: Davis, Hasan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 15, 2021
- ISBN10: 1543512860
- Language: English
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Hana’s Suitcase: The Quest to Solve a Holocaust Mystery
$12.99 Add to cartThis award-winning true Holocaust story, newly updated, connects generations through one woman’s quest to find the truth behind a mysterious suitcase.
In March 2000, Fumiko Ishioka, the curator of a… [more below]- Author: Levine, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 05 2016
- ISBN10: 1101933496
- Language: English
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
$7.99 Add to cart“An extraordinary book, one no reader will fail to find compelling and unforgettable.” —Booklist, starred review
The star of her school’s running team, Sadako is lively and athletic…until the dizz- Series: Puffin Modern Classics
- Author: Coerr, Eleanor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: April 12, 2004
- ISBN10: 0142401137
- Language: English
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Piece by Piece: Ernestine’s Gift for President Roosevelt
$20.99 Read moreDuring the Great Depression, Ernestine Guerrero’s family didn’t have much.
The Mexican American teen was so grateful for the government food aid they received in San Antonio, Texas, that she wanted t
- Author: Ruiz-Flores, Lupe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1728460433
- Language: English
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Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
$8.99 Add to cartAbbie was afraid.
She had never had to keep the lights burning by herself. But many lives depended on the lighthouse, and Papa was depending on Abbie. This is the exciting true story of Abbie Burgess
- Series: Carolrhoda on My Own Books
- Author: Roop, Connie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 01 1987
- ISBN10: 0876144547
- Language: English
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The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler
$18.99 Add to cartThe Faithful Spy is the dramatic true story of German pastor and Nazi resister Dietrich Bonhoeffer come to life in this award-winning graphic novel from John Hendrix.
“Intertwines two stories: the ins- Author: Hendrix, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 18 2018
- ISBN10: 141973265X
- Language: English
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Granny Smith Was Not an Apple
$16.99 Add to cartIn the 1800s a migrant farmer named Maria Ann Smith worked as an apple orchardist. Her discovery of a new type of apple that never turned red, but was always green, tart, sweet, and perfect for a pie,… [more below]
- Author: Fortson, Sarah Glenn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: 1-Sep-23
- ISBN10: 1441339442
- Language: English
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Who Was Neil Armstrong?
$6.99 Add to cartOn July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon and, to an audience of over 450 million people, proclaimed his step a “giant leap for mankind.” This Eagle Scout built his own model planes as a li… [more below]
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Edwards, Roberta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 02 2008
- ISBN10: 448449072
- Language: English
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Leif the Lucky
$17.95 Read moreConsidered one of the finest works of Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire, Leif the Lucky will delight both children and adults with the story of Leif, son of Erik the Red, who sailed with his father and
- Author: D’Aulaire, Ingri
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 60
- Publish Date: October 15 2014
- ISBN10: 0816695458
- Language: English
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Food for Hope: How John Van Hengel Invented Food Banks for the Hungry
$19.99 Add to cartHunger continues to be an international problem. This true story of how one ordinary person did something extraordinary shows how everyone can do something to make a difference.
Readers will feel en
- Author: Gottesfeld, Jeff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 195435424X
- Language: English
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Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School
$20.95 Read moreThis historical fiction picture book reveals the unknown story of Lilly Ann Granderson, an African-American teacher who risked her life to teach others during slavery.
Born into slavery around 1821 in
- Author: Halfmann, Janet
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 13 2018
- ISBN10: 1620141639
- Language: English
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
$7.99 Add to cartHiroshima-born Sadako is lively and athletic–the star of her school’s running team. And then the dizzy spells start. Soon gravely ill with leukemia, the “atom bomb disease,” Sadako faces her future w… [more below]
- Author: Coerr, Eleanor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: September 01 1987
- ISBN10: 0698118022
- Language: English
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Who Was Anne Frank?
$6.99 Add to cartIn her amazing diary, Anne Frank revealed the challenges and dreams common for any young girl. But Hitler brought her childhood to an end and forced her and her family into hiding. Who Was Anne Frank?
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Abramson, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 18, 2007
- ISBN10: 0448444828
- Language: English
