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1) The giver
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
Author
Series
A Buxton Canada novel volume 1
Language
English
Description
In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
3) Moon
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Throughout her busy days, Moon wonders what it would be like to be wild and free until the day she meets a wolf and learns his "wolfy ways."--Provided by Publisher.
4) Young Fredle
Author
Language
English
Description
Fredle, a young mouse cast out of his home, faces dangers and predators outside, makes some important discoveries and allies, and learns the meaning of freedom as he struggles to return home.
Author
Publisher
Child's Play, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
38 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A book about freedom and friendship. Piggy and Thomas live in a large house. Thomas knows exactly what Piggy needs until a chance meeting with a wild pig changes everything: Piggy finds out what lies beyond the fence.
6) Freedom bird
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In the antebellum South, two siblings shelter a large, mysterious, wounded bird and eventually follow it west toward freedom.
7) Eep!
Author
Publisher
Gecko Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
149 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When Warren finds a bird-girl under a bush, he brings her home to his wife, Tina, and they try to raise her, but she has a habit of flying off, and she meets others in her travels, including motherless Lottie.
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
126 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In Communist China in 1966, eight-year-old Leap Forward learns about freedom while flying kites with his best friend, by trying to get a caged wild bird to sing, and through the music he is learning to play on a bamboo flute. Includes author's notes on his childhood in Beijing, life under Mao Zedong, and the Cultural Revolution.
Author
Series
Tripods trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
xiv, 246 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Will and a small group of free people plan to destroy the three great cities of the Tripods before the arrival of a space ship destined to doom humanity.
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Usha lives in a town where the sun hasn't shone for as long as anyone can remember. Only her grandfather remembers its brilliance and tells Usha stories about the time before other people took the sun away, building a wall to keep it all to themselves. So Usha decides to do something, and sets off in search of the sun. When at last Usha reaches the wall, she tries to kick it down, climb it, yell her way through it--but the bricks don't budge. It's...
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