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The Catalogue

Pick a bar to narrow the shelf. Every panel below follows the same filter — the two charts, the plot, and the list of books — and each bar says how many books choosing it would leave you with.

3815 books on the shelf

3815 filed under a genre

16 genres

6 with no recorded year

For the same counts drawn as figures, see Statistics.

6 of them record no publication year at all — show those books.

Showing 107 of 3815 books, filtered by Nonfiction Number of pages 100–200 Clear all

Titles by genre

Each bar counts the books of that genre which survive the year filter, so it says what picking that genre would leave you with. The 0 books filed under no genre at all are in no bar here.

Titles by year published

The whole timeline, back to the catalogue's oldest book. The bars widen as they go back, because equal-width bars across four thousand years would press everything before 1900 into a single pixel — where the statistics page leaves those books out of its chart and says so in the caption, the explorer has to be able to reach them, so its bars change width instead of stopping. Each bar counts the books of that era which survive the genre filter.

Two measures at a time

The books above, as dots. 268 of the 514 carry both measures and can be plotted; a book missing a measure has no place on that axis, so it is left off rather than drawn at zero. Each axis covers the middle 98% of what is shown, with 9 books outside the frame.

The dots outside your ranges are still drawn, faded, so that you can see what you are narrowing from; the bars above and the list below obey the ranges. 80 of the 514 books in view carry no measure on a ranged axis, so no range can place them — take the ranges off to see them.

Point at a dot to see which book it is, and where it sits on each axis. Click one to open that book's own page of neighbours — the same book, in the middle of a map, with the books closest to it around it.

Horizontal axis

Vertical axis

Number of pages

to up to 100 100–200 200–300 300–400 400–500 500 and up clear Number of pages

Word count

to up to 50,000 50,000–100,000 100,000–150,000 150,000 and up

The 107 books that match

Accused!: The Trials of the Scottsboro Boys: Lies, Prejudice, and the Fourteenth Amendment by Larry Dane Brimner, 2019 Nonfiction
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1170L

AR

8.3

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
A Dream of Freedom by Diane McWhorter, 2004 Nonfiction
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Lexile

1220L

AR

9.1

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Adventures in Cartooning by James Sturm, 2009 Nonfiction
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Lexile

460L

AR

2.1

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
A Family of Poems: My Favorite Poetry for Children by Caroline Kennedy-Schlossberg, 2005 Nonfiction
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A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return by Zeina Abirached, 2007 Nonfiction
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Lexile

680L

AR

3.4

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming by Al Gore, 2007 Nonfiction
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1070L

AR

7.4
Billions of Years, Amazing Changes: The Story of Evolution by Laurence Pringle, 2011 Nonfiction
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Lexile

1000L

AR

7.5

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850 by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, 2001 Nonfiction
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1040L

AR

8.1

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Blizzard by Jim Murphy, 2000 Nonfiction
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1080L
Book of Animal Poetry: 200 Poems with Photographs That Squeak, Soar, and Roar! by J. Patrick Lewis, 2012 Nonfiction
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Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition by Karen Blumenthal, 2011 Nonfiction
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1250L

AR

9.1

AR Interest: MG+ (6–8)
Brown v. Board of Education: A Fight for Simple Justice by Susan Goldman Rubin, 2016 Nonfiction
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980L

AR

7.1

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Building Big by David Macaulay, 2000 Nonfiction
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1260L

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9.3

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter by Veronica Chambers, 2021 Nonfiction
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Candy Bomber by Michael O. Tunnell, 2010 Nonfiction
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1130L

AR

7.2

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Children of the Great Depression by Russell Freedman, 2005 Nonfiction
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1170L

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7.5

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
City by David Macaulay, 1974 Nonfiction
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Lexile

1100L

AR

7.7

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud, 1930 Nonfiction
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Climbing Everest by Gail Herman, 2015 Nonfiction
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Lexile

570L

AR

4.4

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers by Tanya Lee Stone, 2013 Nonfiction
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Lexile

1090L

AR

8.0

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Dance Me a Story by Jane Rosenberg, 1989 Nonfiction
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Lexile

910L
Discourses on Satire and Epic Poetry by John Dryden, 1888 Nonfiction
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Discover Reading by Amy Tuttle, 2015 Nonfiction
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Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty by Tonya Bolden, 2013 Nonfiction
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1160L

AR

8.9

AR Interest: MG+ (6–8)
Evaluating Books: What Would Thomas Jefferson Think About This? by Richard Maybury, 1994 Nonfiction
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Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Framers, Their Fights, and the Flaws That Affect Us Today by Cynthia Y. Levinson, 2017 Nonfiction
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1110L

AR

8.8

AR Interest: MG+ (6–8)
Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi by Susan Goldman Rubin, 2014 Nonfiction
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980L

AR

6.9

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Russell Freedman, 2006 Nonfiction
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1110L

AR

7.7

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Frontier Living by Edwin Tunis, 1961 Nonfiction
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Go: A Kidd's Guide to Graphic Design by Chip Kidd, 2013 Nonfiction
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1100L

AR

7.2

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Growing Up in Coal Country by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, 1996 Nonfiction
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1110L

AR

6.8

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson, 2011 Nonfiction
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1050L

AR

6.6

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Here Comes Mother Goose by Iona Opie, 1999 Nonfiction
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Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry by Jane Yolen, 2007 Nonfiction
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Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers, 2017 Nonfiction
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Lexile

800L

AR

4.5

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Home Geography for Primary Grades by C. C. Long, 2017 Nonfiction
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Houses with a Story: A Dragon's Den, a Ghostly Mansion, a Library of Lost Books, and 30 More Amazing Places to Explore by Seiji Yoshida, 2023 Nonfiction
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How to Be Your Own Selfish Pig by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, 1982 Nonfiction
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How to Build a Human: In Seven Evolutionary Steps by Pamela S. Turner, 2022 Nonfiction
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Lexile

990L

AR

7.1
How to Read Slowly by James Sire, 1978 Nonfiction
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I Am an American: A True Story of Japanese Internment by Jerry Stanley, 1996 Nonfiction
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Lexile

1180L

AR

8.2

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Iceberg, Right Ahead!: The Tragedy of the Titanic by Stephanie Sammartino McPherson, 2012 Nonfiction
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Lexile

1070L

AR

8.1

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
In Defense of Liberty: The Story of America's Bill of Rights by Russell Freedman, 2003 Nonfiction
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1270L

AR

10.7

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health by Robie H. Harris, 2004 Nonfiction
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Killer Underwear Invasion!: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories by Elise Gravel, 2022 Nonfiction
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500L

AR

3.6

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimes, 2021 Nonfiction
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Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America by Karen Blumenthal, 2005 Nonfiction
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1140L

AR

8.7

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
LOL 101: A Kid's Guide to Writing Jokes by David Roth; Rinee Shah, 2023 Nonfiction
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640L
Maps by Aleksandra Mizielinska, 2012 Nonfiction
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Mexifornia: a State of Becoming by Victor Hanson, 2003 Nonfiction
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Mill by David Macaulay, 1983 Nonfiction
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Lexile

1210L
Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 by Phillip Hoose, 2012 Nonfiction
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1150L

AR

7.9

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Mr. Lincoln's High-Tech War by Thomas B. Allen, 2009 Nonfiction
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1180L

AR

8.9

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
National Geographic Book of Nature Poetry: More Than 200 Poems with Photographs That Float, Zoom, and Bloom! by J. Patrick Lewis, 2015 Nonfiction
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No More Strangers Now: Young Voices from a New South Africa by Tim McKee, 1998 Nonfiction
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1050L

AR

6.1

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Older Than Dirt: A Wild But True History of Earth by Don Brown, 2017 Nonfiction
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Lexile

730L

AR

4.8

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
One Blood by Ken Ham and Carl Wieland, 1999 Nonfiction
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On the Move: Home Is Where You Find It by Michael Rosen, 2022 Nonfiction
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Our Stories, Our Songs: African Children Talk about AIDS by Deborah Ellis, 2005 Nonfiction
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4.7

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Patriots in Petticoats by Shirley Raye-Redmond, 2004 Nonfiction
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5.4

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Poems to Learn by Heart by Caroline Kennedy, 2013 Nonfiction
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Race Against Time: The Untold Story of Scipio Jones and the Battle to Save Twelve Innocent Men by Sandra Neil Wallace, 2021 Nonfiction
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Lexile

1120L

AR

7.8

AR Interest: MG+ (6–8)
Refractions: A Journey of Faith, Art, and Culture by Makoto Fujimura, 2009 Nonfiction
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Revenge of the Whale: True Story of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick, 2002 Nonfiction
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Lexile

1170L

AR

8.3

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley by Sally M. Walker, 2005 Nonfiction
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1060L

AR

8.2

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Sex Is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings, and You by Cory Silverberg, 2015 Nonfiction
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710L
Shipwrecked!: Diving for Hidden Time Capsules on the Ocean Floor by Martin W. Sandler, 2023 Nonfiction
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1300L

AR

8.9

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929 by Karen Blumenthal, 2002 Nonfiction
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1040L

AR

7.9

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Something Rotten: A Fresh Look at Roadkill by Heather L. Montgomery, 2018 Nonfiction
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850L

AR

6.2

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Some Thoughts Concerning Education by John Locke, 1660 Nonfiction
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Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and the War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America by Gail Jarrow, 2018 Nonfiction
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1000L

AR

7.2

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Stamped (for Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds, 2021 Nonfiction
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AR

6.5
Surviving Hitler by Andrea Warren, 2001 Nonfiction
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820L

AR

6.1

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Tell Them We Remember: The Story of the Holocaust by Susan D. Bachrach, 1994 Nonfiction
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1190L

AR

8.7
The Declaration of Independence: The Words that Made America by Sam Fink, 2002 Nonfiction
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The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr., E.B. White, 1918 Nonfiction
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The Great Fire by Jim Murphy, 1995 Nonfiction
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1130L

AR

7.6

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey, 1974 Nonfiction
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The Land of Little Rain by Mary Austin, 1903 Nonfiction
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The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent by John Erskine, 1915 Nonfiction
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The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party by Marian Calabro, 1999 Nonfiction
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Lexile

1020L

AR

7.2

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
The Pleasures Of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs, 2011 Nonfiction
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The Poison Eaters: Fighting Danger and Fraud in Our Food and Drugs by Gail Jarrow, 2019 Nonfiction
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1020L

AR

7.7
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird by Phillip Hoose, 2004 Nonfiction
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1150L

AR

7.9

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
The Story of Painting by H. W. Janson, 1962 Nonfiction
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The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don Brown, 2018 Nonfiction
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860L

AR

5.7
The Vanishing of Lake Peigneur: A Graphic Novel Based on a True Story by Allan Wolf, 2025 Nonfiction
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AR

5.1
The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found by Martin W. Sandler, 2017 Nonfiction
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1270L

AR

8.3
The World I Live in & Optimism: A Collection of Essays by Helen Keller, 2010 Nonfiction
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The World of William Penn by Genevieve Foster, 1973 Nonfiction
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They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, 2010 Nonfiction
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1180L

AR

9.2

AR Interest: MG+ (6–8)
Together, Alone by Susan Albert, 2009 Nonfiction
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Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting by Jim Murphy, 2009 Nonfiction
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1160L

AR

8.2

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961 by Larry Dane Brimner, 2017 Nonfiction
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1080L

AR

7.0

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Understanding the Holy Land: Answering Questions about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Mitch Frank, 2005 Nonfiction
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1130L

AR

8.7

AR Interest: MG+ (6–8)
We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler by Russell Freedman, 2016 Nonfiction
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630L

AR

7.7
Whatcha Mean, What's a Zine?: The Art of Making Zines and Mini Comics by Esther Pearl Watson, 2006 Nonfiction
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5.8
What Is Color?: The Global and Sometimes Gross Story of Pigments, Paint, and the Wondrous World of Art by Steven Weinberg, 2024 Nonfiction
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What the World Eats by Faith D'Aluisio and Peter Menzel, 2008 Nonfiction
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1150L
Who Killed Canadian History? by J.L. Granatstein, 1998 Nonfiction
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Who Says it's a Woman's Job to Clean? by Don Aslett, 1986 Nonfiction
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Why I Am Afraid to Tell You Who I Am by John Powell, 1999 Nonfiction
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Winning Ways: A Photohistory of Women in Sports by Sue Macy, 1996 Nonfiction
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1360L
Witches!: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem by Rosalyn Schanzer, 2011 Nonfiction
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1190L

AR

7.8

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote by Ann Bausum, 2004 Nonfiction
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1080L

AR

8.3

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland by Sally M. Walker, 2009 Nonfiction
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1140L

AR

9.0

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Years of Dust: The Story of the Dust Bowl by Albert Marrin, 2009 Nonfiction
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1040L

AR

7.4

AR Interest: MG (4–8)