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Books in Stories of America series

  • Steck-Vaughn Stories of America: Student Reader Viva Mexico , Story Book

    STECK-VAUGHN

    Paperback (STECK-VAUGHN, Jan. 1, 1993)
    A biography of the Zapotec Indian who grew up to become the President of Mexico and lead his country in a war for independence.
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  • Viva Mexico!: A Story of Benito Juarez and Cinco de Mayo

    Argentina Palacios, Howard Berelson

    School & Library Binding (Tandem Library, Jan. 16, 1993)
    None
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  • Three Ships for Columbus

    Eve Spencer, Tom Sperling

    School & Library Binding (San Val, Jan. 15, 1993)
    None
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  • Dragon Parade: A Chinese New Year Story

    Steven A. Chin, Mou-Sien Tseng

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books: A Division of Sanval, Jan. 15, 1993)
    None
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  • New Friends in a New Land: A Thanksgiving Story

    Judith Bauer Stamper, Chet Jezierski

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Oct. 1, 1992)
    Damaris, a young Pilgrim girl, is afraid of her new Plymouth home until she and the other Pilgrims become friends with their Native American neighbors and celebrate a thanksgiving feast together.
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  • Young Martin's Promise

    Walter Dean Myers, Barbara H. Bond

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books: A Division of Sanval, Jan. 16, 1993)
    None
  • Young Martin's Promise

    Walter Dean Myers, Barbara Higgins Bond

    Library Binding (Demco Media, June 1, 1996)
    Relates events in Martin Luther King, jr.'s, childhood which sowed the seeds for his activism for equal rights for people, regardless of their color
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  • La Causa: The Migrant Farmworkers' Story

    Richard Larios, Dana Catharine De Ruiz, Rudy Gutierrez

    Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-04-25, April 25, 2008)
    None
  • Walking for Freedom: The Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Richard Kelso, Alex Haley, Michael Newton

    Library Binding
    None
  • Slavery in Early America

    Barbara M. Linde

    Paperback (Gareth Stevens Pub Learning library, Jan. 1, 2011)
    Traces the history of slavery in early America, describing what life was like for slaves coming to the New World, life on plantations, the work they did, famous escapes, and their efforts to obtain freedom and equality.
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  • Steck-Vaughn Stories of America: Student Reader Place Called Heartbreak, A , Story Book

    STECK-VAUGHN

    Paperback (STECK-VAUGHN, Jan. 1, 1993)
    Describes the ordeal of Major Fred Cherry, who was shot down in combat over Vietnam and spent seven-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war in Hanoi.
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  • The Lizzie Borden Ax Murders

    Carla Mooney

    Library Binding (Essential Library, Dec. 15, 2019)
    The Lizzie Borden Ax Murdersexplores all sides of these unsolved ax murders and the woman suspected of committing them. It discusses police investigations, conspiracy theories, historical impacts, and more. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.