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Thurgood Marshall: Civil Rights Champion
by Herda, D. J.
Biography of civil rights leader Thurgood Marshall.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Group High School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Enslow Publishers, Inc., 1995, Springfield, NJ
Out of the Dust
by Hesse, Karen
A free verse novel account of the dust bowl from the eyes of a 14-year-old Oklahoman trying to survive.
- Topic 20th-Century History
- Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Fiction
- Awards Newberry Medal, Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
- Publisher Scholastic, 1999, New York, NY
When Jessie Came Across the Sea
by Hest, Amy
A thirteen-year-old Jewish orphan reluctantly leaves her grandmother and immigrates to New York City, where she works and earns money to bring Grandmother to the United States, too.
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Topics
Women's History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Candlewick Press, 1997, Cambridge, MA
Christmas Tree in the White House, A
by Hines, Gary
Loosely based on real events, the story of Teddy Roosevelt's son's efforts to have a Christmas tree in the White House.
- Topic 19th-Century History
- Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Henry Holt, 1998, New York, NY
Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries (and Children) Across the Plains
by Hopkinson, Deborah
Description of a family's journey from Iowa to Oregon in the 1800s and their transport of plants and seedlings and the requisite hardships they experience on the Oregon Trail.
- Topic 19th-Century History
- Age Groups Preschool, Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award Golden Kite Award
- Publisher Atheneum/Anne Schwartz, 2004, 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.
