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The first biography of one of the most fascinating, and unjustly neglected, female rulers of the ancient world: Cleopatra Selene. Princess, prisoner, African queen – and surviving daughter of Cleopatra VII.In 1895, archaeologists excavating a villa outside Pompeii unearthed a hoard of Roman silverware. Among the treasures was a bowl featuring a female figure with thick, curly hair, deep-set eyes, a slightly hooked nose and a strong jaw, and sporting...
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A Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist! This remarkable African Fable for children aged four and older teaches children respect for others and the drawbacks of procrastination.
Narrated against a backdrop of vibrant and energetic sounds of drums, shakers, and the lively symphony of sounds from the tropical forests of West Africa, this audiobook takes the listener on a vivid adventure that engages the mind and sharpens the imagination, with...
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"A stunning portrait of an African princess raised in Queen Victoria's court and adapting to life in Victorian England--based on the real-life story of a recently rediscovered historical figure, Sarah Forbes Bonetta. With a brilliant mind and a fierce will to survive, Sarah Forbes Bonetta, a kidnapped African princess, is rescued from enslavement at seven years old and presented to Queen Victoria as a "gift." To the Queen, the girl is an exotic trophy...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
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Every girl dreams about being a princess-- but these women actually are! This book explores everything it means to be royal. Learn about princesses from the past and present and from all over the world! See photos of the princesses and learn all about their crowning achievements, royal families, and official princess duties. What do princesses wear in different parts of the world? Do they all wear crowns?
12) Guy From Harlem
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Tough streetwise private investigator Al Connors, who works in Florida but originally hails from Harlem, is hired by the CIA to guard a visiting African princess. Moreover, Connors uses all his sharp street smarts and fierce fighting skills to find another woman who's been abducted by the evil Big Daddy.
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Grace in Africa volume 1
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1787, West Africa: All her life, Grace Winslow, the daughter of an English sea captain and an African princess, has been sheltered from the truth about the family business - the capture and trade of slaves. Desperate to avoid marriage to an odious suitor, Grace escapes the family compound only to be caught up in a slave revolt at the fortress of Zulina. Soon, she begins to grasp the brutality and ferocity of the family business. Held for ransom,...
14) Guy from Harlem
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In 1976, Al Connors is a streetwise detective from Harlem, currently working in Miami. The CIA hires him to protect an African princess from potential assassins, and he ends up doing his job a little too well. His work gets him the attention of a gangster named Harry De Bauld, one of the top king-pins in Miami. De Bauld's daughter, Wanda, has been kidnapped by ruthless rival gangster Big Daddy, and De Bauld's crew is too heart-broken to get her back....
15) Zeely
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
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Geeder's summer at her uncle's farm is made special because of her friendship with a very tall, composed woman who raises hogs and who closely resembles the magazine photograph of a Watutsi queen.
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Acclaimed storyteller Jim Weiss is joined by three talented new voices (Dale Madison, Natalia Bilbao, and Pricilla Chung) for a spellbinding new audio collection featuring stories of friendship, adventure, magic, and the challenges of growing up.
In Jim’s fresh retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Wild Swans, fifteen-year-old Elise must rescue her brothers from the curse of an evil witch. Natalia Bilbao’s TennisFrenemies is the story...
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Unsung Women in Somerset is a book of real-life women who lived, loved, worked and struggled in Somerset. From pre-Roman to modern times, we meet women with courage, kindness, innovation and even some who smashed the rules!Through 23 chapters, we meet most women through a short story, followed by historical notes about the woman and a chapter bibliography that shows the meticulous research that has gone into the book. Most chapters also include a...
18) Princess Grace
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Amazing Grace (Picture books) volume 3
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Dial Books for Young Readers
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2008
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IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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Grace wants to participate in her community festival's princess float, but first she must decide what sort of a princess she wants to be--from an African princess in kente cloth robes to a floaty pink fairy tale princess.
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The year is 1844. Slavery has been legally abolished by virtually every country involved in the African slave trade. But the demand for slave labor by colonialists in the West Indies, the Americas and the Caribbean are pushing the now illegal trade to new heights. Together with 365 other African captives, a mysterious African Ashanti Princess is taken on board the Portuguese slaver, Andorinha. She joins the extraordinary African Koromantyn warrior...
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"I have found you. The Black Rose's motive was to find love... I have found my love... The greatest love story of all time comes to an end. I don't have to search anymore. Yet, I cry because you are mine." The Legend of the Black Rose follows a wise and comforting spirit destined to protect her lost and fading lineage. She is the Black Rose. She was an African princess who became a spiritual entity roaming from one body to the next. Once she helps...