July 4th - Happy Birthday America!

Everybody knows about the Founding Fathers and the Declaration of Independence in 1776. But the founders weren't the only ones who believed that everyone had a right to freedom. Mumbet, a Massachusetts slave, believed it too. She longed to be free, but how? Would anyone help her in her fight for freedom? Could she win against her owner, the richest man in town? Mumbet was determined to try.

Ridiculed by the other animals, Listener the Otter is the only one to heed the warnings of Spotted Frog and builds a raft to try and survive the impending disaster of a giant flood. Based on a traditional story from the Creek Indians of northern Florida and Georgia.

While out hunting with his friends, twelve-year-old Okwaho's friend is kidnapped by a neighboring tribal nation. The Five Nations of the Iroquois have been at war for as long as anyone can remember, and Okwaho is determined to get revenge. But before he can do anything, Okaho meets a stranger with stories of a Peacemaker. Okwaho believes that the Peacemaker could convince the leaders of the Five Nations of the Iroquois to stop fighting, and his actions...

Story of Phyllis Wheatley of Boston, Mass., a slave, who published a book of poetry in 1773.

Using their magic tree house, Jack and Annie travel back to the time of the American Revolution and help General George Washington during his famous crossing of the Delaware River.

"The surprising, deliciously dramatic, and ultimately heartbreaking story of King George III's radical pursuit of happiness in his private life with Queen Charlotte and their 15 children. In the U.S., Britain's George III, the protagonist of A Royal Experiment, is known as the king from whom Americans won their independence and as "the mad king," but in Janice Hadlow's groundbreaking and entertaining new biography, he is another character altogether--compelling...

"Told for the first time in picture book form is the true story of James Lafayette, a slave who spied for George Washington's army during the American Revolution. But while America celebrated its newfound freedom, James returned to slavery. His service hadn't qualified him for the release he'd been hoping for. For James the fight wasn't over; he'd already helped his country gain its freedom, now it was time to win his own."--Amazon.

In the aftermath of a Fourth of July terrorist bombing that has destroyed all of the bridges and tunnels leading out of Manhattan, an elite cadre of Middle Eastern soldiers searches for a man who holds a powerful secret of key importance.