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1) Second Daughter: The Story of a Slave Girl

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Walter, Mildred Pitts

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English

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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,...

2) Trouble's Child

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Walter, Mildred Pitts

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English

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Fourteen-year-old Martha is torn between her love for her myth and superstition and her hunger for knowledge and adventure
The superstitious folks of Blue Isle believe that a child born in a storm is born to trouble. But fourteen-year-old Martha only wants to go to high school, not end up making quilts and married to some local island boy. Getting an education means leaving the island, where she was raised by her grandmother Titay—and...

3) The Girl on the Outside

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Walter, Mildred Pitts

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English

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Based on the 1957 Little Rock school integration, two teenage girls—one white, one black—are swept up in the fear and prejudice of their divided southern town
It’s Sophia Stuart’s last year at Chatham High—only now the pretty, popular high school senior will be sharing classes with nine black students. The Stuart family has differing views. Her dad and older sister’s husband believe everything should...

4) Because We Are

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Walter, Mildred Pitts

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English

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Emma’s dreams of popularity and academic success go up in smoke when she’s transferred to a less prestigious high school
Twelfth grader Emma Walsh is one of the lucky few African Americans at exclusive Marlborough High School. She is the only black student on the student council, and she’s just been elected to the National Honor Society. Now, the Golden Slippers will invite her to participate in their annual debutante...

5) Justin and the best biscuits in the world

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Walter, Mildred Pitts

Language

English

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MCL - Coretta Scott King Award - Author

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Book, eBook

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Suffering in a family full of females, ten-year-old Justin feels that cleaning and keeping house are women's work until he spends time on his beloved grandfather's ranch.

6) Kwanzaa: a family affair

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Walter, Mildred Pitts

Pub. Date

[1995]

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

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Kwanzaa

7) Brother to the wind

Author

Walter, Mildred Pitts

Pub. Date

[1985]

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

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With the help of Good Snake, a young African boy gets his dearest wish.

8) Alec's primer

Author

Walter, Mildred Pitts

Series

Vermont Folklife Center children's book

Pub. Date

2004.

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

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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.

9) Have a happy

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Walter, Mildred Pitts

Pub. Date

1989.

Language

English

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Upset because his birthday falls on Christmas and will therefore be eclipsed as usual, and worried that there is less money because his father is out of work, eleven-year-old Chris takes solace in the carvings he is preparing for Kwanzaa, the Afro-American celebration of their cultural heritage.