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Cecil, Mark Harper, Benjamin Keats, Ezra Jack. Lester, Julius. Mbalia, Kwame Platt, Christine A.Harper, Benjamin
Summary: In this graphic adaptation of the American folktale, John Henry is the strongest elf in Gem Forest, able to carve out a perfect mining tunnel with a single swing of his hammer; so when Snotsworthy the gnome invents a machine that digs tunnels without the need for paid workers, John Henry challenges the gnome to a contest on sinister Witchfinger Mountain--home to a tribe of sleeping orcs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2019
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Summary: "John Henry is the strongest, fastest hammerman working on the railroads in the years after the American Civil War. One day, a salesman comes by with a machine he says can drill faster than any man. John is determined to prove no fancy device can beat him"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PLAMbalia, Kwame
Summary: "Seventh grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were in a bus accident together. All he has left of Eddie is the journal his friend wrote stories in. Tristan is dreading the month he's going to spend on his grandparents' farm in Alabama, where he's being sent to heal from the tragedy. On his first night there, a sticky creature...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC MBACecil, Mark
Summary: "A large-hearted reimagining of beloved all-American legends, this epic debut novel brings men of myth Paul Bunyan and John Henry alive like never before, teaming up for an adventure quest with deeper interrogations of race, class, and industrialization. When we first meet Paul Bunyan-legendary larger-than-life lumberjack and classic figure from American mythology-he is still just a man, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2024
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Summary: Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.22 LESKeats, Ezra Jack.
Summary: Describes the life of the legendary steel-driving man who was born and who died with a hammer in his hand.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1987