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I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World

Written by Malala Yousafzai and Patricia McCormick
On October 9th, 2012 young Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban while riding a bus home from...
8th - 11th
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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...
3rd - 12th
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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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My Anxious Mind

Written by Michael A. Tompkins PhD and Katherine A. Martinez PsyD and Illustrated by Michael Sloan
Can you spare 30 minutes to feel less anxious? Go ahead. Think about how your life would be...
8th - 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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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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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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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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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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Passenger on the Pearl: The True Story of Emily Edmonson’s Flight from Slavery

Written by Winifred Conkling
In 1848, thirteen-year-old Emily Edmonson, five of her siblings, and seventy other enslaved people...
7th - 10th
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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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The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind: Creating Currents Of Electricity And Hope

Written by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer and Illustrated by William Kamkwamba

Growing up in Malawi, William lived in a world where science was magic and drought and hunger were...

6th - 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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King George What Was His Problem? Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You about the American Revolution

Written by Steve Sheinkin and Illustrated by Tim Robinson
The story of the birth of our nation, complete with soldiers, spies, salmon sandwiches, and real...
4th - 10th
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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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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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The Greatest: Muhammad Ali

Written by Walter Dean Myers
A riveting portrait of the world's greatest boxer chronicles his childhood, his rise as a champion...
7th - 10th
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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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Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You!

Written by Marley Dias
Drawing from her experience, Marley shows kids how they can galvanize their strengths to make...
5th - 10th
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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...
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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Over the Edge of the World

Written by Laurence Bergreen
On September 6, 1522, a horribly battered ship manned by eighteen malnourished, scurvy-ridden...
8th - 12th

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