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Esther Hautzig - Endless Steppe: Growing Up In Siberia

Esther Hautzig - Endless Steppe: Growing Up In Siberia

A young Polish girl, her mother, and her grandmother, taken prisoners by the Russians during World War II and shipped to a forced-labor camp in a ...
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Latest review by trailhound Oct 17, 2004
"Resurrecting the oldies write off. The incredible suffering of European Jews in World War II has bee..." Read full review

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Natalie S. Bober - Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution

Natalie S. Bober - Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution

Abigail Adams was an extraordinary woman who witnessed the gathering storm of the American Revolution and saw the battle of Bunker Hill from a ...

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Eloise Greenfield and Lessie Jones Little - Childtimes: A Three Generation Memoir

Eloise Greenfield and Lessie Jones Little - Childtimes: A Three Generation Memoir

Three generations of black women remember their "childtimes" in this lyrical memoir spanning a century of American history. "The intimate details of ...
Jean Fritz - The Double Life of Pocahontas

Jean Fritz - The Double Life of Pocahontas

"This book dispels myths and describes with immediacy the life of the girl whose active conscience made her a pawn, exploited by her own people and ...
Pat McKissack and Fredrick McKissack Jr. - Sojourner Truth: Ain't I A Woman?

Pat McKissack and Fredrick McKissack Jr. - Sojourner Truth: Ain't I A Woman?

A biography of the former slave who became well-known as an abolitionist and advocate of women's rights.
David Kherdian - The Road from Home: The Story of Armenian Girl

David Kherdian - The Road from Home: The Story of Armenian Girl

David Kherdian re-creates his mother's voice in telling the true story of a childhood interrupted by one of the most devastating holocausts of our ...

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Jean Fritz - The Great Little Madison

Jean Fritz - The Great Little Madison

The life of James Madison, fourth President of the United States. Black-and-white illustrations accompany the text.
David A. Adler - Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man

David A. Adler - Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man

Lou Gehrig's perseverance is legendary. During fourteen years as a first baseman for the New York Yankees, he played in a record 2,130 consecutive ...
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Latest review by colleenmf Jul 29, 2001
"How does a shy man who died before his 38th birthday become a beloved hero for generations of baseba..." Read full review
Aranka Siegal - Upon the Head of a Goat: A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944

Aranka Siegal - Upon the Head of a Goat: A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944

The author, who is called Piri in the narrative, describes her experiences as a Jewish girl in Hungary during World War II. Although Piri's mother ...
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Latest review by digbugsgirl May 28, 2008
"This was the first book, outside of my school days, that I read about the holocaust. This is a brill..." Read full review
         

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