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Through the Years: Historical Reads
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Before we were free
by Julia Alvarez
Noticing that nearly all of her family has left the Dominican Republic for the United States, twelve-year-old Anita begins to question why and quickly comes to understand when her uncle suddenly disappears and her family becomes terrorized by the secret police.
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Come August, come freedom : the bellows, the gallows, and the black general Gabriel
by Gigi Amateau
A story inspired by the heroic life of "Prosser's Gabriel" describes how a literate slave organized a rebellion in 1800 Richmond, Virginia, involving thousands of African-American freedom seekers whose cause was tragically thwarted by formidable weather and human betrayal. By the author of A Certain Strain of Peculiar.
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A great and terrible beauty
by Libba Bray
After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma Doyle returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world.
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Alex & Eliza : a love story
by Melissa De la Cruz
The New York Times best-selling author of The Witches of East End and The Descendants series brings to life the romance between young Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler.
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The poisoned house
by Michael Ford
As the widowed master of an elegant house in Victorian-era London slips slowly into madness and his tyrannical housekeeper takes on more power, a ghostly presence distracts a teenaged maidservant with clues to a deadly secret.
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Vixen
by Jillian Larkin
A first installment in a planned trilogy set in 1920s Chicago and New York introduces young flappers Gloria, Clara and Lorraine, who bob their hair and immerse themselves in jazz-era culture while pursuing the rich boys who love and loathe them.
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The Ancient Ocean Blues
by Jack Mitchell
Given a dangerous mission by his cousin, Marcus Oppius Sabinus risks a shipwreck, enslavement, a pirate attack, and love to spy on and undermine Cicero's supporters so that Julius Caesar can continue his power grab.
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Alice by heart
by Steven Sater
Fifteen-year-old Alice confronts grief, loss, and first love with the help of her favorite book, Alice in Wonderland, as she shelters with other refugees in a London Tube station during World War II. Includes photographs of underground shelters used in the war.
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The fountains of silence : a novel
by Ruta Sepetys
Drawn back to his mother’s homeland by the utopian promises of the Franco regime in 1957 Madrid, the photographer son of an oil tycoon bonds with a girl who raises his awareness about the lingering shadows of the Spanish Civil War.
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Lies we tell ourselves
by Robin Talley
In 1959 Virginia, Sarah, a black student who is one of the first to attend a newly integrated school, forces Linda, a white integration opponent's daughter, to confront harsh truths when they work together on a school project.
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Like water on stone
by Dana Walrath
Shahen, a youth who dreams of moving to New York, his twin Sosi, who never wants to leave her home, and their little sister, Miriam, flee the horrifying Armenian genocide of 1915 and struggle for survival in the aftermath of their parents' deaths.
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The book thief
by Markus Zusak
Living with a foster family in Germany during World War II, a young girl struggles to survive her day-to-day trials through stealing anything she can get her hands on, but when she discovers the beauty of literature, she realizes that she has been blessed with a gift that must be shared with others, including the Jewish man hiding in the basement.
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