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The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee

age 6+

Inspiring bio of 1st Asian American woman military pilot.

By Julie Leung

(2021)

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We Must Not Forget: Holocaust Stories of Survival and Resistance

age 10+

Extraordinary true stories of bravery, defiance, and hope.

By Deborah Hopkinson

(2021)

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Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued

age 6+

Inspiring true story of lifesaving hero and WWII refugees.

By Peter Sis

(2021)

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She Persisted: Claudette Colvin

age 6+

Well-crafted story telling of a teen civil rights hero.

By Lesa Cline-Ransome, Chelsea Clinton

(2021)

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American Immigration: Our History, Our Stories

age 8+

Tales of inspiring people, awful racism in nuanced history.

By Kathleen Krull

(2020)

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Lifting As We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box

age 10+

Powerful history of Black women fighting for the vote.

By Evette Dionne

(2020)

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Finish the Fight: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote

age 8+

Inspiring history of the suffrage movement's women of color.

By Veronica Chambers, The Staff of the New York Times

(2020)

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How Women Won the Vote: Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, and Their Big Idea

age 8+

Lively story of bold leaders in U.S. suffrage movement.

By Susan Campbell Bartoletti

(2020)

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We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World

age 11+

Inspirational must-read about the power of nonviolence.

By Todd Hasak-Lowy

(2020)

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Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story About Racial Injustice

age 4+

Powerful story helps guide talk of bias, shootings.

By Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, Ann Hazzard

(2018)

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On the Horizon

age 10+

Haunting free-verse account of Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima.

By Lois Lowry

(2020)

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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

age 12+

Conversational history traces U.S. ideas about race.

By Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi

(2020)

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Rad American History A-Z: Movements That Demonstrate the Power of the People

age 12+

Great storytelling and context in fresh, dynamic history.

By Kate Schatz

(2020)

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The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington (Young Reader's Edition)

age 12+

Brits try to assassinate Washington in gripping page-turner.

By Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch

(2020)

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We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

age 10+

Must-read true story of courage, heroism, and heartbreak.

By Deborah Hopkinson

(2020)

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Making Our Way Home: The Great Migration and the Black American Dream

age 12+

Compelling history of an epic journey that changed America.

By Blair Imani

(2020)

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1919 The Year That Changed America

age 11+

Riveting tale of racial, labor protests, women's vote, more.

By Martin W. Sandler

(2019)

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A Farewell to Arms

age 16+

Classic war novel still speaks to today's readers.

By Ernest Hemingway

(1929)

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Allies

age 11+

Gripping, must-read novel follows young soldiers on D-Day.

By Alan Gratz

(2019)

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What Is the Story of? Series

age 8+

Surprisingly deep, interesting look at beloved characters.

By Who HQ, et al.

(2019)

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