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African Americans African Americans Fiction African Americans Juvenile fiction Frontier and pioneer life Juvenile fiction Noirs américains Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse Novels in verse Slavery United States History 19th century Fiction United States History 19th century Juvenile fiction Wagon trains Juvenile fictionCline-Ransome, Lesa
Summary: "In the 1870s, a Black family undertakes a perilous wagon journey westward for a tenuous shot at freedom in Nebraska"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CLIWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: A multi-generational family history told in the voices of the author's ancestors, spanning enslavement alongside Frederick Douglass at Maryland's Wye House plantation, service in the U.S. Colored Troops, and the founding of all-Black Reconstruction-era communities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023
Copies Available at East Bay
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Summary: "A novel in verse about a boy escaping slavers during the nineteenth century"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ALECopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction AlexanderAlexander, Kwame
Summary: "Dreams are today's answers for tomorrow's questions. 11-year-old Kofi Offin dreams of water. Its mysterious, immersive quality. The rich, earthy scent of the current. The clearness, its urgent whisper that beckons with promises and secrets ... Kofi has heard the call on the banks of Upper Kwanta, in the village where he lives. He loves these things above all else: his family, the fireside...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022