Novels in verse

 

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1. African Town: inspired by the true story of the last American slave ship

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Author:
Latham, Irene
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Wallingford Young Adult Nutmeg Books
YA LATHAM (2025 M.S. NUTMEG)
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Chronicles the story of the last Africans brought illegally to the United States on the Clotilda in 1860

2. The door of no return

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Author:
Alexander, Kwame
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"A history unknown will replay itself. We must tell the boy what he needs to know. Young Kofi lives and dreams on the banks of the river Offin. He loves these things above all else: his family, the fireside tales of his father's father, a girl named Ama, and, of course, swimming. It is in the river that he feels invincible and where he thinks he can finally prove himself in a race against his schoolyard rival. But the river also holds dark secrets...

3. The watch that ends the night: voices from the Titanic

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Author:
Wolf, Allan
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Recreates the 1912 sinking of the Titanic as observed by millionaire John Jacob Astor, a beautiful young Lebanese refugee finding first love, "Unsinkable" Molly Brown, Captain E.J. Smith, and others including the iceberg itself.