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Across Five Aprils

author: Hunt, Irene, Hunt, Duffey, Todd
Too young to fight in the Civil War with his brothers, Jethro learns to survive harsh winters and backbreaking farmwork.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 67
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1100

The Winter People

author: Bruchac, Joseph
Fourteen-year-old Saxso, a member of the Abenaki tribe in Canada, embarks on a dangerous rescue mission when his mother and two younger sisters are taken hostage during an attack by the British on their unprotected village in 1759.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 33
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800

The Red Badge Of Courage

author: Vogel, Malvina G
An adaptation of Stephen Crane's novel in which a young Union soldier matures to manhood while struggling through his conflicting emotions about war during the battle of Chancellorsville in 1863.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 920

Willow

author: Hegamin, Tonya
In 1848 Willow, a fifteen-year-old educated slave girl girl faces an inconceivable choice--between bondage and and freedom, family and love--as free born, seventeen-year-old Cato, a black man, takes it upon himself to sneak as many fugitive slaves to freedom as he can on the Mason-Dixon Line.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810
subjects: slaves, slavery, historical fiction, freedmen, coming of age [X], mason-dixon line, united states [X]

The Red Badge Of Courage

author: Ho, Oliver
A retelling of Stephen Crane's Civil War novel in which a young Union soldier matures to manhood and finds peace of mind as he comes to grips with his conflicting emotions about war.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660

Mujercitas

author: Alcott, Louisa May
Mientras el padre de la familia esta combatiendo en la guerra, la senora March y sus cuatro hijas intentan salir adelante a pesar de las dificultades economicas.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1130

The Girl Who Fell To Earth

author: Al-maria, Sophia
The author describes growing up with an American mother and Arabic father.
920
year: 2012
copies: 1
call number/section: 920
lexile: 1070

Black Enough

author: Zoboi, Ibi Aanu
A collection of coming-of-age short stories that reflect on the African American teenage experience in America.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 54
call number/section: FIC
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Bounce Back

author: Misako Rokkusu
"Lilico's life in Japan is going well. She has great friends and is the captain of the school's basketball team.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 21
call number/section: FIC
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Coming Of Age In 2020

author: Schulten, Katherine
A compilation of creative responses from teenagers-essays, poetry, cartoons, drawings, etc.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
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For Brown Girls With Sharp Edges And Tender Hearts

author: Mojica Rodr?guez, Prisca Dorcas
"For generations, women of color have had to push against powerful forces of sexism, racism, and classism in this country, and too often, they have felt that they had to face these challenges alone.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
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A First Time For Everything

author: Santat, Dan
"Dan's always been a good kid. The kind of kid who listens to his teachers, helps his mom with grocery shopping, and stays out of trouble.
FIC
year:
copies: 30
call number/section: FIC
lexile:

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