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Lives hang in the balance in this gripping Revolutionary War adventure from a beloved Newbery Medalist.

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The story of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington’s runaway slave, who risked everything for a better life—now available as a young reader’s edition!

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'The devil gave the woman a nudge: "Look at that belt full of money peeping out from under the butcher's shirt!"'

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To fourteen-year-old Samuel Russell, called "coward" for his peace-loving Quaker beliefs, the summer of 1777 is a time of fear. The British and the Patriots will soon meet in battle near his home in S…

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It's late summer 1793, and the streets of Philadelphia are abuzz with mosquitoes and rumors of fever. Down near the docks, many have taken ill, and the fatalities are mounting. Now they include Polly,…

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The True Story of Pocahontas is the first public publication of the Powhatan perspective that has been maintained and passed down from generation to generation within the Mattaponi Tribe, and the firs…

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A twelve-year-old Iroquois boy searches for peace in this historical novel based on the creation of the Iroquois Confederacy.

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'The color is hideous enough, and unreliable enough, and infuriating enough, but the pattern is torturing.'

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