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Understanding the rule of law

no one is above the law
Defines the rule of law, its development, and its application in the United States, and examines threats to the rule of law in such areas as First Amendment rights, religious freedoms, and search and seizure.
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Mi bandera

Discute el significado detra?s de la bandera americana y proporciona hechos bandera, como una bandera al reve?s significa peligro esta? cerca.
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Elijah of Buxton

Eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada--a haven for slaves fleeing the American South in 1859--uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
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L is for liberty

Describes the Statue of Liberty and provides a history of how this famous statue was brought to New York Harbor as a gift from France to welcome immigrants and to stand as a symbol of freedom in America.

Sugar changed the world

a story of magic, spice, slavery, freedom, and science
Songs, oral histories, maps, and more than eighty archival illustrations help trace the history of sugar and the sugar trade.

Among the free

When thirteen-year-old Luke Garner unwittingly sets off a rebellion which sweeps the country and ousts the Population Police from power, he quickly realizes that the new regime is corrupt and he may hold the only key to true freedom.

Beyond the fence

2018
"Piggy lives in a large house with Thomas. Thomas knows exactly what Piggy needs. But a chance meeting with a wild pig changes everything, and Piggy finds out what lies outside the four walls, beyond the fence"--Publisher.

The United States flag

This book introduces the United States flag to young readers through leveled text and related photos.

Little Leap Forward

a boy in Beijing
In Communist China in 1966, eight-year-old Leap Forward learns about freedom while flying kites with his best friend, by trying to get a caged wild bird to sing, and through the music he is learning to play on a bamboo flute.

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