Rosa Takes a Chance


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Time Period: 1934 - 1935 Rosa Sanchez's parents took a chance on their future by emigrating from Mexico to the United States. Now, the ten-year-old takes a chance of her own. She wants to go to school! That's not easy for an immigrant girl in the Texas Panhandle of 1935-and it's even more challenging when the terrible, black-clouded storms of the "Dust Bowl" strike. Can Rosa hold to her God-given dream of a good education while her family battles for survival on the windswept plains? This novel for eight- to twelve-year-old girls features historical events to teach compelling lessons in American history and the Christian faith.




Little Shaq Takes a Chance


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The fun, family-friendly chapter book series by superstar Shaquille O’Neal continues as Little Shaq finds the courage to take a chance.




Take a Stand, Rosa Parks


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If I Take That Chance


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I now pronounce you as husband and wife. You may kiss the bride. Sam stared at her new husbands lips in horror, but there was no going back now; she must kiss him. Her heart beat so fast, and her palms started to sweat. She would have bolted out the door if she hadnt remembered why she agreed to do this in the first place. Luke, her new husband, lifted her veil and looked deeply into her eyes, asking for permission if he could kiss her. Sam started to accept that this was not a dream, that she was married to her best friend, Luke Russo, for money.




Rosa


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A biography about Rosa Parks, the Alabama black seamstress who refused to give up her seat on a bus and helped establish the civil rights movement.




American Triumph


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Girls are girls wherever they live—and the Sisters in Time series shows that girls are girls whenever they lived, too! This new collection brings together four historical fiction books for 8–12-year-old girls: Rosa Takes a Chance: Mexican Immigrants in the Dust Bowl Years (1935), Mandy the Outsider: Prelude to World War 2 (1939), Jennie’s War: The Home Front in World War 2 (1944), and Laura’s Victory: End of the Second World War (1945), American Triumph will transport readers back to America’s overcoming of huge national challenges, teaching important lessons of history and Christian faith. Featuring bonus educational materials such as time lines and brief biographies of key historical figures, American Triumph is ideal for anytime reading and an excellent resource for home schooling.




Rosa's Land


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Readers will join Lafayette Riordan as he chases his dream of becoming a Wild West marshal. Will he capture the outlaws--and the heart of beautiful Rosa Ramirez?




Little Shaq


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For early reader sports fans, this series from superstar Shaquille O'Neal will inspire kids to love reading. When Little Shaq and his cousin Barry accidentally break their favorite video game, they need to find a way to replace it. That's when Little Shaq's science project inspires a solution: a gardening business. They can water their neighbors' gardens to raise money for a new game! Little Shaq and Barry make a great team both on and off the basketball court, but will their business be as successful as they hoped? Showing kids that anything is possible with the support of friends and family, Little Shaq will inspire them to love reading, play fair, and have fun! Read all the books in the Little Shaq series! Little Shaq Little Shaq Takes a Chance Little Shaq: Star of the Week "The straightforward language is well-tailored to the target audience, and there's no missing the earnest, obvious messages about compromise, teamwork, and community involvement." --Publishers Weekly "A conflict-resolution story that may well inspire young sports lovers to garden--or young gardeners to pick up a basketball." --Kirkus Reviews "The language is simple and the story filled with a sense of community and friendship. . . . A sweet addition to chapter book collections." --School Library Journal




Our Auntie Rosa


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Our Auntie Rosa is the most intimate portrait yet of the great American hero—"the lady who refused to sit in the back of the bus." The family of Rosa Parks share their remembrances of the woman who was not only the mother of the civil rights movement, but a nurturing mother figure to them as well. Her brave act on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955, was just one moment in a life lived with great humility and decency. After the deaths of Rosa Parks's husband and brother, her nieces and nephews became her only family and the closest that she would ever experience to having biological sons and daughters. In this book, they share with readers what she shared with them about her experiences growing up in a racist South, her deep dedication to truth and justice, and the personal values she held closest to her heart.




Rosa Parks Takes the Bus


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Rosa Parks Takes the Bus uses a simple rhyming text and colorful illustrations to recreate what happened before and after the courageous, Rosa Parks refused to give her seat to a white man.It is written for children, ages 3 to 8 and is an important segue for discussions regarding bullying, unfairness, mistreatment and knowing when to speak up. Sometimes silence is just as powerful.