M. C. Higgins, The Great
As a slag heap, the result of strip mining, creeps closer to his house in the Ohio hills, fifteen-year-old M.
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year: 2006
copies: 77
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 630
subjects: family life, african americans, coming of age, mountain life, ohio, mining, afro-americans [X], blacks, newbery medal, families [X]
Juneteenth Jamboree
Cassandra and her family have moved to her parents' hometown in Texas, but it doesn't feel like home to Cassandra until she experiences Juneteenth, a Texas tradition celebrating the end of slavery.
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year: 1995
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
subjects: family life, afro-americans [X], texas, african americans, families [X], electronic books, electronic books