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This is my America

While writing letters to Innocence X, a justice-seeking project, asking them to help her father, an innocent black man on death row, teenaged Tracy takes on another case when her brother is accused of killing his white girlfriend.

Civil War breakout

"Civil War, 1863. Virginia. Union soldiers Colonel Thomas Rose and Major A. G. Hamilton were captured by the Confederate Army and taken to Libby Prison--one of the most horrific prisons ever run. Few ever made it out of the overcrowded, vermin-infested prison alive. But neither fear, nor darkness, nor squealing rats could keep Rose and Hamilton from freedom. They and other POWs would fight against the odds to attempt the largest prison escape in American history"--Provided by publisher.

Break your chains

"Choose your own destiny and step into the shoes of an Irish girl making her way from London to Australia in 1825 in this exciting interactive series. To find freedom, you must leave behind everything you've ever known. It is 1825. You and Ma have survived on the streets of London ever since the soldiers took Da away and you fled Ireland. Now, with Ma gone too, you find yourself facing life-and-death choices at every turn. Can you carry a secret treasure across the ocean and finally be reunited with Da? You'll be asked to betray your friends, survive storms at sea and attacks by bushrangers, and trust thieves. At every turn, the choice is yours. How far will you go for freedom?"--OCLC.
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The prison-ship adventure of James Forten, Revolutionary War captive

In 1781, fifteen-year-old James Forten, a free African American from Philadelphia, is proud to be fighting for the American colonies, but when the British capture the ship on which he serves he fears for both his life and his freedom.
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Somewhere in the darkness

A teenage boy accompanies his father, who has recently escaped from prison, on a trip that turns out to be a time of painful discovery for them both.
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Incarceron

To free herself from an upcoming arranged marriage, Claudia, the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, a futuristic prison with a mind of its own, decides to help a young prisoner escape.
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Pandora hearts

OZ makes his high-society debut at the manor of Isla Yura and intends on investigating the location of one of the stone seals when a demon unexpectedly descends on the party.
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Pandora hearts

Alice falls into the Cheshire Cat's trap, which whisks both her and nearby Xerxes Break to the Cheshire Cat's lair, but with Sharon's help, Oz Vessalius and his valet, Gilbert, are able to find a way in and they encounter the man from one of Alice's earlier memories.
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Pandora hearts

Oz's sudden appearance wreaks havoc in Pandora until Jack Vessalius manifests in Oz's body. Sensing the unease Jack's presence causes Oz, Uncle Oscar takes him and his companions to Lutwidge Academy to reunite Oz with his little sister, Ada, but the happy reunion is marred by the presence of enemies lying in wait for Oz, ready to torture him for answers about the past.
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Pandora hearts

Oz, guided by the man from Alice's memories known as Jack Vessalius, travels back into the world of lost remembrances in search of Alice, and when he uncovers the tragedy of Sablier and the truth about Alice's memories, the powers of the B-Rabbit become a threat to everyone trapped in the dreamlike dimension, including Alice.
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