James Ransome

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1) The story of the saxophone

Author

Cline-Ransome, Lesa

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

[2023]

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

37 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm + 1 poster

Language

English

Description

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"The award winners behind Before She Was Harriet explore the story of the saxophone, from its beginnings in 1840s Belgium all the way to New Orleans, where an instrument in a pawn shop caught the eye of musician Sidney Bechet and became the iconic symbol it is today"--

2) This is the rope: a story from the Great Migration

Author

Woodson, Jacqueline

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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A rope passed down through the generations frames an African American family's story as they journey north during the time of the Great Migration, a time when millions of African Americans relocated from the South.

3) Under the quilt of night

Author

Hopkinson, Deborah

Publisher

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Edition

1st ed.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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A young girl flees from the farm where she has been worked as a slave and uses the Underground Railroad to escape to freedom in the north.

4) Hardcourt: stories from 75 years of the National Basketball Association

Author

Publisher

Margaret K. McElderry Books

Pub. Date

[2022]

Edition

First edition.

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 2

Physical Desc

89 pages, 10 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Language

English

Description

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"The story of the National Basketball Association from its origins through the major events and players who made basketball what it is today"--