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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 10 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book City of Spies by Iszi Lawrence, illustrated by Elisa Paganelli
    City of Spies - by Iszi Lawrence, illustrated by Elisa Paganelli

    £7.99   paperback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781801991018 | ISBN 10: 1801991014

    A thrilling spy adventure set in New York during the American revolution. From the rising star of children's historical fiction, Iszi Lawrence, this is the perfect high-action adventure for fans of Horrible Histories, Emma Carroll and Hamilton. &nbs ... more

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  • Cover image of book How High The Moon by Karyn Parsons
    How High The Moon - by Karyn Parsons

    £6.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9780241346891 | ISBN 10: 0241346894

    Boston was nothing like South Carolina. Up there, colored folks could go anywhere they wanted. Folks didn't wait for church to dress in their fancy clothes. Fancy was just life. Mama was a city girl... and now I was going to be one too.   It's 194 ... more

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  • Cover image of book Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
    Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History - by Vashti Harrison

    £7.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9780241346846 | ISBN 10: 0241346843

    This beautifully illustrated book introduces readers of all ages to 40 women who changed the world.   Featuring forty trailblazing black women in American history, Little Leaders educates and inspires as it relates true stories of breaking boundar ... more

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  • Cover image of book Passing for White by Tanya Landman
    Passing for White - by Tanya Landman

    £6.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781781126813 | ISBN 10: 178112681x

    It’s 1848 in the Deep South of America. Rosa is a slave but her owner is also her father and her fair skin means she can ‘pass for white’. With the help of Benjamin, her husband, she disguises herself as a young white man – and Benjamin’s m ... more

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  • Cover image of book Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
    Wolf Hollow - by Lauren Wolk

    £6.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780552574297 | ISBN 10: 0552574295

    Growing up in the shadows cast by two world wars, Annabelle has lived a mostly quiet, steady life in her small Pennsylvania town. Until the day new student Betty Glengarry walks into her class. Betty quickly reveals herself to be cruel and manipulati ... more

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  • Cover image of book Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh
    Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation - by Duncan Tonatiuh

    £11.99   hardback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781419710544 | ISBN 10: 1419710540

    A 2015 Pura Belpre Illustrator Honor Book and a 2015 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book   Almost 10 years before Brown vs. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez and her parents helped end school segregation in California.  An American citizen of Mexican ... more

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  • Cover image of book Wildwood (The Wildwood Chronicles, Book 1) by Colin Meloy, illustrated by Carson Ellis
    Wildwood (The Wildwood Chronicles, Book 1) - by Colin Meloy, illustrated by Carson Ellis

    £9.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9780857863256 | ISBN 10: 0857863258

    When her baby brother is kidnapped by crows, Prue McKeel begins an adventure that will take her and her friend Curtis way beyond her hometown and deep into the Impassable Wilderness. There they uncover a secret world in the midst of violent upheaval, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
    Little Women - by Louisa May Alcott

    £5.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780099572961 | ISBN 10: 0099572966

    'Rich or poor, we will keep together and be happy in one another'   Christmas won't be the same this year for Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, as their father is away fighting in the Civil War, and the family has fallen on hard times. But though they may be ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Night Before Christmas by Grandma Moses
    The Night Before Christmas - by Grandma Moses

    £9.95   hardback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780789315687 | ISBN 10: 0789315688

    Magically bringing the sights, sounds, and sprit of the holiday season to life, Grandma Moses's unique illustrations elevate Moore's text to a new level. Readers will delight as they escape the commercialism of today's holiday season and share in the ... more

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  • Cover image of book Bein
    Bein' With You This Way - by W Nikola-Lisa & Michael Bryant

    £8.99   paperback   (1994) - ISBN 13: 9781880000267 | ISBN 10: 1880000261

    A beautifully illustrated exuberant rap on the differences between us (straight hair, curly hair; brown eyes, blue eyes; light skin, dark skin, etc). American publication but sentiments applicable anywhere. ... more

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