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Abraham Lincoln

Voices in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

Abraham Lincoln 🎧

Defender of a Nation

Abraham Lincoln grew up to become the 16th president of the United States. He was born into a humble background, and as a boy had...

By Kathryn Erskine

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The Carlisle School

Adventures in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

The Carlisle School

The Tearing Away

Eleven-year-old Alice Folsom must be brave. She has no choice. Not only for her grandmother’s sake, but now for the sake of her newly adopted...

By E. A. Hale

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Collection of Tales from Latin America and the Caribbean

Collection of Tales

History & Geography, Language Arts

Collection of Tales from Latin America and the Caribbean

Thousands of years before the first ships carrying Europeans appeared on the horizon, South and Central America, as well as the Caribbean, were lands already...

By Silvia López

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Elizabethan England

Adventures in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

Elizabethan England 🎧

Many Parts to Play

Cordelia and Oliver’s comfortable life in a quiet rural English village is shattered when their father dies, and a cruel uncle arrives to take charge....

By Beau Lee Gambold

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Federico Fernandez Cavada

Voices in History

History & Geography

Federico Fernandez Cavada

The Spy in the Hot-Air Balloon

You could say you have to be brave to be a spy. You must be especially brave to be a spy while traveling in a...

By Silvia López

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The Gold Rush

Adventures in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

The Gold Rush

Shifting Sands and Dreams of Gold

Thirteen-year-old Liam and eleven-year-old Delia are running out of time, money, and options. Their mother died onboard the ship that carried them from Boston to...

By Jilanne Hoffmann

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Harriet Tubman

Voices in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

Harriet Tubman 🎧

The Day of Jubilee

To escape the lands where one is enslaved and gain freedom takes unimaginable courage. To turn around and face those same lands and enslavers time...

By Glenda Armand

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Johannes Gutenberg

Voices in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

Johannes Gutenberg

A Marvelous Man Makes an Amazing Machine

The book you are about to read would not be here if not for Johannes Gutenberg. It’s true! When Johannes was a boy, the only...

By Dionna L. Mann

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Leonardo da Vinci

Voices in History

History & Geography, Language Arts, Visual Arts

Leonardo da Vinci

The Genius of Wonder

Ever wonder why the sky is blue, or how water flows, or what makes things fly? Well, Leonardo da Vinci certainly did. From childhood until...

By Kathryn Erskine

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Louisa May Alcott

Voices in History

Louisa May Alcott

The Poet of Children

When home was cramped, her family ill, and food scarce, Louisa May Alcott would turn to pen and paper to escape. Some writers tell the...

By Jennifer Elvgren

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Marie Curie

Voices in History

Marie Curie

The Invention of Knowledge

In the late 1800s, Poland was occupied and ruled by Russia. Schools were forced to teach only in Russian, and women were banned from higher...

By Beth Kephart

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Rachel Carson

Voices in History

History & Geography, Science

Rachel Carson

Nature’s Changemaker

Rachel Carson’s deep love of nature began when she could just about walk with her mother in the woodlands near their home. Rachel spent her...

By Katy S. Duffield

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