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What Is a Dictatorship? by Reagan Miller
Call Number: 321.9 BOY
ISBN: 0778753174
Publication Date: 2012
Examines the type of government known as dictatorship, discussing what it is, who were and are dictators, how a dictator comes to be in power and more.

The library has several books on monarchy and dictatorship, including these:

Monarchy by Sean Connolly
Call Number: 321.8 CON
ISBN: 1599208059
Publication Date: 2013
Describes the government workings of a monarchy, including the differences between a constitutional monarchy and the more rare absolute monarchy. The history of how monarchies have evolved, the role of monarchs today, and the future of monarchies are examined.

Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez
Call Number: F ALV
ISBN: 0375815449
Publication Date: 2002
In the early 1960s in the Dominican Republic, twelve-year-old Anita learns that her family is involved in the underground movement to end the bloody rule of the dictator, General Trujillo.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
ISBN: 9780439023481
Publication Date: 2008-10-01
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the other districts in line by forcing them to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight-to-the-death on live TV.

The Assassins of Rome by Caroline Lawrence
ISBN: 9780142402146
Publication Date: 2005-04-21
It is A.D. 79. In Ostia, near Rome, Flavia Gemina and her three friends-Nubia, Lupus, and Jonathan-are celebrating Jonathan's birthday. When the three friends discover that Jonathan has gone on a secret mission to Rome, they immediately follow him.
Fight for Freedom by Simon Scarrow; Cathy Hapka
ISBN: 1423151011
Publication Date: 2012-04-24
Rome, 61 BC: Young Marcus Cornelius Primus' beloved Centurion father lies murdered and his mother has been kidnapped and forced into slavery by the order of a vindictive tax collector. Torn from his idyllic childhood and forced to fight as a gladiator, Marcus faces years of brutal practice before he can become an elite warrior.