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A Blind Guide to Stinkville

Author: Beth Vrabel Publisher and Year: Sky Pony Press, 2015 Number of pages: 246 Genre: Realistic Fiction This story is about a young girl named Alice, who has albinism and is legally blind.  Her family moves to Sinkville, South Carolina … Continue reading

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Drummer Hoff

Author: Barbara Emberley Illustrator: Ed Emberley Publisher and Year: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1967 Number of pages: 28 Genre: Realistic Fiction This story is about a group of soldiers and officers working together to fire off a cannon during a war.  Each … Continue reading

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Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation

Author and Illustrator: Duncan Tonatiuh Publisher and Year: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014 Number of pages: 40 Genre: Biography This story is about desegregation in 1940s California, anti-Latinx racism, and how one one girl’s family decided to never give … Continue reading

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