Facts and photographs about the inspiring journeys of these history-making men and women are accessible to beginning readers in these high-interest, biographies.
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This book shows what Harriet Tubman’s life was like when she was enslaved and follows her brave journey to freedom. Harriet, often called the “Moses of Her Race,” didn’t stop once she escaped. She returned again and again to lead more than three hundred enslaved people to new, free lives as a conductor on the Underground Railroad.
A boy in a drought-ravaged village in Africa wonders how things work. Teaching himself English from old science books, he builds a windmill for his village. A true story of perseverance, patience, and innovation.
