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Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
Ellen Levine
4.49 average rating, · 16.8k ratings
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The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
Mordicai Gerstein
4.17 average rating, · 15.6k ratings
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Ox-Cart Man
Donald Hall
4.09 average rating, · 15.5k ratings
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Hello Lighthouse
Sophie Blackall
4.37 average rating, · 7.8k ratings
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The 1619 Project: Born on the Water
Nikole Hannah-Jones
4.69 average rating, · 5k ratings
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Locomotive
Brian Floca
4.13 average rating, · 6.2k ratings
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Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
Kadir Nelson
4.08 average rating, · 6.1k ratings
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Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
Carole Boston Weatherford
4.49 average rating, · 4.3k ratings
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The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
Rita Lorraine Hubbard
4.60 average rating, · 3.8k ratings
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Love in the Library
Maggie Tokuda-Hall
4.47 average rating, · 3.9k ratings
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Her Right Foot
Dave Eggers
4.30 average rating, · 4k ratings
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Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
Michelle Markel
4.21 average rating, · 3.7k ratings
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John, Paul, George & Ben
Lane Smith
4.20 average rating, · 3.7k ratings
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Jacqueline Woodson
4.26 average rating, · 3.5k ratings
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Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad
Henry Cole
4.30 average rating, · 3.3k ratings
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Freedom in Congo Square
Carole Boston Weatherford
4.27 average rating, · 2.8k ratings
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Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11
Brian Floca
4.27 average rating, · 2.6k ratings
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Ruth and the Green Book
Calvin Alexander Ramsey
4.33 average rating, · 2.5k ratings
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The Matchbox Diary
Paul Fleischman
4.26 average rating, · 2.6k ratings
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That Book Woman
Heather Henson
4.24 average rating, · 2.6k ratings
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Goin' Someplace Special
Patricia C. McKissack
4.35 average rating, · 2.5k ratings
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Home in the Woods
Eliza Wheeler
4.58 average rating, · 2.2k ratings
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A Wreath for Emmett Till
Marilyn Nelson
4.23 average rating, · 2.5k ratings
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Let the Children March: An Inspiring Civil Rights Story About Courage and Change for Children
Monica Clark-Robinson
4.57 average rating, · 2.1k ratings
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