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Black brother, black brother

2021
Suspended unjustly from elite Middlefield Prep, Donte Ellison studies fencing with a former champion, hoping to put the racist fencing team captain in his place.

Crispus Attucks

2021
"How much do you know about Crispus Attucks? Find out the facts you need to know about the first person killed in America's fight for independence. You'll learn about the early life, challenges, and major accomplishments of this important American"--Provided by the publisher.

Hour of the witch

a novel
2021
"The story of a young Puritan woman who marries the wrong man and soon finds herself caught up in the violence and hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials"--Provided by publisher.

It's great to be a fan in Massachusetts

2019
Explores the confluence between sports, history, economics, and geography in Massachusetts.

The smash-up

a novel
In September of 2018, one family in rural Starkfield, Massachusetts, finds the cultural, social, and political issues of the day becoming intensely personal, throwing their marriage, family life, their past, their future, and their values into doubt. Ethan Frome's wife, Zo, turns their home into a headquarters for the "Resistance" of women that has risen up against a Supreme Court nominee, while at the same time his old roommate and business partner is facing "metoo" allegations. His daughter, Alex, becomes more unruly and headstrong, and then Maddy Silver, the breezy, blue-dyed hair millennial, throws a further wrench into everything.

Team time machine rides along with Paul Revere

"Team Time Machine has another adventure on their hands. They're riding with Paul Revere! Revere famously alerted colonists to approaching British forces at the start of the Revolutionary War. Readers will follow the kids of Team Time Machine and Paul Revere as they ride from Boston to Lexington to save the day"--Provided by publisher.

John Adams under fire

the founding father's fight for justice in the Boston Massacre murder trial
2020
"History remembers John Adams as a Founding Father and our country's second president. But in the tense years before the American Revolution, he was still just a lawyer, fighting for justice in one of the most explosive murder trials of the era. On the night of March 5, 1770, shots were fired by British soldiers on the streets of Boston, killing five civilians. The Boston Massacre has often been called the first shots of the American Revolution. . . . Yet when the British soldiers faced trial, the young lawyer Adams was determined that they receive a fair one. He volunteered to represent them, keeping the peace in a powder keg of a colony, and in the process created some of the foundations of what would become United States law"--Provided by publisher.

Team Time Machine rides along with Paul Revere

Team Time Machine heads back to the start of the Revolutionary War, riding along with Paul Revere on his famous midnight ride to warn the Patriots of the British invasion.

The Mayflower

"Myths about the Mayflower and the Pilgrim's arrival in modern-day America debunked"--Provided by publisher.

Most wanted

the revolutionary partnership of John Hancock and Samuel Adams
"A nonfiction picturebook about John Hancock and Samuel Adams, focusing on their roles and relationship for ten years leading up to the Revolutionary War"--Provided by publisher.

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