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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
In trouble In trouble Ellen Levine In 1950s New York, sixteen-year-old Jamie's life is unsettled since her father returned from serving time in prison for refusing to name people as Communists, when her best friend turns to Jamie for … OL15884092W
Catch a tiger by the toe Catch a tiger by the toe Ellen Levine In the Bronx, New York, during the McCarthy era, twelve-year-old Jamie keeps a terrible secret about her family, but when the truth is exposed, her parents lose their jobs and she is fired from the s… OL695985W
Darkness over Denmark Darkness over Denmark Ellen Levine An account of people in Denmark who risked their lives to protect and rescue their Jewish neighbors from the Nazis during World War II. OL695986W
Henry's freedom box Henry's freedom box Ellen Levine,Kadir Nelson,Ellen Levine A fictionalized account of how in 1849 a Virginia slave, Henry "Box" Brown, escapes to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia. OL695989W
Ready, aim, fire! Ready, aim, fire! Ellen Levine,Ellen Levine A biography of the famous sharpshooter who toured the country in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. OL695994W
The journal of Jedediah Barstow, an emigrant on the Oregon Trail The journal of Jedediah Barstow, an emigrant on the Oregon Trail Ellen Levine In his 1845 diary, thirteen-year-old orphan Jedediah describes his wagon train journey to Oregon, in which he confronts rivers and sandy plains, bears and rattlesnakes, and the challenges of living w… OL696000W