Books like Treemonisha by Angela Shelf Medearis

A powerful story of a Black family's battle for dignity, family, and land in Depression‑era Mississippi, seen through the eyes of eight‑year‑old Cassie Logan.

Briefly describes the value of a tree.

Addy's journey to freedom teaches her about friendship and resilience in the aftermath of the American Civil War.

Addy, a young girl of African American heritage, discovers friendship and the power of a birthday in 1865 Philadelphia, facing racial prejudice.

Jack and Annie time-travel with magic caps to a 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers game, where they learn baseball history while serving as batboys in a pivotal moment of the sport.

Addy discovers a beautiful red scarf at a secondhand shop but is torn between helping newly freed slaves and saving money for her mother's Christmas.

A young black boy in the early 1900's hears his community talk about moving to Canada to escape the prejudices and problems they face in the United States.

A grand adventure with a rebellious grandmother and her adventurous granddaughters.

In the post‑Civil War South, a determined African American girl fights prejudice to attend school alongside her older brothers.

In 1956, six‑year‑old Sarah Marie visits her grandmother in the South and confronts segregation; by the next year, she sees the beginnings of change waiting at home.

"Don Vicente contains two novels in F. Sionil Jose's classic Rosales Saga. The saga, begun in Jose's novel Dusk, traces the life of one family, and that of their rural town of Rosales, from the Philippine revolution against Spain through the arrival of the Americans to, ultimately, the Marcos dictatorship."--BOOK JACKET. "The first novel here, Tree, is told by the loving but uneasy son of a land overseer. It is the story of one young man's search for parental love and for his place in a society with rigid class structures. The tree of the title is a symbol of the hopes and dreams - too often dashed - of the Filipino people."--BOOK JACKET. "The second novel, My Brother, My Executioner, follows the misfortunes of two brothers, one the editor of a radical magazine who is tempted by the luxury of the city, the other an activist who is prepared to confront all of his enemies, real or imagined."--BOOK JACKET.

A courageous young black woman, Oney Judge, breaks free from slavery in George and Martha Washington’s household and charts a daring path to liberty as a free woman.

In 1963 Alabama, 14‑year‑old Stone Parker organizes a children’s march for civil rights after two classmates die in a church bomb explosion.