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Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963, The
by Curtis, Christopher Paul
A family moves from Flint, Michigan to Birmingham, Alabama, where they experience the historic violent summer during the Civil Rights Movement.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Fiction
- Awards Newberry Medal, Coretta Scott King Award, Golden Kite Award
- Publisher Bantam, 1997, New York, NY
Weedflower
by Kadohata, Cynthia
Story of a Japanese American girl and a Native American boy who become friends in an internment camp on a reservation
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Topics
Asian Pacific American History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Fiction
- Award Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
- Publisher Atheneum/Simon & Schuster, 2006, 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
When John and Caroline Lived in the White House
by Coulter, Laurie
A photo-essay of the Kennedy children's lives in the White House.
- Topic 20th-Century History
- Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Hyperion Books, 2000, New York, NY
When Marian Sang
by Pam Munoz Ryan
A picture book that tells the story of Marian Anderson, including the successes and challenges she found in the United States and abroad.
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Topics
African American History,
Women's History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Scholastic, Inc., 2002, 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.