Grade 7 Independent Read

Voices in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

Abraham Lincoln 🎧

Defender of a Nation

Abraham Lincoln grew up to become the 16th president of the United States. He was born into a humble background, and as a boy had...

By Kathryn Erskine

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Voices in History

History & Geography

Alexander Graham Bell

Voice of the Future

From the moment Alexander Graham Bell was born, communication was at the center of life: his father was a speech instructor, and his mother was...

By Katy S. Duffield

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Voices in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

Alexander Hamilton

Building a Nation

You might know Alexander Hamilton as a Founding Father of America. But did you know he was born on a tropical island? Did you know...

By Anne Marie Pace

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Voices in History

History & Geography, Language Arts, Science

Benjamin Franklin

Let the Experiment Be Made

Ben Franklin’s extraordinary life still inspires us today. As a young man he sought adventure, became a skilled and successful printer, an inventor, an author,...

By Fran Cannon Slayton

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Adventures in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

The Carlisle School

The Tearing Away

Eleven-year-old Alice Folsom must be brave. She has no choice. Not only for her grandmother’s sake, but now for the sake of her newly adopted...

By E. A. Hale

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Voices in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

Chief Standing Bear

Fight for His Homeland

Standing Bear grew up where the Niobrara and Missouri rivers meet. He and his Ponca tribe members fished and hunted, sang and danced, and watched...

By Patricia Morris Buckley

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Voices in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

Dolores Huerta

Songs of Justice

As a child, Dolores Huerta loved to sing. As an adult, she continued to raise her voice—speaking, chanting, and singing—for the rights of farm workers...

By Beth Kephart

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Voices in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

Elizabeth Freeman

Fighting for Freedom

Born into slavery, the girl who grew up to become Elizabeth Freeman had little control over her life. As a young woman, “Bett” worked as...

By Nancy Churnin

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Voices in History

History & Geography

Federico Fernandez Cavada

The Spy in the Hot-Air Balloon

You could say you have to be brave to be a spy. You must be especially brave to be a spy while traveling in a...

By Silvia López

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Adventures in History

History & Geography

The Gilded Age 🎧

Stone by Stone

In her little corner of New York City, Lizzie shares a single room in Mrs. Kelly’s boarding house with her two younger brothers and their...

By Colleen Paeff

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Adventures in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

The Gold Rush

Shifting Sands and Dreams of Gold

Thirteen-year-old Liam and eleven-year-old Delia are running out of time, money, and options. Their mother died onboard the ship that carried them from Boston to...

By Jilanne Hoffmann

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Adventures in History

History & Geography

The Great Depression

The Very Best Ending

Annie loves to read and learn about the world outside of the hills and woodlands she knows. Her reading skills are improving all the time...

By Beth Kephart

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