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March Is Women's History Month!

Read about one of these amazing women who helped shape history!

ISBN: 9781338335255
Title: She persisted : 13 American women who changed the world
Author: Clinton, Chelsea, author.

ISBN: 9780062699459
Title: Shaking things up : 14 young women who changed the world
Author: Hood, Susan, 1954- author.

ISBN: 9781534436640
Title: HerStory : 50 women and girls who shook up the world
Author: Halligan, Katherine (Children's book editor), author.

ISBN: 9781250751430
Title: Real princesses change the world
Author: Pearson, Carrie A., author.

ISBN: 9781536215540
Title: How do you spell unfair? : MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee
Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- author.

ISBN: 9781524720643
Title: Sweet justice : Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Author: Rockliff, Mara, author.

ISBN: 9780061804427
Title: Brave girl : Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
Author: Markel, Michelle.

ISBN: 9781250220950
Title: Choosing brave : how Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till sparked the civil rights movement
Author: Joy, Angela, 1975- author.

ISBN: 9780759554955
Title: The fearless flights of Hazel Ying Lee
Author: Leung, Julie, author.

ISBN: 9781492642046
Title: Shark lady : the true story of how Eugenie Clark became the ocean's most fearless scientist
Author: Keating, Jess, author.

ISBN: 9780593326404
Title: Because Claudette
Author: Baptiste, Tracey, author.

ISBN: 9781338283419
Title: Jovita wore pants : the story of a Mexican freedom fighter
Author: Salazar, Aida, author.

ISBN: 9780063056619
Title: Milloo's mind : the story of Maryam Faruqi, trailblazer for women's education
Author: Faruqi, Reem, author.

ISBN: 9781250842671
Title: She kept dancing : the true story of a professional dancer with a limb difference
Author: Mesher, Sydney, author.

ISBN: 9781454934578
Title: Dare to Question : Carrie Chapman Catt's voice for the vote
Author: Stirling, Jasmine A., author.

ISBN: 9781454932208
Title: Queen of physics : how Wu Chien Shiung helped unlock the secrets of the atom
Author: Robeson, Teresa, 1964- author.

ISBN: 9781481465595
Title: I dissent : Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes her mark
Author: Levy, Debbie, author.

ISBN: 9781665931427
Title: Daughter of the light-footed people : the story of indigenous marathon champion Lorena Ramírez
Author: Medina, Belen, author.

ISBN: 9781728276533
Title: The girl who figured it out
Author: Dentler, Minda, author.

ISBN: 9781635925319
Title: One of a kind : the life of Sydney Taylor
Author: Michelson, Richard, author.

Get Ready for the 250th and Learn About the American Revolution!

ISBN: 9781567116199
Title: The Battle of Lexington and Concord
Author: Parker, Lewis K.

ISBN: 9780802789457
Title: Let it begin here! : Lexington & Concord : first battles of the American Revolution
Author: Fradin, Dennis B.

ISBN: 9781596432215
Title: Let it begin here! : April 19, 1775 : the day the American Revolution began
Author: Brown, Don, 1949-

ISBN: 9781635170238
Title: The Battles of Lexington and Concord : start of the American Revolution
Author: Mara, Wil, author.

ISBN: 9781666341560
Title: The battles of Lexington and Concord : a day that changed America
Author: Kerry, Isaac, author.

ISBN: 9781368026833
Title: Most wanted : the revolutionary partnership of John Hancock & Samuel Adams
Author: Marsh, Sarah Jane, author.

ISBN: 9781629793412
Title: Revolutionary rogues : John André and Benedict Arnold
Author: Castrovilla, Selene, 1966- author.

ISBN: 9781094255910
Title: A spy called James : the true story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War double agent
Author: Rockwell, Anne F., author.

ISBN: 9781644720578
Title: Revolutionary Prudence Wright : leading the Minute Women in the fight for independence
Author: Anderson, Beth, 1954- author.

ISBN: 9780689858086
Title: Independent dames : what you never knew about the women and girls of the American Revolution
Author: Anderson, Laurie Halse.

ISBN: 9781491460733
Title: Rebel with a cause : the daring adventure of Dicey Langston, girl spy of the American Revolution
Author: Kudlinski, Kathleen V.

ISBN: 9780593120460
Title: The American Revolution
Author: Messner, Kate, author.

ISBN: 9781503854413
Title: African Americans and the Revolutionary War
Author: Harper, Judith E., 1953- author.

African Americans in the Revolutionary War

ISBN: 9781580899338
Title: Why Longfellow lied : the truth about Paul Revere's midnight ride
Author: Lantos, Jeff, author.

ISBN: 9781429692847
Title: Great women of the American Revolution
Author: Hall, Brianna.

2025 Mrs. Conant Book Award

ISBN: 9798822682153
Title: Slugfest
Author: Korman, Gordon, author.

ISBN: 9781665902168
Title: Out of my heart
Author: Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills), author.

ISBN: 9781419746970
Title: The last human
Author: Bacon, Lee, author.

ISBN: 0063006561
Title: The last beekeeper
Author: Cartaya, Pablo, author.

ISBN: 9781772780338
Title: Macy McMillan and the rainbow goddess
Author: Green, Shari, 1963- author.

Macy McMillan and the rainbow goddess cover

ISBN: 9781250767820
Title: The magical imperfect
Author: Baron, Chris (Christopher Leigh), author.

ISBN: 9780241589779
Title: You vs the world : the Bear Grylls guide to never giving up.
Author: Grylls, Bear, author.

You vs the world : the Bear Grylls guide to never giving up. cover

ISBN: 9781536209457
Title: All thirteen : the incredible cave rescue of the Thai boys' soccer team
Author: Soontornvat, Christina, author.

All thirteen : the incredible cave rescue of the Thai boys' soccer team cover

ISBN: 9781328841629
Title: Where the black flowers bloom
Author: Smith, Ronald L. (Ronald Lenard), 1959- author.

ISBN: 9780062657954
Title: The turning
Author: Whitman, Emily, author.

ISBN: 9781368005821
Title: Charlie & Frog : a mystery
Author: Kane, Karen, 1965- author.

ISBN: 9780358003199
Title: Winterborne Home for vengeance and valor
Author: Carter, Ally, author.

Winterborne Home for vengeance and valor cover

ISBN: 9780593406601
Title: A seed in the sun
Author: Salazar, Aida, author.

ISBN: 9780759556782
Title: Cookies & milk
Author: Amos, Shawn, author.

ISBN: 0807574570
Title: Small steps : the year I got polio
Author: Kehret, Peg.

Small steps : the year I got polio cover

ISBN: 9781683693710
Title: Kid Olympians. Summer : true tales of childhood from champions and game changers
Author: Stevenson, Robin, 1968- author.

2024 - 2025 MCBA Nominees

ISBN: 9781452182513
Title: BenBee and the teacher griefer
Author: Holt, K. A., author, illustrator.

ISBN: 9780316461382
Title: Shark summer
Author: Marcks, Ira, author.

ISBN: 9780063044715
Title: Unsettled
Author: Faruqi, Reem

ISBN: 9781328515131
Title: The one thing you'd save
Author: Park, Linda Sue, author.

ISBN: 9781662504273
Title: Piece by piece : how I built my life (no instructions required)
Author: Aguilar, David, author.

ISBN: 9780062999368
Title: Anybody here seen Frenchie?
Author: Connor, Leslie, author.

ISBN: 9780593462287
Title: Mexikid : a graphic memoir
Author: Martin, Pedro, 1967- author, artist.

ISBN: 9780062499691
Title: Violet and Jobie in the wild
Author: Perkins, Lynne Rae, author, illustrator.

ISBN: 9781536201369
Title: Hoops
Author: Tavares, Matt, author, illustrator.

ISBN: 9781547609772
Title: The Vanquishers
Author: Bayron, Kalynn, author.

ISBN: 9781547600564
Title: Ways to make sunshine
Author: Watson, Renée, author.

ISBN: 9780008297350
Title: A case of grave danger
Author: Cleverly, Sophie, 1989- author.

ISBN: 9780063047679
Title: The unforgettable Logan Foster
Author: Peters, Shawn, 1971- author.

ISBN: 9780063056770
Title: Swim team
Author: Christmas, Johnnie, author, artist.

ISBN: 9780063113923
Title: A rover's story
Author: Warga, Jasmine, author.

ISBN: 9780759556270
Title: Ellen outside the lines
Author: Sass, A. J., author.

ISBN: 9780358272755
Title: The year I flew away
Author: Arnold, Marie, author.

ISBN: 9781984813305
Title: The best of Iggy
Author: Barrows, Annie, author.

ISBN: 9781338159349
Title: Lety out loud
Author: Cervantes, Angela, author.

ISBN: 9780063118782
Title: Small town pride
Author: Stamper, Phil, author.

ISBN: 9780063091924
Title: Nikhil out loud
Author: Pancholy, Maulik, 1974- author.

ISBN: 9780593566183
Title: Something like home
Author: Arango, Andrea Beatriz, author.

ISBN: 9780062985941
Title: Stowaway
Author: Anderson, John David, 1975- author.

ISBN: 1250268850
Title: Frogs : awesome amphibians
Author: Prince, Liz, author, illustrator.

ISBN: 9780593530122
Title: When impossible happens
Author: Suza, Jane de, author.

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