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• The Silence of Bones

  Hur, June,

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• The Red Palace

  Hur, June,

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• Ashes in the Snow

  Sepetys, Ruta,

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• We Are All That's Left

  Arcos, Carrie,

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• Mazie

  Crowder, Melanie,

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• The Diamond Keeper

  Mobley, Jeannie,

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• Love & War

  An Alex & Eliza Story

  De la Cruz, Melissa, 1971-

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• Great or Nothing

  McCullough, Joy,

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• The Peach Rebellion

  Van Draanen, Wendelin,

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• Luck of the Titanic

  Lee, Stacey (Stacey Heather),

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• This Rebel Heart

  Locke, Katherine,

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• One Last Shot

  the Story of Wartime Photographer Gerda Taro

  Wilson, Kip,

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  Also in eBook. "Sent to Paris after being arrested for distributing anti-Nazi propaganda, Gerda Taro teams up with a fellow photographer to take pictures of military conflict and sell them at a high price but soon loses sight of her own safety." --…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Poison Priestess

  Popović, Lana,

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  Also in eBook. "In 17th-century Paris, 19-year-old Catherine Monvoisin is a well-heeled jeweler’s wife with a peculiar taste for the arcane. She lives a comfortable life, far removed from a childhood of abject destitution—until her kind spendthrift…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Stone Mirrors

  the Sculpture and Silence of Edmonia Lewis

  Atkins, Jeannine, 1953-

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  Print only. "A sculptor of historical figures starts with givens but creates her own vision. Edmonia Lewis was just such a sculptor, but she never spoke or wrote much about her past, and the stories that have come down through time are often vague…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What Every Girl Should Know

  Margaret Sanger's Journey

  Mann, Jennifer Ann,

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  Print only. "This compelling historical novel spans the early and very formative years of feminist and women’s health activist Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, as she struggles to find her way amidst the harsh realities of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Blood Water Paint

  McCullough, Joy,

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  Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "Her mother died when she was twelve, and suddenly Artemisia Gentileschi had a stark choice: a life as a nun in a convent or a life grinding pigment for her father's paint. She chose paint. By the time…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Maud

  a Novel

  Fishbane, Melanie J.,

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  Also available as an eBook. "Fourteen-year-old Lucy Maud Montgomery—Maud to her friends—has a dream: to go to college and, just like her idol, Louisa May Alcott, become a writer. But living with her grandparents on Prince Edward Island, she worries…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Voices

  the Final Hours of Joan of Arc

  Elliott, David, 1947-

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  Also available as an eBook. "Told through medieval poetic forms and in the voices of the people and objects in Joan of Arc’s life, (including her family and even the trees, clothes, cows, and candles of her childhood). Along the way it explores…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• White Rose

  Wilson, Kip,

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  Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "The true story of Sophie Scholl, a young activist who put her life on the line as she tried to rally her fellow Germans against a fascist regime. Told as a novel in verse." -- Goodreads.com.

• The Light in Hidden Places

  a Novel Based on the True Story of Stefania Podgórska

  Cameron, Sharon, 1970-

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  Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. "It is 1943, and sixteen-year-old Stefania Podgórska has been working for the Diamant family in their grocery store in Przemsyl, Poland, for four years. She has even made a promise to one of their sons,…Read moreRead more of this annotation