maryland

In 1939 Hangerstown, Maryland, eleven-year-old Frankie faces suspicion that her German-born father is a Nazi spy.

Autobiographical account of the life of Frederick Douglass, describing his life, his freedom, and how slavery effects slaves and slave owners.

"The story of the landmark 1944 surgical procedure that repaired the heart of a child with blue baby syndrome--lack of blood oxygen caused by a congenital defect. The team that developed the procedure included a cardiologist and a surgeon, but most of the actual work was done by Vivien Thomas, an African American lab assistant who was frequently mistaken for a janitor"--Provided by publisher.

Presents a history of the Mason-Dixon line, including how it came to be, and the symbolism it holds in America. Includes black-and-white illustrations.

"Tells the story of Washington, D.C., through the story of an African American man, Michael Shiner, who lived there from approximately 1804to 1880 and who kept a journal, excerpts of which are interspersed throughout the heavily illustrated text"--Provided by publisher.

After her grandmother's death, Sarah Parsons, nearly sixteen, delights in exploring her family's centuries-old Maryland estate with new friend Jackson, but soon she is having vivid visions of her ancestors, one of whom may be a threat to Sarah's autistic brother, Sam.

Tells the story of three-year-old Goldendoodle Dozer, who bolted from his yard in Highland, Maryland and joined two thousand people running the Maryland Half Marathon to raise money for cancer research, and when after the race word spread about Dozer, seven hundred people from forty-three states, Canada, and Great Britain, contributed twenty-five thousand dollars to help fight cancer.

"Read about Vivien Thomas, a man who helped save lives"--Provided by publisher.