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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

Name of Book: I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery Author: Cynthia Grady Illustrator: Michele Wood Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers ISBN: 9780802853868 (Hardcover) Audience: Ages 10 and up Summary: This book is a collection of fourteen poems that tells the

Title: We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song Author: Debbie Levy Illustrator: Vanessa Brantley-Newton Publisher: Disney – Jump At The Sun (December 17, 2013) ISBN: 978-1423119548 Audience: Ages 6-8, Grades 1-3 Summary: This is the story of a song, but not just any song. It

Title:  Light in the Darkness Author:  Lesa Cline-Ransome Illustrator: James E. Ransome Publisher: Disney Jump At The Sun Books Publication Date: 2013 ISBN: 9781423134954 Audience: 5-8 years Summary: Rosa’s mama wakens her in darkness and they slip out of the cabin quietly.  They

Title:  A Sweet Smell of Roses Author: Angela Johnson Illustrator:  Eric Velasquez Publisher:  Aladdin Paperbacks Publication Date:  2005 ISBN:  978-1-4169-5361-6 Audience:  The intended audience is agest 5 – 8.  However, the theme of this book, the illustrations and the

Name of Book:  Mockingjay Author:  Suzanne Collins Book Design:  Elizabeth Parisi Publisher:  Scholastic Press Audience:  Ages 12 and up Summary:  The third in a trilogy of science fiction stories, Mockingjay is written for adolescent youth and older due to graphic and violent

Name of Book:   The Tiger Rising Author: Kate DiCamillo Cover Illustrator:  Chris Sheban Publisher:   Candlewick Press Audience:   Ages 9-12 Summary:  Twelve-year-old Rob Horton has recently moved with his father to a seedy motel in Lister, Florida.  Ever since his mother’s

Name of Book: Henry’s Freedom Box Author: Ellen Levine Illustrator: Kadir Nelson Publisher: Scholastic Press Audience: 3 – 99 Summary: Henry’s Freedom Box is the poignant, harrowing and true story of Henry Brown, an African American slave, who in the mid-nineteenth century

Name of Book: Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom Author: Carole Boston Weatherford Illustrator: Kadir Nelson Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children Audience: Ages 6 and up Summary: The story of a particular slave, Harriet Tubman, who escapes from slavery and is

Name of Book:  The Big Box Author:  Toni and Slade Morrison Illustrator:  Giselle Potter Publisher:  Jump at the Sun Hyperion Books for Children Audience: Ages 8 – up Summary: Three children live inside a large box that is equipped with all that they need from swings to beds and