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Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
While dealing with her parents' separation and her best friend's distance, Amanda is able to work out some of her anxiety through her fifth-grade project--writing a diary from the point of view of a ten-year-old girl whose brothers fight on opposite sides in the Civil War.
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Young Henry Phipps is on a quest to realize his dying mother's last wish: to be buried at sea, surrounded by her family. Not an easy task considering Henry's ne'er-do-well father is in debtor's prison and his comically earnest older brother is busy fighting the red coats on the battlefields of Maryland. But Henry's stubborn determination knows no bounds. As he dodges the cannon fire of clashing armies and picks among the ruins of a burning capital...
Author
Series
Battles of destiny volume 7
Publisher
Multnomah Publishers
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
44) Cassandra, lost
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Scott weaves a spellbinging tale based loosely on the true story of one woman's incredible odyssey from a prosperous Maryland farm to that devastation of revolution-era Paris and back again. When her father forbids her from marrying a charming French emigre, Cassandra Owings elopes with Benedict van Pradelles and sails for France. Her head is filled with romantic notions, so she is shocked by the privations she encounters in war-torn France. Since...
Author
Series
Starbuck chronicles volume 4
Publisher
Compass Press
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
It is only weeks after the Second Manassas in September 1862, and in General Lee's army the northern renegade Nathaniel Starbuck must prove his loyalty once again. As Robert E. Lee takes the war north, he will be met by "Little Mac," General George McClellan, whose northern army far outnumbers and outguns the invading Confederates.
46) Molly Bannaky
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Relates how Benjamin Banneker's grandmother journeyed from England to Maryland in the late seventeenth century, worked as an indentured servant, began a farm of her own, and married a freed slave
47) Looking for me
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In 1936 Baltimore, an eleven-year-old Jewish girl, one of twelve siblings, tries to find her place in her overcrowded family.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The true story of socialite spy Marguerite Harrison, who slipped behind enemy lines in Russia and Germany in the fraught period between the world wars Foreign correspondent. Author. Filmmaker. Spy. Marguerite Harrison was born into Gilded Age American privilege and launched a successful career as a culture writer for the Baltimore Sun as a young widow. But when America entered World War I, Harrison secretly applied for a position in intelligence....
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
This time the mysterious box that Ranger the Golden retriever found transports him to a Maryland plantation before the Civil War, where he must help a young house slave named Sarah and her younger brother Jesse find their way to the underground railroad and North to freedom, before Jesse is sold to a plantation further South.
Author
Series
Collier books volume BS74
Language
English
Description
Raised as a plantation slave who was taught to read and write by one of his owners, Frederick Douglass became a brilliant writer, eloquent orator, and major participant in the stuggle of African-Americans for freedom and equality. In this engrossing, first-hand narrative originally published in 1845, he vividly recounts early years of physical abuse, deprivation and tragedy; his dramatic escape to the North and eventual freedom, abolitionist campaigns,...
52) Hairspray
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[c2007]
Language
English
Description
In racially charged 1962 Baltimore there are changes in the air. Plus-sized teen Tracy Turnblad, with big hair and even bigger heart, has only one passion, to dance. She wins a spot on the local TV dance program, "The Corney Collins Show" and is transformed overnight from outsider to irrepressible teen celebrity. The trendsetting Tracy aims to win the heart of teen-dream Link Larkin and stand up for what she believes in.
53) Mason & Dixon
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
The lives of two 18th century British astronomers who surveyed the boundary which settled a dispute between Maryland and Pennsylvania, and was later extended to become the boundary between free and slave states, the Mason-Dixon line. The novel describes their work in Africa and America, and traces their relationship. By the author of Vineland.
Author
Publisher
Westholme
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
The author describes the mystery surrounding the near- assassination of Lincoln as he made his way to Washington to be sworn in as the nation's sixteenth president. The story is written as an unfolding criminal proceeding, in which the author allows the reader to determine whether there was a true plot to kill Lincoln and if the perpetrators could have been brought to trial.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
A multi-generational family history told in the voices of the author's ancestors, spanning enslavement alongside Frederick Douglass at Maryland's Wye House plantation, service in the U.S. Colored Troops, and the founding of all-Black Reconstruction-era communities.
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Two kids with the same name were born blocks apart in the same decaying city within a few years of each other. One grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar, army officer, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison. Here is the story of two boys and the journey of a generation.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"In 1944 a groundbreaking operation repaired the congenital heart defect known as blue baby syndrome. The operation's success brought the surgeon Alfred Blalock international fame and paved the way for open-heart surgery. But the technique had been painstakingly developed by Vivien Thomas, Blalocks African American lab assistant, who stood behind Blalock in the operating room to give him step-by-step instructions. The stories of this medical and...
Series
30 for 30 volume 01, DVD 01, film 01-03
Publisher
ESPN Films
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Kings ransom (51 min.): On August 9, 1988, the NHL was forever changed with the single stroke of a pen. The Edmonton Oilers, fresh off their fourth Stanley Cup victory in five years, signed a deal that sent Wayne Gretzky, a Canadian national treasure and the greatest hockey player ever to play the game, to the Los Angeles Kings in a multi-player, multi-million dollar deal. Band that wouldn't die (53 min.): In March of 1984, a moving company secretly...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Maryland has delicious seafood. But it might also host other creatures lurking in the water. Some believe spirits roam in the shadows and prowl just out of sight. Read four spooky stories about Maryland"--
60) Maryland
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Pub
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Invite your students to explore the state of Maryland in this comprehensive title! Informative, easy-to-read text draws in reluctant readers, while vibrant, oversized photos showcase the beauty and diversity of this state. Readers journey through Maryland as they learn about its history, cities, land features, animals, industries, sports, famous people, and more! A "Tour Book" spread highlights kid-friendly things to do in Maryland. Other features...