Describes, in question and answer format, the great migration of immigrants to New York's Ellis Island, from the 1880s to 1914. Features quotes from children and adults who passed through the station.

--if your name was changed at Ellis Island (We the people)

Levine, Ellen

Children's Books

Houghton/Mifflin

Orphaned after losing his parents in a rafting accident, Jedediah Barstow must find the courage to follow his family's dream westward along the Oregon Trail. Having lost his parents and younger sister when they tried to ford a river along the Oregon Trail, Jedediah Barstow decides to make his way to the Oregon Territory on his own. He is "adopted" by the Henshaw family, who allow him to travel in their wagon in exchange for his help with the daily maintenance work along the way. Jedediah's adventures, along with the friends he makes and the lessons he learns, make for an unforgettable story of a brave young boy who sets off to discover a wild, new world.

The Journal of Jedediah Barstow: An Emigrant On The Oregon Trail (My Name is America series)

Literature & Fiction

Scholastic. Inc.

The remarkable story of collective and individual acts of bravery and altruism. Photos, map, bibliography, index.

Darkness over Denmark: The Danish resistance and the rescue of the Jews

If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Answers questions about the background of the Underground Railroad, explains what it was like to be a slave, and describes the hardships faced by fugitive slaves.

If You Traveled On the Underground Railroad

History

Scholastic Press

If You Lived At The Time Of The Great San Francisco Earthquake

Scholastic Paperbacks

A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist.Henry Brown doesn't know how old he is. Nobody keeps records of slaves' birthdays. All the time he dreams about freedom, but that dream seems farther away than ever when he is torn from his family and put to work in a warehouse. Henry grows up and marries, but he is again devastated when his family is sold at the slave market. Then one day, as he lifts a crate at the warehouse, he knows exactly what he must do: He will mail himself to the North. After an arduous journey in the crate, Henry finally has a birthday -- his first day of freedom.

Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story From the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine (2008) Paperback

Libre: Le Long Voyage d'Henri: Une Histoire Vraie (Album Illustre) (French Edition)

scholastic

If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Describes the effects on San Francisco from the earthquake of 1906 and discusses the city's efforts to recover from the destruction.

If You Lived at the Time of the Great San Francisco Earthquake

If you traveled on the Underground Railroad --Where was the safest place to go? --Would you wear a disguise? --What would you do when you were free? This book tells you what it was like to be a slave trying to escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad.

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