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Ann Bausum

Ann Bausum writes about US history for young people. Her books consistently earn prominent national recognition. Denied, Detained, Deported was named the 2010 Carter G. Woodson Book Award winner at the secondary school level from the National Council for the Social Studies. Muckrakers earned the Golden Kite Award as best nonfiction book of the year from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Freedom Riders gained the Robert F. Sibert Honor designation from the American Library Association, and With Courage and Cloth received the Jane Addams Children's Book Award as the year's best book on social justice issues for older readers.
Denied, Detained, Deported (Updated Edition)
The Bard and the Book
Ensnared in the Wolf's Lair
Our Country's Presidents, 2020 Edition
Denied, Detained, Deported (Updated)
Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights
Stubby the War Dog
Marching to the Mountaintop
Freedom Riders

Books

Denied, Detained, Deported (Updated Edition)
The Bard and the Book
Ensnared in the Wolf's Lair
Our Country's Presidents, 2020 Edition
Denied, Detained, Deported (Updated)
Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights
Stubby the War Dog
Marching to the Mountaintop
Freedom Riders

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