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In 1863, as the War Between the States creeps inevitably toward its bloody conclusion, former Kentucky slave Britt Johnson ventures west into unknown territory with this wife, Mary, and their three children, searching for a life and a future. But their dreams are abruptly shattered by a brutal Indian raid upon the Johnsons' settlement while Britt is away establishing a business. Returning to find his friends and neighbors slain or captured, his eldest...
3) Young Fredle
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IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
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Fredle, a young mouse cast out of his home, faces dangers and predators outside, makes some important discoveries and allies, and learns the meaning of freedom as he struggles to return home.
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The battle lines in this bitter rivalry are as old as civilization itself: On one side, an unlikely band of ordinary Americans ready to make their last stand in defense of self-rule, freedom, and liberty, and on the other, an elite cabal of self-styled tyrants who believe that unlimited power should be wielded only by the chosen few. That group, led by an aging, trillionaire puppet-master named Aaron Doyle, will stop at nothing to destroy the myth...
8) Polaris
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Avalon (Mindee Arnett) volume 2
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 17
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"Jeth Seagrave and his crew of mercenaries are pulled into one last high-stakes mission"--
9) Avalon
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Avalon (Mindee Arnett) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
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"Seventeen-year-old Jeth Seagrave, the leader of a ragtag team of teenage mercenaries, skirts the line between honor and the law in an attempt to win freedom for his sister and himself in the form of their parents' old spaceship, Avalon."--
10) Pinzón
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[2019]
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"Freedom is best, even with all its dangers." In this heart-pounding adventure, a young finch falls from his family's nest and into the life of a young boy and his father. The finch spends a harrowing night in a cage, barely escaping the clutches of a barn owl, and other threats. The next day, the boy offers the bird an unexpected chance at freedom. Will he take it?"--Provided by publisher.
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"Indentured servant Fanny Beck has been forced to sing for riverboat passengers since she was a girl. All she wants is to live a quiet, humble life with her family as soon as her seven-year contract is over. However, when she discovers that the captain has no intention of releasing her, she seizes a sudden opportunity to escape-an impulse that leads Fanny to a group of enslaved people who are on their own dangerous quest for liberty. . . . Widower...
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Hainish series volume 7
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On the twin planets of Werel and Yeowe, society is divided into owners and assets, and freedom is cherished above all else.
14) Transformation
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2000
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Once Seyonne's people were the guardians of magic. But the Derzhi came and enslaved them. years of misery has drained his strength and blurred his memory. Till he finds hope in an unlikely place.
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[2010]
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Award-winning writer Ntozake Shange and real-life sister, award-winning playwright Ifa Bayeza achieve nothing less than a modern classic in this epic story of the Mayfield family. Opening dramatically at Sweet Tamarind, a rice and cotton plantation on an island off South Carolina's coast, we watch as recently emancipated Bette Mayfield says her goodbyes before fleeing for the mainland. With her granddaughter, Eudora, in tow, she heads to Charleston....
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2020.
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"In 1827, Duncan Lammons, a disgraced young man from Kentucky, sets out to join the American army in the province of Texas, hoping that here he may live - and - love as he pleases. That same year, Cecelia, a young slave in Virginia, runs away for the first time. Soon infamous for her escape attempts, Cecelia drifts through the reality of slavery until she encounters frontiersman Sam Fisk, who rescues her from a slave auction in New Orleans. In spite...
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Avalon (Mindee Arnett) volume 2
Pub. Date
c2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 17
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"Jeth Seagrave and his crew of mercenaries are pulled into one last high-stakes mission".--Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 22
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When Octavian hears that Lord Dunmore, governor of Virginia, will free all slaves who join his "Ethiopian Regiment," the recent runaway gladly signs up. Upon enlisting, Octavian is reunited with his friend Pro Bono. The two comrades, who once shared a master, are thrilled to meet again, but their joy quickly subsides.
19) Into the shadows
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Agenda 21 novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2015
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The sequel to Agenda 21, from #1 New York Times bestselling author and nationally syndicated radio host Glenn Beck. "I knew those men were our enemies, but they, like everyone else in the Republic, were nothing more than servants. Rule followers. They had no choice. But I did. I had a choice and I made it. I knew then and there that, no matter what happened, I would never go back. Never. " It was once named America, but now it is just "the Republic....
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