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2) Pearl Harbor
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Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"A highly-designed and illustrated (including graphic novel panels) overview of the truths and lies about the attack on Pearl Harbor."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"In 1920, Susan B. Anthony passed a law that gave voting rights to women in the United States. RIGHT? WRONG! Susan B. Anthony wasn't even alive when the Nineteeth Amendment was ratified. Plus, it takes a lot more than one person to amend the constitution. Did you know that when women's rights activists picketed President Wilson to get his support for voting rights, some men beat them up, tore down their banners, and stole from them? And then it was...
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Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"On April 18, 1775, Paul Revere rode through Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, shouting, “The British are coming!” to start the American Revolution. Right? Wrong! Paul Revere made it to Lexington, but before he got to Concord, he was captured! The truth is, dozens of Patriots rode around warning people about the Redcoats’ plans that night. It was actually a man named Samuel Prescott who completed the mission. And the Revolutionary War didn’t...
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Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"The Black Death of the fourteenth century wouldn’t have been as deadly if people had just shut their windows! RIGHT? WRONG! Despite what people thought at the time, a closed window won’t do anything against bubonic plague. The truth is, the plague wasn’t caused by breathing in “bad air”. It was transmitted by infected fleas biting (and, in the process, throwing up into) people. No joke."--Back cover.
6) The Titanic
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Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"A nonfiction book about the hidden truth behind the sinking of the Titanic with sidebars, illustrations, photos, and graphic panels."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Myths! Lies! Secrets! Uncover the hidden truth about the Underground Railroad and Black Americans' struggle for freedom. Perfect for fans of I Survived! and Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales. Before the Civil War, there was a crack team of abolitionists who used quilts and signal lanterns to guide enslaved people to freedom. Right? Wrong! The truth is, the Underground Railroad wasn't very organized, and most freedom seekers were on their own. With a...
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Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed across the ocean and discovered America. Right? Wrong! Columbus never actually set foot in what is now the United States. His voyages took him to islands in the Caribbean and along the coast of South America. The truth is, when Columbus first arrived, Indigenous peoples, including the Taino, had been living there for thousands of years, raising their families, running their societies, and trading with their neighbors....
