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Pg 1
The Shaman’s Newphew: A Life in the Far North
by Simon Tookoome and Sheldon Oberman
Difficulty Level 1-2 |
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Pg 3
Martin Luther King
by Mary Stuart
Difficulty level 1 |
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Pg 5
A Question of Trust
by Brown and Brown
Difficulty level 1-2 |
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Pg 7
Go Free or Die: A Story about Harriet Tubman
by Jeri Ferris
Difficulty level 2 |
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Pg 9
Life is So Good
by George Dawson and Richard Glaubman
Difficulty level 2-3 |
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Pg 11
Leon’s Story
by Leon Walter Tillage
Difficulty level 2 |
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Pg 13
Just Juice:
by Karen Hesse
Difficulty level 2 |
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Pg 15
Stealing Home: the Story of Jackie Robinson
by Barry Denenberg
Difficulty level 2 |
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Pg 17
Voices from the Fields: Children of Migrant Farmworkers Tell Their Stories
Interviews and Photographs
by S. Beth Atkin
Difficulty level 2-3 |
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Pg 19
Voices from the Streets: Young Former Gang Members Tell Their Stories
Interviews and Photographs
by S. Beth Atkin
Difficulty level 2-3 |
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Pg 21
Seedfolks
by Paul Fleischman
Difficulty level 2-3 |
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Pg 23
Nelson Mandela: Fighter for Humanity
by Catherine House
Difficulty level 3 |
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Pg 25
Don’t Be Afraid Gringo: A Honduran Woman Speaks From the Heart: the Story of Elvia Alvarado
Translated and Edited
by Medea Benjamin
Difficulty level 3-4 |
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Pg 27
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Difficulty level 3 |
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Pg 29
The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream
by Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt
Difficulty level 4 |
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Pg 31
Under the Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba
by Alma Flor Ada
Difficulty level 4 |
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Pg 33
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years
by Sarah L. Delany and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth
Difficulty level 4 |
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Pg 35
Tuesdays With Morrie
by Mitch Albom
Difficulty level 4-5 |
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Pg 37
Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks
with Jim Haskins
Difficulty level 4 |
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Pg 39
Get On Board: The Story of the Underground Railroad
by Jim Haskins
Difficulty level 4-5 |
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Pg 41
Farewell to Manzanar
by Jeanne Wakatsuki and James Houston
Difficulty level 5 |
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Pg 43
Jessie De La Cruz : a Profile of a United Farm Worker
by Gary Soto
Difficulty level 5 |
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Introduction and Project Participants
Pg 45
How to Get These Books
Pg 48
Some Recommended
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