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The classic story of a boy who makes his own rules and the small Missouri town where he and his friends experience the adventures of a lifetime. Filled with schoolyard pranks, buried treasures, spooky caves, secret gangs, and grave robbers, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is entertainment of the highest order. The clever schemes of its eponymous hero--from tricking his friends into completing his chores to sneaking into his own funeral--are the stuff...
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Araminta Ross was born a slave in Delaware in the early 19th century. Slavery meant that her family could be ripped apart at any time, and that she could be put to work in dangerous places and for abusive people. But north of the Mason-Dixon line, slavery was illegal. If she could run away and make it north without being caught or killed, she'd be free. Facing enormous danger, Araminta made it, and once free, she changed her name to Harriet Tubman....
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Graphic Novels : Not Just Comic Books!
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Octavia E. Butler's bestselling literary science-fiction masterpiece, 'Kindred', now in graphic novel format. More than 35 years after its release, 'Kindred' continues to draw in new readers with its deep exploration of the violence and loss of humanity caused by slavery in the United States, and its complex and lasting impact on the present day. Adapted by celebrated academics and comics artists Damian Duffy and John Jennings, this graphic novel...
4) Habibi
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"Sprawling across an epic landscape of deserts, harems, and modern industrial clutter, Habibi tells the tale of Dodola and Zam, refugee child slaves bound to each other by chance, by circumstance, and by the love that grows between them. We follow them as their lives unfold together and apart; as they struggle to make a place for themselves in a world (not unlike our own) fueled by fear, lust, and greed; and as they discover the extraordinary depth--...
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Sons of liberty volume 1
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Teenage runaway slaves with superhuman powers, a Hessian giant, the most evil slave owners imaginable, and Benjamin Franklin: this story of the Revolution blends fact and fantasy in an imaginative reinterpretation of a critical time in American history.
9) Bass Reeves
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Tales of the talented tenth volume 1
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"Bass Reeves : Tales of the Talented Tenth tells the story of Bass Reeves, an escaped slave who became one of the most successful lawman of the Old West and the rumored inspiration for The Lone Ranger. Volume I chronicles his life from winning shooting matches in early childhood to traveling with his master, living with Native Americans in Indian Territory, and finally becoming a Deputy US Marshal. The Tales of the Talented Tenth series will feature...
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"The life story of Harriet Tubman in graphic novel format. Tells the story of a woman who not only escaped from slavery in 1849 but also risked her life to return to the American South in order to free others from bondage. Includes details about her childhood on a Maryland plantation, her work with the Underground Railroad to help enslaved persons escape to freedom, and her years as a champion of women's rights."--Provided by publisher.
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Sons of liberty volume 1
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Teenage runaway slaves with superhuman powers, a Hessian giant, the most evil slave owners imaginable, and Benjamin Franklin: this story of the Revolution blends fact and fantasy in an imaginative reinterpretation of a critical time in American history.
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An interactive, browser-based book about slavery in the United States, the 19th-century antislavery movement, and the Underground Railroad. Users may choose from read-alone or read-along options, navigating through the book at their own pace. For read-along practice, words or dialog panels are highlighted in color as a narrator reads the text.
14) Free at last!
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When Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, he set in motion a series of events that changed the course of American history.
16) Habibi
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"A la vez contemporánea e intemporal, Habibi nos ofrece una historia de amor conmovedora, una parábola sobre nuestra relación con la naturaleza, la división cultural entre el primer y el tercer mundo, la herencia compartida entre cristianismo e islamismo y la magia de contar historias" -- Contracubierta.
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Tales of the talented tenth volume 3
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Tells the true story of Robert Smalls, the enslaved African, who pulled off one of the most daring and largest heists of the Civil War. Learn how Robert earns a job working for the C.S.S. Planter, escapes to freedom, goes on to become a first-generation Black politician, and makes history by writing and leading the passage of legislation that led to the United States' first free and compulsory public school system. -- adapted from Amazon.com.
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