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If you loved The River Between Us by Richard Peck, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Alternative Family, Prejudice & Racism, Civil War Period (1850-1877), and Family.

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Sugar — Jewell Parker Rhodes

Jewell Parker Rhodes

Themes: Alternative Family • Prejudice & Racism • Family

Addy: A Heart Full of Hope — Connie Porter

Addy: A Heart Full of Hope

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Civil War Period (1850-1877) • Family

The Ever-After Bird — Ann Rinaldi

The Ever-After Bird

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Civil War Period (1850-1877) • Family

A Hero Like Me — Jen Reid

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Civil War Period (1850-1877) • Family

Promises to the Dead — Mary Downing Hahn

Promises to the Dead

Mary Downing Hahn

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Civil War Period (1850-1877) • Family

Brotherhood — Anne Westrick

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Civil War Period (1850-1877) • Family

Dear Austin: Letters from the Underground Railroad Letters from the Underground Railroad — Elvira Woodruff

Dear Austin: Letters from the Underground Railroad Letters from the Underground Railroad

Elvira Woodruff

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Civil War Period (1850-1877) • Family

Solomon — Marilyn Bishop Shaw

Marilyn Bishop Shaw

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Civil War Period (1850-1877) • Family

If I Should Die Before I Wake — Han Nolan

If I Should Die Before I Wake

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Civil War Period (1850-1877) • Family

The Land — Mildred D. Taylor

Mildred D. Taylor

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Civil War Period (1850-1877) • Family

From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun — Jacqueline Woodson

From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun

Jacqueline Woodson

Themes: Alternative Family • Prejudice & Racism • Family

Turning Point — Paula Chase

Themes: Alternative Family • Prejudice & Racism • Family

From the Desk of Zoe Washington — Janae Marks

From the Desk of Zoe Washington

Themes: Alternative Family • Prejudice & Racism • Family

The Many Reflections of Miss Jane Deming — J. Anderson Coats

The Many Reflections of Miss Jane Deming

J. Anderson Coats

Themes: Alternative Family • Civil War Period (1850-1877) • Family

The Color of the Sky Is the Shape of the Heart — Chesil

The Color of the Sky Is the Shape of the Heart

Themes: Alternative Family • Prejudice & Racism • Family

Unbound A Novel in Verse — Ann Burg

Unbound A Novel in Verse

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Civil War Period (1850-1877) • Social Themes

Last in a Long Line of Rebels — Lisa Lewis Tyre

Last in a Long Line of Rebels

Lisa Lewis Tyre

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Civil War Period (1850-1877) • Social Themes

Up the Learning Tree — Marcia K. Vaughan

Up the Learning Tree

Marcia K. Vaughan

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Civil War Period (1850-1877) • Social Themes

Do You Know Them? Families Lost and Found After the Civil War — Shana Keller

Do You Know Them? Families Lost and Found After the Civil War

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Civil War Period (1850-1877) • Social Themes

The Storm Before Atlanta — Karen Schwabach

The Storm Before Atlanta

Karen Schwabach

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Civil War Period (1850-1877) • Social Themes

An American Story — Kwame Alexander

An American Story

Kwame Alexander

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Civil War Period (1850-1877) • Social Themes

Black was the Ink — Michelle Coles

Black was the Ink

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Civil War Period (1850-1877) • Social Themes

The Door of No Return — Kwame Alexander

The Door of No Return

Kwame Alexander

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Civil War Period (1850-1877) • Social Themes

A Weed Is a Flower The Life of George Washington Carver — Aliki

A Weed Is a Flower The Life of George Washington Carver

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Civil War Period (1850-1877) • Social Themes

Fans of The River Between Us by Richard Peck will find 24 titles here, all united by Alternative Family, Prejudice & Racism, Civil War Period (1850-1877). Authors represented include Jewell Parker Rhodes, Connie Porter, Ann Rinaldi, Jen Reid, and others.

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