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Balis, Andrea Frankel, Erin MacLeod, Elizabeth Myers, Walter Dean Smith, Sherri L.Smith, Sherri L.
Summary: "A nonfiction account of a group of determined Black Americans who created a flying club and built their own airfield on Chicago's South Side in the period between World Wars I and II"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 920 SMIMacLeod, Elizabeth
Summary: "This nonfiction book for middle-grade readers is full of stories about inspiring activists who have accidentally changed the world. The activists profiled are a variety of ages and come from around the world."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2021
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Summary: "A biography about chef José Andrés, who, through his World Central Kitchen organization, is fulfilling a vision to feed people in need all over the world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2024
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Summary: "A cutting-edge look into a pivotal moment in U.S. history: McCarthy's infamous "witch hunt" for communists during the 1950's Red Scare. At the cusp of the Cold War, Americans were so afraid of communists living among them that they began to hunt them like witches. As Senator Joe McCarthy took up this mantle to hunt down "communists" in the U.S., citizens grew terrified of being accused, so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2024
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Summary: As a fourteen-year-old, he was Malcolm Little, the president of his class and a top student. At sixteen, he was hustling tips at a Boston nightclub. In Harlem, he was known as Detroit Red, a slick street operator. At nineteen, he was back in Boston, leading a gang of burglars. At twenty, he was in prison. It was in prison that Malcolm Little started the journey that would lead him to adopt the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2020