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Charles Ball describes his life as a slave and tells of his escape and life as a free man. Illustrated with period artwork and photography.

An illustrated account of Frederick Douglass's life as a slave, which tells the story of how he refused to let an overseer break his spirit, determining never to think nor act like a slave.

Maryland teenager Alice McKinley spends her last semester of high school performing in the school play, working on the student paper, worrying about being away from her boyfriend, who will be studying in Spain, and anticipating her future in college.

A biography of the woman who overcame learning difficulties, sex discrimination, and other barriers to excel in the field of pediatric cardiology.

In 1936 Baltimore, an eleven-year-old Jewish girl, one of twelve siblings, tries to find her place in her overcrowded family.

Examines the case of Kirk Bloodsworth, sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in 1984, discussing how his continuous claims of innocence led to the evidence from the crime scene being subjected to the new technology of DNA testing, which resulted in his pardon by the governor of Maryland.

A biography of the Catholic baron who became the founder of the state of Maryland.

Nine-year-old Anna is happy to spend a week at her aunt and uncle's Beltsville, Maryland, farm until she meets Theodore, who calls her a "city slicker" and spurs her to prove that she's just as clever and brave as he is.

Twelve-year-old Jesse leaves his home on Maryland's Eastern Shore to help a young runaway slave find a safe haven in the early days of the Civil War.