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Journey to Topaz: A Story of the Japanese American Evacuation
by Uchida, Yoshiko
Explores the consequences of prejudice through the experience of an 11 year old girl and her family in Topaz Internment Camp
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Topics
Asian Pacific American History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Scribner, 1971, New York, NY
Julia Morgan Built a Castle
by Celeste Davidson Mannis
The life, education, and work of Julia Morgan, one of America's first female architects.
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Topics
Women's History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Viking, 2006, New York, NY
Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor
by Freedman, Russell
A documentary of child labor from the photographs of Lewis Hine.
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Topics
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award Golden Kite Award
- Publisher Clarion, 1994, New York, NY
Kids on Strike!
by Bartoletti, Susan Campbell
Bartoletti highlights the roles that children and young adults played in American labor strikes during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Topics
Women's History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Sandpiper, 2003, New York, NY
Last Dragon, The
by Nunes, Susan Miho
A little boy becomes part of a Chinese-American community as he works to restore an old Chinese dragon.
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Topics
Asian Pacific American History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Clarion Books, 1997, New York, NY
Award Key
- Caldecott Medal
- Most distinguished American picture book for children (annually).
- Newberry Medal
- Most distinguished contribution to American literature for children (annually).
- Coretta Scott King Award
- Distinguished books by authors and illustrators of African descent which promote an understanding and appreciation of the American dream (annually).
- Golden Kite Award
- Outstanding examples of text, illustration, fiction and nonfiction (four awards annually).
- Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
- Outstanding work of historical fiction published by a U.S. publisher set in the New World.
