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Overground Railroad

Written by Lesa Cline-Ransome and Illustrated by James E. Ransome
Climbing aboard the New York bound Silver Meteor train, Ruth Ellen embarks upon a journey toward a...
Pre-K - 3rd
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The Turn of the Screw

Written by Henry James
Widely recognized as one of literature's most gripping ghost stories, this classic tale of moral...
9th - 12th
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DKfindout! Coding

Written by James Floyd Kelly
Increase your computer-coding knowledge with this children’s book full of photographs and...
1st - 4th
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Kizzy Ann Stamps

Written by Jeri Watts
In 1963, as Kizzy Ann prepares for her first year at an integrated school, she worries about the...
4th - 7th
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Basketball Superstars 2015

Written by K. C. Kelley
Get to know your favorite players from the 2015 basketball seasonAll the action from the 2015...
4th - 6th
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I Am: LeBron James

Written by Grace Norwich
Told with a timeline, maps, illustrations, sidebars and a top ten list of facts, these insightful...
3rd - 5th
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Space Travel (Innovation in Transportation)

Written by James M Flammang
Who was the first man to walk on the moon? Who developed the space shuttle? Will man ever land on...
4th - 8th
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Larry Page and Sergey Brin

Written by James M Flammang
Discover how Larry Page and Sergey Brin started out as two ordinary computer science graduate...
4th - 8th
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Cargo Ships

Written by James M Flammang
We hear a lot about the new global economy. How does it work? How are we able to transport so many...
4th - 8th
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Cars

Written by James M Flammang

Your new family car looks very different than the Model T developed by Henry Ford. Cars of today are...

4th - 8th
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Answering the Cry for Freedom: Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution

Written by Gretchen Woelfle and Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
Even as American Patriots fought for independence from British rule during the Revolutionary War...
4th - 7th
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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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Absolute Brightness

Written by James Lecesne

Phoebe’s life in Neptune, New Jersey, is somewhat unremarkable, but everything changes when Leonard...

6th - 12th
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Texas Alphabet

Written and Illustrated by James Rice
Texas Alphabet is pure Texas! Texas Jack, a native jackrabbit, teaches the reader about significant...
Pre-K - 3rd

Leveled Reading Passage: Peach and the Giant James

After reading James and the Giant Peach, choose from three leveled reading passages that relate in...

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