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Non-Fiction
Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues
Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues by Patricia McKissack
Patricia McKissack has chronicled the true story of the Negro Leagues, the only place an African-American could play major league baseball before 1947.
Filed under: Books • 8th Grade • White Plains Middle School • 2006 • 2007 • 2007 Required Summer Reading • Non-Fiction •
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Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
The true story of the 1914 voyage of British explorer and his crew, trapped by drifting ice packs on their way to the South Pole.
Filed under: Books • 9th Grade • White Plains High School • 2006 • 2007 • 2007 Optional for Extra Credit • Non-Fiction •
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Flags of Our Fathers
Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley
James Bradley examines the lives of the six young men who raised the American flag over Iwo Jima in February 1945, and were immortalized by a famous photograph. Bradley's father was one of these men.
Filed under: Books • 8th Grade • White Plains Middle School • 2006 • 2007 • Non-Fiction •
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Hiding Place
Hiding Place by Carrie Ten Boom
The author, a leader in the Dutch underground during World War II, hid scores of Jews from the Nazis. She and her family were arrested and sent to a concentration camp; this is the true story of how she and her sister survived. (Adult)
Filed under: Books • 9th Grade • White Plains High School • 2007 • 2007 Required Summer Reading • Non-Fiction •
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Kids With Courage: True Stories About Young People Making a Difference
Kids With Courage: True Stories About Young People Making a Difference by Lewis, Barbara
0915793393
Filed under: Books • 9th Grade • White Plains High School • 2007 • 2007 Required Summer Reading • Non-Fiction •
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