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Jayhawker

1995
In the early years of the Civil War, teenage Kansas farm boy Lije Tulley becomes a Jayhawker, an abolitionist raider freeing slaves from the neighboring state of Missouri, and then goes undercover there as a spy.
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Buttons for General Washington

1986
Reconstructs a possible mission of the fourteen-year-old spy who carried messages to George Washington's camp in the buttons of his coat during the Revolutionary War.
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Samuel Eaton's day

a day in the life of a Pilgrim boy
1993
Text and photographs follow a six-year-old Pilgrim boy through a busy day during the spring harvest in 1627: doing chores, getting to know his Wampanoag Indian neighbors, and spending time with his family.
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New friends in a new land

a Thanksgiving story
1993
Describes the Pilgrims' first years in Plymouth and the first Thanksgiving.
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Paul Revere, son of liberty

1982
Recounts the early life of the boy who grew up to become a famous silversmith and Revolutionary War patriot.
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Sundiata

lion king of Mali
1992
The story of Sundiata, who overcame physical handicaps, social disgrace, and strong opposition to rule Mali in the thirteenth century.
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The American Revolution

war for independence
1992
Discusses the causes, events, campaigns, personalities, and aftermath of the American revolutionary war.
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