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Shackled: A Tale of Wronged Kids, Rogue Judges, and a Town that Looked Away

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Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II

From award-winning author Candace Fleming, comes the powerful and fascinating story of the brave and dedicated young women who helped turn the tides of World War II for the Allies, with their hard wor…

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Between Shades of Gray: The Graphic Novel

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Ambulance Girl: How I Saved Myself By Becoming an EMT

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The Distance Between Us: Young Readers Edition

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$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America

A revelatory account of poverty in America so deep that we, as a country, don’t think it exists

Jessica Compton’s family of four would have no cash income unless she donated plasma twice a week at her …

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Beast of the North Woods (A Monster Hunter Mystery, #3)

When a local fisherman is mauled to death, it seems like the only possible cause is a mythical creature in the latest puzzling entry in this USA Today bestselling series.

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American Zion: A New History of Mormonism

The first major history of Mormonism in a decade, drawing on newly available sources to reveal a profoundly divided faith that has nevertheless shaped the nation. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-…

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Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House

New York Times bestselling author of Accidental Presidents explores what happens after the most powerful job in the President of the United States.

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Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe

A true story of two Jewish teenagers racing against time during the Holocaust—one in hiding in Hungary, and the other in Auschwitz, plotting escape.

It is 1944. A teenager named Rudolph (Rudi) Vrba has…

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The Cross and the Lynching Tree

The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the African American community. In this powerful work, theologian James H. Cone explores these symbols an…

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The Bletchley Riddle

This middle grade historical adventure follows two siblings at Bletchley Park, the home of WWII codebreakers, as they try to unravel a mystery surrounding their mother’s death.

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Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration

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So Brave, Young, and Handsome

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Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

The moving true story of how young Ukrainian Jewish piano prodigies Zhanna (alias "Anna") and her sister Frina outplayed their pursuers while hiding in plain sight during the Holocaust. A middle grade…

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Hands

The author of What Lane? and Tight delivers a fast-paced read that packs a punch about a boy figuring out how to best use his hands--to build or to knock down.

Trev would do anything to protect his mom…

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Wait Till Next Year

By the award-winning author of Team of Rivals and The Bully Pulpit , Wait Till Next Year is Doris Kearns Goodwin’s touching memoir of growing up in love with her family and baseball.

Set in the suburbs…

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To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul

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African Town

Chronicling the story of the last Africans brought illegally to America in 1860, African Town is a powerful and stunning novel-in-verse.

In 1860, long after the United States outlawed the importation…

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Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier

Compared to the Puritans, Mormons have rarely gotten their due, often treated as fringe cultists or marginalized polygamists unworthy of serious examination. In Kingdom of Nauvoo, Benjamin E. Park exc…

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Stranger Than Fanfiction

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Cabin: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman

A memoir of the author's journey from an office job to restoring a cabin in the Pacific Northwest, based on his wildly popular Outside Magazine piece.

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