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Author: Mildred Pitts Walter Publisher: Open Road Media ISBN: 1504027884 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 113
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Set during the American Revolution and based on a true story, Elizabeth Freeman, a young slave, sues for her freedom—and wins Sheffield, Massachusetts. Six-year-old Aissa and her older sister, Elizabeth, work as slaves in the home of their owners—Master and Mistress Anna. Raised by Elizabeth after their mother died, and chafing under the yoke of bondage, Aissa is a natural-born rebel. Elizabeth, nicknamed Bett by her owners, is more accepting of her fate in spite of growing anti-slavery sentiment. She marries Josiah Freeman, a freed black man, and they have a child. Then on July 4, 1776, America achieves her dream of independence from England, and in 1780, Massachusetts drafts its own constitution, establishing a bill of rights. When Mistress Anna, angered by Aissa’s defiance, threatens her with a hot coal shovel, Bett takes the blow instead, and is severely burned. She walks out of the house, vowing never to come back—and takes her owners to court. Second Daughter is both riveting historical fiction and rousing courtroom drama about slavery, justice, courage, and the unconquerable love between two sisters.
Author: Mildred Pitts Walter Publisher: Open Road Media ISBN: 1504027884 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 113
Book Description
Set during the American Revolution and based on a true story, Elizabeth Freeman, a young slave, sues for her freedom—and wins Sheffield, Massachusetts. Six-year-old Aissa and her older sister, Elizabeth, work as slaves in the home of their owners—Master and Mistress Anna. Raised by Elizabeth after their mother died, and chafing under the yoke of bondage, Aissa is a natural-born rebel. Elizabeth, nicknamed Bett by her owners, is more accepting of her fate in spite of growing anti-slavery sentiment. She marries Josiah Freeman, a freed black man, and they have a child. Then on July 4, 1776, America achieves her dream of independence from England, and in 1780, Massachusetts drafts its own constitution, establishing a bill of rights. When Mistress Anna, angered by Aissa’s defiance, threatens her with a hot coal shovel, Bett takes the blow instead, and is severely burned. She walks out of the house, vowing never to come back—and takes her owners to court. Second Daughter is both riveting historical fiction and rousing courtroom drama about slavery, justice, courage, and the unconquerable love between two sisters.
Author: J. Jeffrey Publisher: ISBN: 9781941058091 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 316
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A charming and witty fraud of a father. An angry, resentful older sister. A poor harried mother. Everyone blames younger daughter Debra for something as lies, heartbreaks, and betrayals begin disintegrating their family. When a late-night phone call brings her mother's secret past crashing back into the present, and her life seems about to change forever, Debra discovers not only her unyielding determination but also an irrepressible capacity to love.
Author: Betty Lee Sung Publisher: Advantage Media Group ISBN: 1599326108 Category : Young Adult Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 166
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Dr. Betty Lee Sung is a leading authority on the Chinese in America. Her first book, Mountain of Gold, was a pioneer in its field and laid the foundation for Asian American Studies at the City College of New York in 1970. She remained at the college until her retirement in 1992, having advanced to Chair of the department. In 1994, she completed a database of the Chinese immigrant records in the New York Region National Archives. In 1996, she was awarded an honorary doctorate, Doctor of Letters, from the State University of New York Old Westbury, where she gave the commencement address. She is active in many organizations and has been honored by the Cosmopolitan Lion’s Club, the Organization of Chinese Americans, the Asian American Higher Education Council, the American Library Association, the Chinese Communities in Houston and Philadelphia, and many others. This is Dr. Sung’s ninth book.
Author: Miriam Cohen Publisher: Feldheim Publishers ISBN: 9781583309322 Category : Hidden children (Holocaust) Languages : en Pages : 556
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Written by best-selling author Miriam Cohen, A Daughter of Two Mothers is the incredible, true account of a handicapped widow's forced separation from her infant daughter, the years of longing and searching, the legal battle, and the subsequent destruction brought by the Nazis. Open this book and you will step into the world of a generation gone, of pre- and post-war Hungarian Jewry, as young Leichu moves between two communities and their divergent lifestyles. This is a gripping story of separation and reunion, of pure faith and acceptance of G-d's will, and of triumph over despair.
Author: F. H. Fischer Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand ISBN: 8743029868 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 542
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The Second Daughter's Darkness is the first piece by Frederik H. Fischer. This book is a modern spin on the traditional epic fantasy that breaks with the mandatory medieval setting while preserving the flavors of the epic fantasy. The story features two unlikely friends fleeing what the world wants them to be on an adventure, which tries and tests their resolve to resist their nature and to follow the path to each their moral high ground
Author: Katherine Wei Publisher: Little Brown ISBN: 9780316928113 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 243
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China in the 1930s through the 1940s is the setting for this memoir of Wei's girlhood, a life story of family rivalries, unrequited love, jealousy, greed, and courage
Author: Rick Riordan Publisher: Disney Electronic Content ISBN: 1368077943 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 364
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#1 New York Times best-selling author Rick Riordan pays homage to Jules Verne in his exciting modern take on 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Ana Dakkar is a freshman at Harding-Pencroft Academy, a five-year high school that graduates the best marine scientists, naval warriors, navigators, and underwater explorers in the world. Ana's parents died while on a scientific expedition two years ago, and the only family's she's got left is her older brother, Dev, also a student at HP. Ana's freshman year culminates with the class's weekend trial at sea, the details of which have been kept secret. She only hopes she has what it'll take to succeed. All her worries are blown out of the water when, on the bus ride to the ship, Ana and her schoolmates witness a terrible tragedy that will change the trajectory of their lives. But wait, there's more. The professor accompanying them informs Ana that their rival school, Land Institute, and Harding-Pencroft have been fighting a cold war for a hundred and fifty years. Now that cold war has been turned up to a full broil, and the freshman are in danger of becoming fish food. In a race against deadly enemies, Ana will make amazing friends and astounding discoveries about her heritage as she puts her leadership skills to the test for the first time. Rick Riordan's trademark humor, fast-paced action, and wide cast of characters are on full display in this undersea adventure that puts a new spin on Captain Nemo and the submarine Nautilus. Complete your middle grade action-adventure collection with these titles: Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer Rick Riordan Presents: Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi Rick Riordan Presents: City of the Plague God by Sarwat Chadda
Author: Robert F. Young Publisher: New Amer Library ISBN: 9780886770044 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 203
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Set back in time to kidnap Sheherazade, narrator of the "Arabian Nights," the hero snatches a lovely lady from the sultan's harem only to discover that he has stolen the wrong woman, Sheherazade's little sister
Author: Honor Moore Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 0393344215 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 384
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“An eloquent argument for speaking even the most difficult truths.” —New York Times Book Review Paul Moore’s vocation as an Episcopal priest took him— with his wife, Jenny, and their family of nine children—from robber-baron wealth to work among the urban poor, leadership in the civil rights and peace movements, and two decades as the bishop of New York. The Bishop’s Daughter is his daughter’s story of that complex, visionary man: a chronicle of her turbulent relationship with a father who struggled privately with his sexuality while she openly explored hers and a searching account of the consequences of sexual secrets.
Author: Mildred Pitts Walter
Author: Mildred Pitts Walter
Author: J. Jeffrey
Author: Betty Lee Sung
Author: Susan Kaye Quinn
Author: Miriam Cohen
Author: F. H. Fischer
Author: Katherine Wei
Author: Rick Riordan
Author: Robert F. Young
Author: Honor Moore