A Newbery Medal Winner When Amos Fortune was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave traders and brought to Massachusetts, where he was sold at auction. Although his freedom had been taken, Amos never lost his dinity and courage. For 45 years, Amos worked as a slave and dreamed of freedom. And, at age 60, he finally began to see those dreams come true. "The moving story of a life dedicated to the fight for freedom."—Booklist

Amos Fortune, Free Man (Newbery Library, Puffin)

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Yates, Elizabeth

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Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Franklin Classics

A collection of Cornish folktales features the lore of the mysterious and invisible tiny spirits as based on stories that have been handed down from generation to generation.

Pixie Folklore & Legends

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Gramercy

1964 E. P. DUTTON &amp; CO. HARDCOVER

Carolina's Courage

Dutton Books for Young Readers

Prudence Crandall Woman of Courage

Describes the search for and adventures of a young girl lost in a New Hampshire forest in the pioneer days. Based on a true incident.

Sarah Whitcher's story

E.P.Dutton

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Kessinger Publishing

The life of the eighteenth-century African prince who, after being captured by slave traders, was brought to Massachusetts where he was a slave until he was able to buy his freedom at the age of sixty.

Amos Fortune: Free Man

History

Demco Media

Mountain Born (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Animals

Turtleback

Drawing on her diaries and journals written from the time she was 12 until she was almost 20, the author depicts her life as daughter of a well-to-do-upstate New York family and her determination to become a writer despite her family's objections.

My Widening World

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