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Title: Freedom Over Me Author:  Ashley Bryan Illustrator:  Ashley Bryan Publisher: Atheneum ISBN:  9781481456906 Audience: Gr. 4-6 Summary:  In an author’s note at the end of this book, author/illustrator Ashley Bryan describes a document he owns which lists the appraised value

Title: The Delany Sisters Reach High Author: Amy Hill Hearth Illustrator: Tim Ladwig Publisher: Abingdon Press (out-of-print but available on internet) ISBN: 978-0687030743 Audience: Ages 6 and up Summary: This book introduces young readers to the Delany sisters, two African-

Name of Book: Yankee Blue or Rebel Gray: The Civil War Adventures of Sam Shaw Author: Kate Connell Illustrator: Civil War paintings from various private and public collections including the Library of Congress Publisher: National Geographic Society ISBN: 0-7922-5179 Paperback

Title:  Brotherhood Author: A.B. Westrick Publisher:  Viking Books for Young Readers Publication Date: September 12, 2013 ISBN: 978-0670014392 Audience: Ages 10 and up Summary: Two years after the Civil war has ended Yankee soldiers still patrol the streets of Richmond and

Title:  God Bless the Child Author: Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr. Illustrator:  Jerry Pinkney Publisher:  HarperCollins Publishers Publication Date:  Words and Music copyright 1941/Illustrations 2004 ISBN:  978060287979 Audience:  Though this is clearly a picture book, the

Title:  Walking Home to Rosie Lee Author:  A. LaFaye Illustrator: Keith D. Shepherd Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press ISBN:  9781933693972 Audience: First grade and up, parents and children Summary: Slavery separated many African American families as parents and children were sold

Name of Book:  Invincible Louisa Author:  Cornelia Meigs Publisher:  Little, Brown and Company ISBN:  978-0316565943 Audience:  An Amazon reviewer self-identified as “10-year old reader states “It is a wonderful book for 11, 12, and 13 year olds, or 10 year olds who are advanced

Name of Book:  Snowshoe Thompson Author:  Nancy Levinson Publisher:  HarperCollins ISBN:  978-0064442060 Audience:  Ages 3-6  (I Can Read) Literary elements at work in the story:  Easy-to-read books often suffer from the use of limited vocabulary and sentence structure, but

Name of book:  Letting Swift River Go Author:  Jane Yolen Publisher:  Little Brown ISBN: 978-0316968607 Audience:  Ages 4-8 Summary:  Sally Jane tells the story of the demise of her beloved town along the Swift River in Massachusetts. The town will be flooded along with the rest

Name of Book: The Bracelet Author:  Yoshiko Uchida Publisher:  Puffin ISBN: 978-0698113909 Audience:  Ages 4-9 Summary:   During World War II, Second grader Emi is one of thousands told they must give up everything and move to an internment camp. Why? Because their relatives came