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(0)Larry Johnson
Author
Publisher
Distributed by University Press of New England
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
A young slave's journey to freedom begins when a plantation owner's granddaughter teaches him how to read. Based on the childhood of Alec Turner (1845-1923) who escaped from slavery by joining the Union Army during the Civil War and later became a landowner in Vermont.
3) Train
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
Everyone along the way enjoys the sight and sound of the C & O train and its passengers rolling down the rail.
Author
Publisher
Vermont Folklife Center
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Daisy, an eight-year-old African-American girl living in rural Vermont in the 1890s, is given a black doll by her teacher and becomes uncomfortable that her skin is a different color from that of her classmates, until she finds the courage to speak from her heart.