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Crossing Stones

Frances Foster Books
Maybe you won’t rock a cradle, Muriel. Some women seem to prefer to rock the boat. Eighteen-year-old Muriel Jorgensen lives on one side of Crabapple...
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Leaving Glorytown
One Boy's Struggle Under Castro

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Eduardo F. Calcines was a child of Fidel Castro’s Cuba; he was just three years old when Castro came to power in January 1959. After that, everything changed...
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In Defiance of Hitler
The Secret Mission of Varian Fry

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
On August 4, 1940, an unassuming American journalist named Varian Fry made his way to Marseilles, France, carrying in his pockets the names of approximately...
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Seeing the Elephant
A Story of the Civil War

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Young Izzie wishes he could join the Union Army with his brothers, Ario and Cal. He wonders what it would be like to “see the elephant”—soldier talk for going...
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The Wall
Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

Frances Foster Books
A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER “I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side—the Communist side—of the Iron Curtain.” Through annotated...
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Anne Hutchinson's Way

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
In 1634, young Susanna Hutchinson sailed from England with her family to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, where they hoped to practice their religion freely. But...
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A Dangerous Engine
Benjamin Franklin, from Scientist to Diplomat

Frances Foster Books
At the time of his famous kite experiment, Benjamin Franklin was unaware that his theories about electricity had already made him a celebrity all over Europe,...
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Wise Guy
The Life and Philosophy of Socrates

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Greek philosophy for kids “I know that I know nothing.” With this classic statement, uttered over two thousand years ago, Socrates set the standard for...