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Be Kind: You Can Make the World a Happier Place!

Written by Naomi Shulman and Illustrated by Hsinping Pan

In a world where people spend more time engaging through screens than in real-life interaction...

K - 12th
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What Can I Say?

Written by Catherine Newman

Middle school is an essential time to learn and practice social skills, including how to get along...

5th - 12th
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Career Planning for Teens: Discover the Proven Path to Finding a Successful Career That’s Right for You!

Written by Seth Hicks

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the pressure of choosing the right career?

Are you tired of...

7th - 12th
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I Can Get Paid for That?

Written by Jo Stewart

This book is both an inspirational and a practical guidebook, and it profiles 99 interesting...

6th - 12th
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What Linnaeus Saw

Written by Karen Magnuson Beil

In What Linnaeus Saw, Karen Magnuson Beil chronicles Linnaeus’s life and career in readable...

5th - 12th
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Ostriches (S20)

Written by Rachel Poliquin

This third installment in the hilarious and highly-illustrated full-color Superpower Field Guide...

3rd - 12th
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Sports Illustrated Kids STATS!: The Greatest Number in Sports

Count up the most fascinating numbers behind sports' greatest moments in STATS! The Biggest Numbers...

Pre-K - 12th
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The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

Written by Dashka Slater
If it weren't for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both were high school students...
7th - 12th
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The Prince and the Dressmaker

Written by Jen Wang
Prince Sebastian is too busy hiding his secret life from everyone. At night he puts on daring...
7th - 12th
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Written by Frederick Douglass
Former slave, impassioned abolitionist, brilliant writer, newspaper editor and eloquent orator whose...
6th - 12th
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Me Llaman Heroe: Recuerdos de Mi Juventud (They Call Me Hero: A Memoir of My Youth)

Written by Daniel Hernandez (author), ‎ Carlos Verdecia (Translator) and ‎ Susan Goldman Rubin (Contributor)
When Daniel Hernandez was twenty years old, he was working as an intern for U.S. Representative...
7th - 12th
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Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birute Galdikas

Written by Jim Ottaviani and Illustrated by Maris Wicks
Jim Ottaviani returns with an action-packed account of the three greatest primatologists of the last...
7th - 12th
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Tommy: The Gun That Changed America

Written by Karen Blumenthal
John Taliaferro Thompson had a mission: to develop a lightweight, fast-firing weapon that would help...
7th - 12th
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Now or Never!—54th Massachusetts Infantry’s War to End Slavery

Written by Ray Anthony Shepard

Here is the riveting dual biography of two little-known but extraordinary men in Civil War history...

5th - 12th
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This Land is Our Land: A History of American Immigration

Written by Linda Barrett Osborne
American attitudes toward immigrants are paradoxical. On the one hand, we see our country as a haven...
7th - 12th
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Twelve Days in May—Freedom Ride 1961

Written by Larry Dane Brimner
Twelve Days in May—Freedom Ride 1961
5th - 12th
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In the Shadow of Liberty The Hidden History of Slavery Four Presidents and Five Black Lives

Written by Davis and Kenneth C
Did you know that many of America’s Founding Fathers―who fought for liberty and justice for all―were...
6th - 12th
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Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History

Written by Karen Blumenthal
In Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History, critically acclaimed author Karen Blumenthal...
7th - 12th
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Unlikely Warrior A Jewish Soldier in Hitler's Army

Written by Georg Rauch

As a young adult in wartime Vienna, Georg Rauch helped his mother hide dozens of Jews from the...

7th - 12th
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365 Days of Walking the Red Road The Native American Path to Leading a Spiritual Life Every Day

Written by Terri Jean
365 Days of Walking the Red Road captures the priceless ancient knowledge Native American elders...
7th - 12th
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Rad American Women A-Z Rebels Trailblazers and Visionaries Who Shaped Our History . . . and Our Future!

Written by Kate Schatz and Illustrated by Miriam Klein Stahl
Readers will enjoy colorful and hip potraitures of 26 American women from the 18th through 21st...
3rd - 11th
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Killing Germs, Saving Lives (National Geographic)

Written and Illustrated by Glen Phelan
Killing Germs, Saving Lives traces the path to the creation of the vaccines that revolutionized...
5th - 12th
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Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World

Written by Reshma Saujani
Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani's graphically animated book shows what a huge role computer science plays in our lives and how much fun it can be.
3rd - 12th

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