Christine Welldon
1) Kid Sterling
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"In this poignant coming of age young adult novel Sterling Crawford is a young African American kid living in New Orleans in 1906 learning about jazz, the legendary Buddy Bolden and forced to face racism, a loaded justice system and racial barriers that divide a nation."--
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"This fast-moving adventure story takes place in 1935 when thirteen-year-old Billy leaves home to ride the rails across Canada and, on the way, experiences lessons both life-changing and unforgettable, and events that become part of Canadian historical record. "--
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African-American serviceman Lanier Phillips was just eighteen years old when he was rescued from a sinking warship off the coast of Newfoundland in 1942 — a turn of events that transformed his life and ignited a lasting passion for civil rights. The son of sharecroppers from the Deep South, and the great-grandson of slaves, Lanier knew only hatred for white people. As a child he was told never to look a white man in the face, for fear of a lynching....