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The Empty Pot by Demi
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn IRA-CBC Children's Choice.An American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists."When Ping admits that he is the only child in China unable to grow a flower from the seeds distributed by the Emperor, he is rewarded for his honesty...Categorized as:
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![Centennial by James A. Michener]()
Centennial by James A. Michener
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 31 ratings"Michener is America's best writer, and he proves it once again in CENTENNIAL."THE PITTSBURGH PRESSA stunning panorama of the West, CENTENNIAL is an enthralling celebration of our country, brimming with the glory and the greatness of the American past that only bestselling author James Michener could bring to stunning life...Categorized as:
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![Queen of Swords by Sara Donati]()
Queen of Swords by Sara Donati
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIt is the late summer of 1814, and Hannah Bonner and her half brother Luke have spent more than a year searching the islands of the Caribbean for Luke's wife and the man who abducted her. But Jennet's rescue, so long in coming, is not the resolution they'd hoped for...Categorized as:
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![The Rent Collector by Camron Wright]()
The Rent Collector by Camron Wright
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsSurvival for Ki Lim and Sang Ly is a daily battle at Stung Meanchey, the largest municipal waste dump in all of Cambodia. They make their living scavenging recyclables from the trash. Life would be hard enough without the worry for their chronically ill child, Nisay, and the added expense of medicines that are not working... -
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![A Pennyworth of Sunshine by Anna Jacobs]()
A Pennyworth of Sunshine by Anna Jacobs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKeara Michaels doesn't want to leave her family in Ireland, but fate sends her first to Lancashire, then across the sea to Australia, pregnant and penniless. But danger threatens Keara as she starts the search for her lost sisters...Categorized as:
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![Paddle-to-the-Sea by Holling Clancy Holling]()
Paddle-to-the-Sea by Holling Clancy Holling
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA 1942 Caldecott Honor Book A young Indian boy carves a little canoe with a figure inside and names him Paddle-to-the-Sea. Paddle's journey, in text and pictures, through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean provides an excellent geographic and historical picture of the region...Categorized as:
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![The Apprenticeship of Nigel Blackthorn by Frank Kelso]()
The Apprenticeship of Nigel Blackthorn by Frank Kelso
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNigel must choose between entering an orphanage or entering an apprenticeship on a mule train.The APPRENTICESHIP OF NIGEL BLACKTHORN is a coming-of-age story set in the American West of 1853. The story relates the adventures of a thirteen-year-old English boy whose missionary parents came to convert the wild heathens to the way of Christ...Categorized as:
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![The Land Breakers (NYRB Classics) by John Ehle, Linda Spalding]()
The Land Breakers (NYRB Classics) by John Ehle, Linda Spalding
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSet deep in the Appalachian wilderness between the years of 1779 and 1784, The Land Breakers is a saga like the Norse sagas or the book of Genesis, a story of first and last things, of the violence of birth and death, of inescapable sacrifice and the faltering emergence of community...Categorized as:
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![The Matchbox Diary by Paul Fleischman, Bagram Ibatoulline]()
The Matchbox Diary by Paul Fleischman, Bagram Ibatoulline
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Pick whatever you like most. Then I’ll tell you its story." When a little girl visits her great-grandfather at his curio-filled home, she chooses an unusual object to learn about: an old cigar box. What she finds inside surprises her: a collection of matchboxes making up her great-grandfather’s diary, harboring objects she can hold in her hand, each one evoking a memory...Categorized as:
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![From Sea to Shining Sea by James Alexander Thom]()
From Sea to Shining Sea by James Alexander Thom
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn one generation, the Clark family of Virginia fought for our nation's independence, and explored, conquered, and settled the continent from sea to shining sea. This powerfully written book recreates the warm life of the family, the dangers of the battlefield, the grueling journeys across an untamed wilderness, and the soul-stirring Lewis and Clark Expedition...Categorized as:
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![Yellowstone Deception by Peggy L. Henderson]()
Yellowstone Deception by Peggy L. Henderson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDan Osborne has one ambition in life. He wants to be a permanent park ranger in Yellowstone National Park, a place where his family roots run deep. He'll do just about anything to make his dream a reality. When a pretty tourist tells him an incredible story about his ancestors, his dreams might be realized sooner than he hoped.Jana Evans' best friend traveled back in time for true love...Categorized as:
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![Fiona's Lace by Patricia Polacco]()
Fiona's Lace by Patricia Polacco
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn Irish family stays together with the help of Fiona’s talent for making one-of-a-kind lace in this heartwarming immigration story from the New York Times bestselling creator of The Keeping Quilt.Many years ago, times were hard in all of Ireland, so when passage to America becomes available, Fiona and her family travel to Chicago...Categorized as:
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![A Sweet Smell of Roses by Angela Johnson]()
A Sweet Smell of Roses by Angela Johnson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo young girls not only witness but help to change history in this inspiring and urgent Civil Rights-era picture book by three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner Angela Johnson.There's a sweet, sweet smell in the air as two young girls sneak out of their house, down the street, and across town to where men and women are gathered, ready to march for freedom and justice...Categorized as:
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![Ruby's Wish by Shirin Yim Bridges, Sophie Blackall]()
Ruby's Wish by Shirin Yim Bridges, Sophie Blackall
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsRuby is unlike most little girls in old China. Instead of aspiring to get married, Ruby is determined to attend university when she grows up, just like the boys in her family...Categorized as:
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![Brother Wind by Sue Harrison]()
Brother Wind by Sue Harrison
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn a time before time at the top of the world -; in a harsh and unforgiving age of ice -; courage will sustain three remarkable souls through trials as bitter as the chill winds of the eternal winter."Claimed by a brutal, despised enemy, Kiin must sacrifice her love for the sake of her tribe and the safety of her children...Categorized as:
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![People of the Raven by W. Michael Gear, Kathleen O'Neal Gear]()
People of the Raven by W. Michael Gear, Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn People of the Raven, award-winning archaeologists and New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors W...Categorized as:
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![The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco]()
The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Mary Ellen gets bored with her reading, Grandpa knows a hunt for a bee tree is just what she needs. Half the town joins the exciting chase, but it's not until everyone returns home that Mary Ellen makes a discovery of her own: Sometimes, even the sweetest of things must be worked for... -
![That Book Woman by Heather Henson]()
That Book Woman by Heather Henson
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCal is not the readin' type. Living way high up in the Appalachian Mountains, he'd rather help Pap plow or go out after wandering sheep than try some book learning. Nope. Cal does not want to sit stoney-still reading some chicken scratch. But that Book Woman keeps coming just the same. She comes in the rain. She comes in the snow...Categorized as:
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![Jackie & Me by Dan Gutman]()
Jackie & Me by Dan Gutman
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLike every other kid in his class, Joe Stoscack has to write a report on an African American who's made an important contribution to society. Unlike every other kid in his class, Joe has a special talent: with the help of old baseball cards, he can travel through time... -
![I Survived the Joplin Tornado, 2011 by Lauren Tarshis]()
I Survived the Joplin Tornado, 2011 by Lauren Tarshis
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEleven-year-old Dexter has always wanted to see a tornado. So when he gets the incredible opportunity to go storm chasing with the famous Dr. Norman Rays, he has to say yes! Dr. Rays is the host of Tornado Mysteries, the show that Dex and his older brother, Jeremy, watched every night until Jeremy joined the U.S. Navy SEALs and left Joplin...Categorized as:
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![My Sister the Moon by Sue Harrison]()
My Sister the Moon by Sue Harrison
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn prehistoric Alaska, an Aleut girl, unwanted and abused, changes the destiny of her tribe.Gray Bird wanted only sons. His daughter, Kiin, would have been killed at birth to make way for a male heir if not for the tribal chief, Kayugh, who claimed the infant as a future wife for one of his two young sons...Categorized as:
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![Northwest Passage by Kenneth Roberts]()
Northwest Passage by Kenneth Roberts
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis classic novel follows the career of Major Rogers, whose incredible exploits during the French and Indian Wars are told through Langdon Towne, an artist and Harvard student who flees trouble to join the army...Categorized as:
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![I Survived the Children's Blizzard, 1888 by Lauren Tarshis]()
I Survived the Children's Blizzard, 1888 by Lauren Tarshis
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Schoolhouse Blizzard, also known as the Children's Blizzard or the Great Blizzard of 1888, caught people completely by surprise and resulted in 235 fatalities, including several children in one-room schoolhouses. What made the storm so deadly was the timing, the suddenness, and the brief spell of warmer weather that preceded it...Categorized as:
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![The Explorer by Katherine Rundell]()
The Explorer by Katherine Rundell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFred, Con, Lila, and Max are on their way back to England from Manaus when the plane they’re on crashes and the pilot dies upon landing. For days they survive alone, until Fred finds a map that leads them to a ruined city, and to a secret...Categorized as:
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![The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie dePaola]()
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie dePaola
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn spring, the hills and meadows of Texas and Wyoming are ablaze with the reds, oranges, and yellows of the Indian Paintbrush. How this striking plant received its name is told in an old Indian legend...Categorized as:
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![The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven by Nathaniel Ian Miller]()
The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven by Nathaniel Ian Miller
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn this "briskly entertaining" (New York Times Book Review), "transporting and wholly original" (People Magazine) novel, one man banishes himself to a solitary life in the Arctic Circle, and is saved by good friends, a loyal dog, and a surprise visit that changes everything...Categorized as:
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![Mrs. Mike by Benedict Freedman, Nancy Freedman]()
Mrs. Mike by Benedict Freedman, Nancy Freedman
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA moving love story set in the Canadian wilderness, Mrs. Mike is a classic tale that has enchanted millions of readers worldwide. It brings the fierce, stunning landscape of the Great North to life—and tenderly evokes the love that blossoms between Sergeant Mike Flannigan and beautiful young Katherine Mary O'Fallon...Categorized as:
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![Alaska by James A. Michener]()
Alaska by James A. Michener
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn this sweeping epic of the northernmost American frontier, James A. Michener guides us through Alaska’s fierce terrain and history, from the long-forgotten past to the bustling present...Categorized as:
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![Across the Great Sparkling Water (The Peacemaker Series) by Zoe Saadia]()
Across the Great Sparkling Water (The Peacemaker Series) by Zoe Saadia
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo live in captivity, adopted by the enemies of her people, or to break the law and tradition by running away? That question did not occur to Onheda until after she fled Little Falls on the spur of the moment, against any better judgment. If she was to die in the woods, making her way back to her people, accused, even by them, of breaking the ancient custom, it was still the better choice... -
![House Without Walls by Ching Yeung Russell]()
House Without Walls by Ching Yeung Russell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor most people, home is a place with four walls. It's a place to eat, sleep, rest, and live. For a refugee, the concept of home is ever-changing, ever-moving, ever-wavering. And often, it doesn't have any walls at all.Eleven-year-old Lam escapes from Vietnam with Dee Dee during the Vietnamese Boat People Exodus in 1979, when people from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fled their homelands for safety... -
![Wildwood by Elinor Florence]()
Wildwood by Elinor Florence
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA single mother. An abandoned farmhouse. An epic battle with the northern wilderness.Broke and desperate, Molly Bannister accepts the ironclad condition laid down in her great-aunt’s will: to receive her inheritance, Molly must spend one year in an abandoned, off-the-grid farmhouse in the remote backwoods of northern Alberta...Categorized as:
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![Almost to Freedom by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson]()
Almost to Freedom by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLindy and her doll Sally are best friends - wherever Lindy goes, Sally stays right by her side. They eat together, sleep together, and even pick cotton together. So, on the night Lindy and her mama run away in search of freedom, Sally goes too. This young girl's rag doll vividly narrates her enslaved family's courageous escape through the Underground Railroad... -
![Savage Winter by Constance O'Banyon]()
Savage Winter by Constance O'Banyon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJoanna found happiness and contentment as Windhawk's wife, until the day she was kidnapped and returned to the white world. Now she must rely on Windhawk's love and devotion to find her and bring her home to his side...Categorized as:
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![The Children of First Man by James Alexander Thom]()
The Children of First Man by James Alexander Thom
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith its beautifully written and deeply felt descriptions of the feelings the first white settlers and Native Americans had for each other, THE CHILDREN OF FIRST MAN tells the fascinating story of a European people gradually absorbed into the Amerindian culture until their literacy was lost and their Christian religion submerged in the legend of a Welsh Prince named Madoc, the First Man...Categorized as:
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![Under a Blackberry Moon by Serena B. Miller]()
Under a Blackberry Moon by Serena B. Miller
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJust a few days after she gave birth alone in the northwoods, a recently widowed young Chippewa woman stumbled into a nearby lumber camp in search of refuge from the winter snows... -
![Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringgold]()
Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringgold
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIllus. in full color. Cassie, who flew above New York in Tar Beach, soars into the sky once more. This time, she and her brother Be Be meet a train full of people, and Be Be joins them. But the train departs before Cassie can climb aboard... -
![Tree in the Trail by Holling Clancy Holling]()
Tree in the Trail by Holling Clancy Holling
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe history of the Great Plains and the Santa Fe Trail is told in text and pictures by focusing on a cottonwood tree and the events that happen around it...Categorized as:
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Summit by Harry Farthing
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA summit is a summit, and the truth is the truth. But the view from 8,848 meters isn't always so clear. Two men, seventy years apart, push for the top of Mount Everest, driven by forces beyond their control and something inside that says climb. After eight successful summits, Mount Everest guide Neil Quinn is confident he can handle anything the mountain throws his way...Categorized as:
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![Naya Nuki: Shoshone Girl Who Ran by Kenneth Thomasma]()
Naya Nuki: Shoshone Girl Who Ran by Kenneth Thomasma
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter being taken prisoner by an enemy tribe, a Shoshoni girl escapes and makes a thousand-mile journey through the wilderness in search of her own people...Categorized as:
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![Encounter by Jane Yolen]()
Encounter by Jane Yolen
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Christopher Columbus landed on the island of San Salvador in 1492, what he discovered were the Taino Indians. Told from a young Taino boy’s point of view, this is a story of how the boy tried to warn his people against welcoming the strangers, who seemed more interested in golden ornaments than friendship...Categorized as:
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![I Survived #05 by Lauren Tarshis]()
I Survived #05 by Lauren Tarshis
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOriginally released by Scholastic Press...Categorized as:
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![Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden]()
Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA haunting novel about identity, love, and loss by the author of Three Day RoadWill Bird is a legendary Cree bush pilot, now lying in a coma in a hospital in his hometown of Moose Factory, Ontario. His niece Annie Bird, beautiful and self-reliant, has returned from her own perilous journey to sit beside his bed...Categorized as:
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![Storm Boy by Paul Owen Lewis]()
Storm Boy by Paul Owen Lewis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter a violent seastorm, a Haida prince washes ashore in the supernatural realm of the strange and colossal killer whale people. There his spiritual journey begins. Powerful illustrations make stunning use of northwest coast Native American motifs to create a compelling atmosphere of mystery and displacement...Categorized as:
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![Cabin on Trouble Creek by Jean Van Leeuwen]()
Cabin on Trouble Creek by Jean Van Leeuwen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWolves, bears, and a heavy snowstorm are just some of the dangers that Daniel and Will must face&150alone. It's 1803, and the boys and their father have recently arrived in Ohio, following the promise of rich farmland...Categorized as:
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![Savage Bliss by Cassie Edwards]()
Savage Bliss by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEntranced by her beloved and virile Gray Wing, Amelia is torn away by her family from her proud and magnificent Susquamish chief and taken to a an exotic shore, far from his touch but her hidden longings cannot be denied when he claims her as his forever. Reissue...Categorized as:
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![Unforgettable by Rosanne Bittner]()
Unforgettable by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe bestselling author of Lawless Love pens a heartfelt western historical novel of the promises we make—and the love that can come from breaking them. Orphaned at a young age, street-savvy Ally Mills and her brother Toby agree on one thing: sticking together no matter what... -
![Island of Shattered Dreams by Chantal T. Spitz]()
Island of Shattered Dreams by Chantal T. Spitz
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFinally in English, Island of Shattered Dreams is the first ever novel by an indigenous Tahitian writer. In a lyrical and immensely moving style, this book combines a family saga and a doomed love story, set against the background of French Polynesia in the period leading up to the first nuclear tests...Categorized as:
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Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo extraordinary Indigenous stories set five generations apart. When Mulanyin meets the beautiful Nita in Edenglassie, their saltwater people still outnumber the British. As colonial unrest peaks, Mulanyin dreams of taking his bride home to Yugambeh Country, but his plans for independence collide with white justice. Two centuries later, fiery activist Winona meets Dr Johnny...Categorized as:
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![Stories from Around the World by Heather Amery]()
Stories from Around the World by Heather Amery
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe stories in this book, one from each major country or area of the world, are written in a way that young listeners and young readers will find easy to understand and...Categorized as:
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![Jim & Me by Dan Gutman]()
Jim & Me by Dan Gutman
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe was the world's greatest athlete, and a hero—until his medals were taken away.Stosh is shocked when his enemy, Bobby Fuller, begs him for a favor. He wants Stosh to take him back in time to meet Native American Jim Thorpe—an Olympic champion who lost his medals in a scandal. Thorpe went on to play professional baseball and football, but he could never again achieve such fame...Categorized as:
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