War Comes To Willy Freeman
A free thirteen-year-old African-American girl in Connecticut is caught up in the horror of the Revolutionary War and the danger of being returned to slavery when her patriot father is killed by the British and her mother disappears.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
subjects: african americans, slavery, united states [X], historical fiction, audiobooks, historical fiction, children's audiobooks [X]
Heart And Soul
Examines the history of the United States, focusing on events that influenced African-Americans and how they advanced liberty and justice in America.
973
year: 2014
copies: 87
call number/section: 973
lexile: 1050
Soldier's Heart
Eager to enlist, fifteen-year-old Charley has a change of heart after experiencing both the physical horrors and mental anguish of Civil War combat.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 113
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1000
subjects: post-traumatic stress disorder, united states [X], extreme read-dig deep, historical fiction, audiobooks, historical fiction, children's audiobooks [X]
Johnny Tremain
When a fourteen-year-old silversmith apprentice is severely burned by molten silver, he becomes a dispatch rider for the Committee for Public Safety where he meets many Boston patriots involved in the new struggle for independence from England.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 88
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840
subjects: historical fiction, united states [X], boston (mass.), talking books for children, large print books, boston tea party, boston, mass., 1773, newbery medal, audiobooks, compact discs, historical fiction, children's audiobooks [X], compact discs
Who Is Carrie?
A young African-American girl living in New York City in the late eighteenth century observes the historic events taking place around her, and at the same time solves the mystery of her own identity.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 880
subjects: african americans, slavery, united states [X], new york (n.y.), historical fiction, historical fiction, audiobooks, children's audiobooks [X]
She Persisted
Chelsea Clinton introduces tiny feminists, mini activists and little kids who are ready to take on the world to thirteen inspirational women who never took no for an answer, and who always, inevitably and without fail, persisted.
920
year:
copies: 80
call number/section: 920
lexile: 1170
subjects: women, tubman, harriet, keller, helen, lemlich, clara, bly, nellie, apgar, virginia, tallchief, maria, colvin, claudette, bridges, ruby, smith, margaret chase, ride, sally, griffith joyner, florence delorez, winfrey, oprah, sotomayor, sonia, women political activists, women social reformers, women heroes, social change, persistence, united states [X], audiobooks, children's audiobooks [X]
I Survived The American Revolution, 1776
The battlefield was soaked in blood. Screams of injured soldiers rang through the air.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 108
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: united states [X], survival, war, , historical fiction, war fiction, action and adventure fiction, historical fiction, war fiction, action and adventure fiction, children's audiobooks [X], war stories, adventure and adventurers, new york (state), electronic books, electronic books, graphic novels, survival skills, imaginary wars and battles, war comics, historical comics, comics adaptations, graphic novels
Chasing King's Killer
"James Earl Ray and Martin Luther King, Jr. had two very different life journeys -- but their paths fatally collide when Ray assassinates the world-renown civil rights leader.
FIC
year:
copies: 59
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: king, martin luther, ray, james earl, assassination, civil rights movements, african americans, politicians, united states [X], children's audiobooks [X], audiobooks