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Susie King Taylor : nurse, teacher & freedom fighter.

Authors : Dunbar, Erica Armstrong, author; Buford, Candace, author; ...

Subjects: African American nurses -- Juvenile fiction; African American teachers -- Juvenile fiction; Historical fictionUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care -- Juvenile fictionTaylor, Susie King, 1848-1912 -- Juvenile fiction; Taylor, Susie King, 1848-1912

Availability: 4 Holdings

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Star child : a biographical constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler.

Authors : Zoboi, Ibi Aanu, author

Subjects: American fiction -- African American authors -- Biography; Science fiction -- Women authors -- Biography; African American novelists -- BiographyButler, Octavia E.

Availability: 14 Holdings

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The cat I never named : a true story of love, war, and survival.

Authors : Sabic-El-Rayess, Amra, author; Sullivan, Laura L., 1974-, author

Subjects: Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Bihać -- Biography; Ethnic relations -- Biography; Families -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- BiographyBihać (Bosnia and Herzegovina) -- History -- Siege, 1992-1995 -- Biography; Yugoslavia -- History -- 1992-2003 -- Biography

Availability: 6 Holdings

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The Enigma girls : how ten teenagers broke ciphers, kept secrets, and helped win World War II.

Authors : Fleming, Candace, author

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography -- Juvenile literature; Enigma cipher system -- Juvenile literature; World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence -- Great Britain -- Juvenile literatureBletchley Park (Milton Keynes, England) -- History -- Juvenile literatureGovernment Code and Cypher School (Great Britain) -- Juvenile literature; Great Britain. Royal Navy. Women's Royal Naval Service (1939-1993) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature

Availability: 5 Holdings

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The monster's bones : the discovery of T. rex and how it shook our world.

Authors : Randall, David K., author

Subjects: Tyrannosaurus rex -- Juvenile literature; Paleontology -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature; Paleontologists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureAmerican Museum of Natural History -- History -- Juvenile literatureBrown, Barnum -- Juvenile literature; Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature

Availability: 3 Holdings

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Heroines, rescuers, rabbis, spies : unsung women of the Holocaust.

Authors : Swartz, Sarah Silberstein, 1947-, author

Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Biography; World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Biography; World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistanceAuschwitz (Concentration camp)

Availability: 4 Holdings

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Abuela, don't forget me.

Authors : Ogle, Rex, author

Subjects: Poor teenagers -- United States -- Biography; Grandparent and child -- United States -- Biography; Grandmothers -- United States -- BiographyOgle, Rex -- Childhood and youth

Availability: 13 Holdings

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Braiding sweetgrass for young adults : indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants.

Authors : Kimmerer, Robin Wall, author; Gray Smith, Monique, 1968-, adapter; ... ...

Subjects: Indian philosophy; Ethnoecology; Philosophy of natureKimmerer, Robin Wall

Availability: 7 Holdings

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Unlawful orders : a portrait of Dr. James B. Williams, Tuskeegee airman, surgeon, and activist.

Authors : Binns, B. A. (Barbara A.), author

Subjects: African American physicians -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography; Surgeons -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography; Flight crews -- United States -- BiographySouth Side (Chicago, Ill.) -- BiographyUnited States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group, 477th -- Biography...

Availability: 3 Holdings

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Pauli Murray : the life of a pioneering feminist and civil rights activist.

Authors : Stevens-Holsey, Rosita, author; Jennings, Terry Catasús, author

Subjects: African American women civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; African American civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; African American women lawyers -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureMurray, Pauli, 1910-1985 -- Juvenile literature

Availability: 5 Holdings

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