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Next > 72 Results found Results per page 10 20 50 Abraham Lincoln & Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship by Russell Freedman Publisher: Clarion, 2012 Pages: 119 ISBN: 9780547385624 CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 12 and older CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 973 Freedman Add To My List Copy Link To Clipboard Send Link Via Email Abraham Lincoln & Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry by Scott Reynolds Nelson, Marc Aronson Publisher: National Geographic, 2008 Pages: 64 ISBN: 9781426300004 CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 11 and older CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 973 Nelson Add To My List Copy Link To Clipboard Send Link Via Email Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry Amber & Clay by Laura Amy Schlitz Illustrated by Julia Iredale Publisher: Candlewick, 2021 Pages: 532 ISBN: 9781536201222 CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 10-14 CCBC Location: Fiction, Schlitz Add To My List Copy Link To Clipboard Send Link Via Email Amber & Clay The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party by M. T. Anderson Publisher: Candlewick, 2006 Pages: 591 ISBN: 0763624020 CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 15 and older CCBC Location: Fiction, Anderson Add To My List Copy Link To Clipboard Send Link Via Email The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome Illustrated by James E. Ransome Publisher: Holiday House, 2017 Pages: 32 ISBN: 9780823420476 CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 6-9 CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 973 Cline-Ransome Add To My List Copy Link To Clipboard Send Link Via Email Before She Was Harriet The Bell Rang by James E. Ransome Illustrated by James E. Ransome Publishers: Atheneum, Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, 2019 Pages: 32 ISBN: 9781442421134 CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 7-10 CCBC Location: Picture Book, Ransome Add To My List Copy Link To Clipboard Send Link Via Email The Bell Rang The Bitter Side of Sweet by Tara Sullivan Publisher: Putnam, 2016 Pages: 299 ISBN: 9780399173073 CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 10-14 CCBC Location: Fiction, Sullivan Add To My List Copy Link To Clipboard Send Link Via Email The Bitter Side of Sweet Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford Illustrated by Michele Wood Publisher: Candlewick, 2020 Pages: 56 ISBN: 9780763691561 CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 10 and older CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 306 Weatherford Add To My List Copy Link To Clipboard Send Link Via Email Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom Boys without Names by Kashmira Sheth Publishers: Balzer + Bray, HarperCollins, 2010 Pages: 320 ISBN: 9780061857607 CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 9-13 CCBC Location: Fiction, Sheth Add To My List Copy Link To Clipboard Send Link Via Email Boys without Names Brave Music of a Distant Drum by Manu Herbstein Publisher: Red Deer, 2012 Pages: 175 ISBN: 9780889954700 CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 16 and older CCBC Location: Fiction, Herbstein Add To My List Copy Link To Clipboard Send Link Via Email Brave Music of a Distant Drum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ... 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