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Week 20
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For months six-year-old Ruby Bridges must confront the hostility of white parents when she becomes the first African American girl to integrate Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960.
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Week 21
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Presents a history of man's exploration of space, discussing the Wright brothers' first airplane, America's space race with Russia, missions to the Moon and Mars, and a guide to the inner workings of the International Space Station.
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4.2 stars
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Week 21
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Here is the story of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon -- a story of leaving and returning during the summer of 1969, and a story of home, seen whole, from far away by steady astronauts in their great machines.
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3.5 stars
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Week 22
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Relates how the lives of four children living in different parts of the country intersect and are affected by the events of September 11, 2001.
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5 stars
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Week 22
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Narrates the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, from the plane hijackings to the collapse of the World Trade Center.
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Week 22
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A fireboat, launched in 1931, is retired after many years of fighting fires along the Hudson River, but is saved from being scrapped and then called into service again on September 11, 2001.
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4.3 stars
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Week 22
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A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers.
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2 stars
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Week 22
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When Igor Stravinsky and Vaslav Nijinsky collaborated they introduced a new ballet form to the art world, in a text that describes the public's reactions and how the production helped the growth of modern music and dance.
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Week 23
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A redesigned and updated visual celebration of the Constitution and its framers includes an illustrated Preamble, an explanation of the Constitution's significance, the story of its ratification, and a reproduction of the original document.
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4 stars
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An examination of what happened at the Jamestown settlement presents a detailed review of the new archaeological evidence to profile the housing, food, clothing, tools, and causes of death of the early settlers.
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Details the Civil War battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and profiles some of the key figures involved in what was a decisive victory for the Confederacy.
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Combining the story of the building of the railroads, the period of Reconstruction, folk tales, American mythology, and the tradition of work songs with his own personal quest, a renowned historian unravels the mystery surrounding the legendary African-American figure.
Historian Scott Reynolds Nelson recounts how he came to discover the real John Henry, an African-American railroad worker who became a legend in the famous song.
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4.3 stars
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The life of the eighteenth-century African prince who, after being captured by slave traders, was brought to Massachusetts where he was a slave until he was able to buy his freedom at the age of sixty.
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John James Audubon's passion for the outdoors in general and for birds specifically inspires an account of Audubon's early observations of birds nesting near his Pennsylvania boyhood home.
A brief biography of naturalist and artist John James Audobon, focusing on his first visit to America, his love of birds, and his discoveries about bird migrations.
57. Caleb's story
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Sarah, plain and tall volume 3.
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Sequel to: Skylark.
The stranger lurking on the Witting family's prairie farm turns out to be their long-lost grandfather, whose presence plus prodding from Sarah forces Jacob to deal with his past.
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Introduces young readers to details about Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral.
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With the war getting closer to her home with each passing day, Dolley Madison fears that the time has come to move away, but refusing to let the English destroy her portrait of George Washington, she takes it with her and saves a piece of American history in the process.
60. Electricity
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5 stars
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A graphic nonfiction volume that introduces the properties of electrical energy.