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Books by Ann Bausum | Wonderlit

Books by Ann Bausum

12 books · Ages 8–18

Ann Bausum writes middle grade and young adult for ages 8–18, exploring themes of history, resilience & perseverance, fear & bravery.

Standalone Books (Ages 12–18)

Cover of With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote

With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote

Banners fly and spirits soar in this grit-filled history of the suffragists who endured hunger strikes and jail to win t

Cover of Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement

Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement

Young activists board buses to challenge injustice, showing how John Lewis and others risked everything for civil rights

Cover of White Lies: How the South Lost the Civil War, Then Rewrote the History

By Age Range

With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote

Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement

Stubby the War Dog

With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote

Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement

Common Themes

History Resilience & Perseverance Fear & Bravery Justice & Fairness Standing Up for Others Being Different Writing & Storytelling Cultural Identity

White Lies: How the South Lost the Civil War, Then Rewrote the History

Ann Bausum

The end of the Civil War was just the beginning of a coordinated effort to rewrite history and spread the persistent lie

Ages 12–18

Cover of Muckrakers: How Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, and Lincoln Steffens Helped Expose Scandal, Inspire Reform, and Invent Investigative Journalism

Muckrakers: How Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, and Lincoln Steffens Helped Expose Scandal, Inspire Reform, and Invent Investigative Journalism

Bold journalists at the turn of the century used their pens to expose corporate greed and political scandals, sparking a

Cover of Stubby the War Dog

Stubby the War Dog

A stray dog becomes a war hero when he forms an unbreakable bond with a soldier on the front lines in France.

Cover of Unraveling Freedom: The Battle for Democracy on the Home Front During World War I

Unraveling Freedom: The Battle for Democracy on the Home Front During World War I

Hysteria and suspicion sweep across the American home front as World War I threatens constitutional freedoms and upends

Cover of Ensnared in the Wolf's Lair: Inside the 1944 Plot to Kill Hitler and the Ghost Children of His Revenge

Ensnared in the Wolf's Lair: Inside the 1944 Plot to Kill Hitler and the Ghost Children of His Revenge

A failed plot to kill Hitler leaves a group of innocent children at the mercy of a tyrant's fury in this meticulously re

Cover of The Bard and the Book: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion

The Bard and the Book: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion

Shakespeare's masterpieces nearly vanished forever until a complex effort to print the First Folio saved his plays for t

Cover of The March Against Fear

The March Against Fear

Archival photographs bring to life James Meredith’s march across Mississippi and the historic tension between non-violen

Cover of Dragon Bones and Dinosaur Eggs: A Photobiography of Explorer Roy Chapman Andrews

Dragon Bones and Dinosaur Eggs: A Photobiography of Explorer Roy Chapman Andrews

Follow Roy Chapman Andrews into the Gobi Desert, where he braved the elements to prove dinosaurs were egg-layers and cha

Cover of Denied, Detained, Deported: Stories from the Dark Side of American Immigration

Denied, Detained, Deported: Stories from the Dark Side of American Immigration

A German boy turned back during the Holocaust and a detained Japanese American girl are among the true stories highlight

Cover of Viral

The most startling thing you will learn is how medical neglect and social stigma shaped the early years of the HIV/AIDS

White Lies: How the South Lost the Civil War, Then Rewrote the History

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Dare to Dream: Coretta Scott King and the Civil Rights Movement

Angela Shelf Medearis

Dare to Dream: Coretta Scott King and the Civil Rights Movement

African Princess The Amazing Lives of Africa's Royal Women

African Princess The Amazing Lives of Africa's Royal Women

Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down

Andrea Davis Pinkney

Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down

March: Book Two

March: Book Two

Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom

Virginia Hamilton

Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom