United States

Pink and Say

Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by Southern troops. Based on a true story about the author's great-great-grandfather.

Civil War, 1861-1865, fiction, Friendship, Juvenile fiction, United States

Fic
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An Inconvenient Truth

Albert Gore

Climatic changes, Environmental protection, Global warming, Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric, Juveniile literature

363.7
Gor

Up Before Daybreak

Deborah Hopkinson

Read about the importance of cotton in America's history and learn about the lives of people who picked it and worked with it.

Biography, Cotton farmers, Cotton growing, Cotton picking, Cotton trade

331.7
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Wildfire

Taylor Morrison

Forest fires, United States, Wildfires

634.9
Mor

The Wildlife Detectives

Donna M. Jackson

Describes how the wildlife detectives at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory in Ashland, Oregon, analyze clues to catch and convict people responsible for crimes against animals.

Detectives, Endangered species, Game wardens, Poaching, Prevention

363.28
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A look at how the culture's "fascination with crime shapes modern news media, television programming, and the Internet." The book "also provides information on the real-life opportunities for forensic

Crime, Crime in mass media, Crime in popular culture, Criminal investigation, Criminal investigation in mass media

363.25
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