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Thirteen-year-old Maddy Rollag struggles with prairie life on her aunt and uncle's farm in Dakota Territory, but on January 12, 1888, when a blizzard threatens to trap Maddy and her classmates inside their damaged schoolhouse, she finds the courage and strength to lead them to safety. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion questions.

"Agent 355 was one of the first spies for the United States. While the true identity of 355 remains unknown, here, young readers make decisions and determine their own survival by joining secret Agent 355 as the intrepid and brave American patriot spy. Along the way, readers can choose to thwart a counterfeiting scheme, warn General Washington of an assassination plot, or even save the day with Harry Potter's 11" wand"--Provided by publisher.

Contains a play in which a scorned young woman sets off a wave of hysteria in seventeenth-century Salem after accusing her lover's wife of witchcraft.

"Two lost souls cut off from their heritage find solace in each other in this remix of the gothic novel 'Wuthering Heights'"--Provided by publisher.

Eighteen-year-old Salama Kassab, a pharmacy student volunteering at the hospital in Homs, is desperate to find passage on a refugee boat for herself and her pregnant best friend, but first she must learn to see the events around her for what they are--not a war, but a revolution.

In June 1989, thirteen-year-old Min and her activist parents attend a peaceful protest in Tiananmen Square, but their lives turn upside down when the military shows up bringing chaos and violence.

Explores reports of the unexplained at different places thought to be haunted that are located throughout Washington, D. C.

Middle school student Sam is comfortable with their nonbinary identity, and their family has accepted it too (as long as they do their homework and chores), so when their history teacher assigns as a project coming up with a proposal for the new statue honoring a historical Staten Islander (there is a contest involved) they and their friend TJ decide to focus on Alice Austen, a lesbian photographer, whose house on Staten Island is a museum--but they have to overcome the presumption on the part of their teacher that only straight males are eligible.

Describes, in graphic novel format, the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s, when dust storms raged across the heartland of the United States.

A history of the people and places of Central New York and the Finger Lakes Region, recounting the exploits of Red McCarthy, the creation myths of the Iroquois Indians, tales of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad, and more.