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Pocahontas and the strangers

A retelling of the life of Pocahontas.

J.R.R. Tolkien

the man who created The lord of the rings
Describes the life and career of South African-born "Lord of the Rings" author J. R. R. Tolkien.

One more river to cross

the stories of twelve black Americans
Presents brief biographies of twelve African-Americans who courageously fought against racism to become leaders in their fields, including Marian Anderson, Ralph Bunche, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Malcolm X.

Rosa Parks

from the back of the bus to the front of a movement
Chronicles the life of Rosa Parks--whose refusal to move to the back of an Alabama bus in 1955 became a symbol of the civil rights movement--up to her receival of the Congressional Medal of Freedom in 1999.

Harry Houdini, master of magic

A brief biography of Ehrich Weiss, who gained renown as Harry Houdini, master magician and escape artist.

Harry Houdini, master of magic

A brief biography of Ehrich Weiss, who gained renown as Harry Houdini, master magician and escape artist.
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Sojourner Truth

ain't I a woman?
Presents a biography of Sojourner Truth, an African-American freed slave, preacher, abolitionist, and activist, and contains information on her life as slave in New York, her journey to freedom in 1827, and her efforts for civil rights through her death in 1883.

Louis Braille, the boy who invented books for the blind

The life of the 19th-century Frenchman who invented an alphabet enabling the blind to read.

Sojourner Truth

ain't I a woman?
1994
A biography of the former slave who became well-known as an abolitionist and advocate of women's rights.

A place to hide

[true stories of Holocaust rescues]
1993
The true story of some of the brave people in Europe who helped to hide and evacuate Jews during World War II, at the risk of their own lives.

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