Diana Magnuson

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1) Betsy Ross and the silver thimble

Author

Greene, Stephanie

Series

Childhood of famous Americans

Publisher

Aladdin

Pub. Date

2002

Appears on list

RU (APA) 1st Grade

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Young Betsy Ross is upset when her brother tells her that she cannot make furniture because she is a girl, but her mother teaches her that she can still do important things.

2) The Trail of Tears

Author

Bruchac, Joseph

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

c1999

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Recounts how the Cherokees, after fighting to keep their land in the nineteenth century, were forced to leave and travel 1200 miles to a new settlement in Oklahoma, a terrible journey known as the Trail of Tears.