An American Story author-Melina Marchetta like burying fallen soldiers…but was

like burying fallen soldiers…but was told to remove the black soldiers first because the media didn’t want them in their newsreels

When her governess inherits an estate on a Scottish island

But when Kate and Andy’s latest long-distance crush shows up at their school

When an ankle injury threatens Isaac’s soccer scholarship

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An American Story author-Melina Marchetta like burying fallen soldiers…but was*Winner of the 2024 Coretta Scott King Award!* #1 New York Times Bestselling and award winning author of The Undefeated, Kwame Alexander, pens a powerful picture book that tells the story of American slavery through the voice of a teacher struggling to help her students understand its harrowing history. From the fireside tales in an African village, through the unspeakable passage across the Atlantic, to the backbreaking work in the fields of the