Washoe County Library System

Publisher

Front Street

Pub. Date

c2004

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

On Shelf

North Valleys Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 811.54 NEL 2004
1 available

Description

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Fortune was a slave who lived in Waterbury, Conn., in the late 1700s. He was married and the father of 4 children. When Fortune died in 1798, his master, Dr. Porter, preserved his skeleton to further the study of anatomy. Now the skeleton is in the Mattatuck Museum where it is still being studied.

2) Carver, a life in poems

Author

Publisher

Front Street

Pub. Date

c2001

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

On Shelf

North Valleys Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 811.54 NEL 2001
1 available

3) My Seneca Village

Author

Publisher

Namelos

Pub. Date

[2015]

Language

English

Appears on list

Author Birthdays - April

On Shelf

South Valleys Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 811.5 NELSON 2015
1 available

Description

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"One of America's most honored writers--a Newbery Honor medalist, Coretta Scott King Medalist, and a three-time National Book Award finalist--draws upon history, and her astonishing imagination, to revive the long lost community of Seneca Village."--Jacket.

4) Sweethearts of rhythm: the story of the greatest all-girl swing band in the world

Author

Publisher

Dial Books

Pub. Date

c2009

Language

English

On Shelf

Spanish Springs Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 811.54 NELSON 2009
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Description

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A look at a 1940's all-female jazz band, that originated from a boarding school in Mississippi and found its way to the most famous ballrooms in the country, offering solace during the hard years of the war.