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[2016], Pre-adolescent, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: In March of 1887, Rocco, an eleven-year-old from an Italian village, arrives in New York City where he is forced to live in squalor and beg for money as a street musician, but he finds the city's cruelty to children and animals intolerable and sets out to make things better, whatever the cost to himself.
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2018., Adolescent, Feiwel and Friends Call No: HISTORICAL F OST Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1807, Harriet Winter leaves her family's New Hampshire farm with her brother to settle in the Genesee Valley to avoid being pushed into marriage with her neighbor, Daniel Long.
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2019., Primary, Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: E THE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In Rochester, New York, in 1896, Louisa Belinda Bellflower defies convention and ignores her brother's warnings by learning to ride a bicycle. Includes a history of bicycling and its connection to the women's rights movement.
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c2012., American Girl Publishing Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: American girl. Caroline 1812 Volume: 6Summary Note: In 1812, Caroline receives a letter asking her to come and help on Uncle Aaron's new farm and she is happy to do so but when a thief starts sneaking around the farm, she learns that some things are not as simple as they seem.
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2021., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Call No: HISTORICAL F GRE Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Coming of age as a free-born Black girl in Reconstruction-era Brooklyn, Libertie Sampson is all too aware that her mother, a physician, has a vision for their future together: Libertie will go to medical school and practice alongside her. But Libertie feels stifled by her mother's choices and is constantly reminded that, unlike her mother, Libertie has skin that is too dark. When a young man from Haiti proposes to Libertie and promises she will be his equal on the island, she accepts, only to discover that she is still subordinate to him and all men. As she tries to parse what freedom actually means for a Black woman, Libertie struggles with where she might find it--for herself and for generations to come"--Provided by the publisher.
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-- 1812c2012., American Girl Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: American girlSummary Note: In 1812, ten-year-old Caroline becomes frustrated that her friend Rhonda and cousin Lydia are suddenly acting too grown up to enjoy winter fun with her, and her hurt feelings lead to dangerous decisions. Includes historical notes about growing up in the early nineteenth century.