Amy Littlesugar Books
Tree of hope
Florrie's daddy used to be a stage actor in Harlem before the Depression forced the Lafayette Theater to close, but he gets a chance to act again when Orson Welles reopens the theater to stage an a...
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Lisette's angel
In World War II France, a young girl's prayer for an angel to come rescue her from the Nazi occupation is answered by the arrival of an American paratrooper. Inspired by the author's memories of hi...
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The spinner's daughter
When Elspeth, a hardworking Puritan girl, receives a cornhusk doll from a Pequot Indian, her mother fears that Elspeth will become idle.
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Marie in fourth position
After she models for the artist and sculptor Edgar Degas, Marie feels transformed into a butterfly and becomes known all over the world as "The Little Dancer."
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Freedom School, Yes!
In 1964's Freedom Summer, one girl sees that nothing—not hatred, not fear, not anything else—can stand in the way of her learning about the world.Jolie has a lot to be scared about since the new Fr...
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Clown child
Olivia and her father are popular clowns in the Crystal Caravan circus, but she longs for a settled home to live in.
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