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Tofu Quilt
By Ching Yeung Russell
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By Ching Yeung Russell
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A collection of poems telling the story of Yeung Ying, a young girl in Hong Kong in the 1960s who, against the conventions of society and family members, aspires to become a writer

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In Her Hands
The Story of Sculptor Augusta Savage
By Alan Schroeder, JaeMe Bereal
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The Story of Sculptor Augusta Savage
By Alan Schroeder, JaeMe Bereal
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A recreation of events from the childhood and early career of Augusta Savage, a pioneering female sculptor and major figure of the Harlem Renaissance.

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Shining Star
The Anna May Wong Story
By Paula Yoo, Lin Wang
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The Anna May Wong Story
By Paula Yoo, Lin Wang
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The true story of Chinese American film star Anna May Wong, whose trail-blazing career in Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s broke new ground for future generations of Asian American actors.

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I and I Bob Marley
By Tony Medina, Jesse Joshua Watson
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I and I Bob Marley
By Tony Medina, Jesse Joshua Watson
A biography in verse of reggae legend Bob Marley, exploring the influences that shaped his life and music on his journey from rural Jamaican childhood to international superstardom.

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Paul Robeson
By Eloise Greenfield, George Ford
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Paul Robeson
By Eloise Greenfield, George Ford
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An updated and redesigned edition of an award-winning biography of Paul Robeson, who overcame racial discrimination to become an international entertainer and civil rights activist. Includes a new introduction and afterword by the author, focusing on Robeson's legacy.

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The Boy Who Dreamed of Cars
By Mark Weston, Katie Yamasaki
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The Boy Who Dreamed of Cars
By Mark Weston, Katie Yamasaki
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The life story of Soichiro Honda, pioneering Japanese businessman and innovative motorcycle and car manufacturer.

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Seven Miles to Freedom
The Robert Smalls Story
By Janet Halfmann, Duane Smith
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The Robert Smalls Story
By Janet Halfmann, Duane Smith
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The true story of Robert Smalls, a slave steamboat wheelman who commandeered a Confederate ship during the Civil War and escaped with his family and crew to freedom.

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A Song for Cambodia
By Michelle Lord, Shino Arihara
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A Song for Cambodia
By Michelle Lord, Shino Arihara
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The true story of Arn Chorn-Pond, Cambodian American musician and human rights activist, who as a young boy survived Khmer Rouge work camps by learning to play a musical instrument.

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Surfer of the Century
The Life of Duke Kahanamoku
By Ellen Crowe, Richard Waldrep
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The Life of Duke Kahanamoku
By Ellen Crowe, Richard Waldrep
The true story of Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku, six-time Olympic swimming champion and legendary surfer who popularized surfing around the world.

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Hiromi's Hands
By Lynne Barasch
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Hiromi's Hands
By Lynne Barasch
The true story of Hiromi Suzuki, a Japanese American girl who defied tradition to train at her family's restaurant, and who became one of the first female sushi chefs in New York.

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John Lewis in the Lead
A Story of the Civil Rights Movement
By Jim Haskins, Kathleen Benson, Benny Andrews
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A Story of the Civil Rights Movement
By Jim Haskins, Kathleen Benson, Benny Andrews
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A biography of John Lewis, one of the "Big Six" civil rights leaders of the 1960s, focusing on his involvement in Freedom Rides, the March on Washington, and the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.

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Be Water, My Friend
The Early Years of Bruce Lee
By Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee
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The Early Years of Bruce Lee
By Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee
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The true story of the formative years of Bruce Lee's early life growing up in Hong Kong in the 1940s and 1950s, before he became an international film star.

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Life of a Genius
Su Dongpo
By Demi
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Su Dongpo
By Demi
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A tribute to the spirited life of one of China's greatest literary and historical heroes--poet, scholar, and statesman Su Dongpo.

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Quiet Hero
The Ira Hayes Story
By S. D. Nelson
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The Ira Hayes Story
By S. D. Nelson
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A biography of Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian who was one of the six Marines to raise the United States flag on Iwo Jima during World War II, an event immortalized by Joe Rosenthal's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph.

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George Crum and the Saratoga Chip
By Gaylia Taylor, Frank Morrison
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George Crum and the Saratoga Chip
By Gaylia Taylor, Frank Morrison
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An account of the life and career of George Crum, a biracial chef who is credited with the invention of the potato chip at a Saratoga Springs, New York, restaurant in 1853. Based on historical records.

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Catching the Moon
The Story of a Young Girl's Baseball Dream
By Crystal Hubbard, Randy Duburke
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The Story of a Young Girl's Baseball Dream
By Crystal Hubbard, Randy Duburke
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The spirited story of Marcenia Lyle, the African American girl who grew up to become "Toni Stone," the first woman to play for an all-male professional baseball team.

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The Last Black King of the Kentucky Derby
By Crystal Hubbard, Robert McGuire
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The Last Black King of the Kentucky Derby
By Crystal Hubbard, Robert McGuire
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The story of Jimmy Winkfield, one of horse racing's all-time great jockeys and the last African American to win the Kentucky Derby, in 1902.

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Louis Sockalexis
Native American Baseball Pioneer
By William Wise, Bill Farnsworth
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Native American Baseball Pioneer
By William Wise, Bill Farnsworth
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A biography of Louis Sockalexis, Penobscot Indian and the first Native American to play professional baseball, focusing on his formative years and culminating in an historic game at New York's Polo Grounds in 1897.

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Knockin' On Wood
Starring Peg Leg Bates
By Lynne Barasch
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Starring Peg Leg Bates
By Lynne Barasch
An inspirational biography of Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates (1907--1998), an African American man who overcame the hardship of losing a leg at age 12 and went on to become a world-renowned tap dancer.

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Love to Langston
By Tony Medina, R. Gregory Christie
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Love to Langston
By Tony Medina, R. Gregory Christie
This inspiring biography on Langston Hughes celebrates his life through poetry.

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