Entering Grade 9
HISTORY
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Stamped: Racism, Anti-racism and You
by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi This re-imagining of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's, Stamped from the Beginning reveals the history of racist ideas in America, and inspires hope for an anti-racist future. It takes you on a race journey from then to now, shows you why we feel how we feel, and why the poison of racism lingers. |
Lies My Teacher Told Me, Young Readers Edition: Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong
by Rebecca Steffoff & James Loewen Beginning with pre-Columbian history and then covering characters and events as diverse as the first Thanksgiving, Helen Keller, the My Lai massacre, 9/11, and the Iraq War, Loewen’s lively, provocative telling of American history is a “counter-textbook that retells the story of the American past” (The Nation). |
The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History: The Story of the Monuments Men
by Robert M. Edsel The true story of 11 men and one woman who risked their lives amidst the bloodshed of World War II to preserve churches, libraries, monuments, and works of art that for centuries defined the heritage of Western civilization. |
Underground: A Human History of the Worlds Beneath Our Feet
by Will Hunt A panoramic investigation of the subterranean landscape, from sacred caves and derelict subway stations to nuclear bunkers and ancient underground cities—an exploration of the history, science, architecture, and mythology of the worlds beneath our feet. |
Killers of the Flower Moon
by David Grann Presents a true account of the early twentieth-century murders of dozens of wealthy Osage and law-enforcement officials, citing the contributions and missteps of a fledgling FBI that eventually uncovered one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. |