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1. Lena and the burning of Greenwood: a Tulsa Race Massacre survival story

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Author:
Smith, Nikki Shannon, 1971-
Series:
Girls survive
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Athens Drive Community - Childrens Fiction
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Duraleigh Road - Childrens Fiction
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Express - Fayetteville St. - Childrens Fiction
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Description:
Twelve-year-old Lena is aware of racism, but she lives a comfortable life in the segregated but relatively wealthy Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma; but on May 31, 1921 racial tensions explode, and men from downtown Tulsa invade Greenwood, set on killing and destroying the district--and as the violence escalates Lena, her parents, and her older sister search desperately for a safe place to hide from the mob.

2. Millie and the great drought: a Dust Bowl survival story

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Author:
Deen, Natasha
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Girls survive
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Cary Regional - Childrens Fiction
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East Regional - Childrens Fiction
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Green Road Community - Childrens Fiction
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Twelve-year-old Millie's family is hesitant to leave the farm their family has owned for generations, but after Black Sunday they leave Oklahoma for California where they find a new kind of stuggle.