Pioneer story from 1830's

"A New Kind of Freedom," ©SRA/McGraw-Hill

from "Treasures in the Attic," © SRA/McGraw-Hill

by Carol Ghiglieri

Kidnapped as a child and taken to Europe, Squanto (Tisquantum) returned to his devastated Wamponoag village and helped the Pilgrims survive in the New World. ©Scholastic Easy Reader Bio

cover art from "Jin," a Chinese immigration story, © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill leveled reader

from "The Black Regiment of the American Revolution," by Linda Crotta Brennan, Apprenticeshop Books

During WWII, Japanese Americans were forced into interment camps. In this story a Japanese-American girl uses her time in the camp to learn traditional dance. © Open Court Reading

from "The Claim" by Myra Smith ©McGraw-Hill/SRA Kaleidoscope