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Martin Schlessinger
A Veteran of World War II
Shannon Berndt |
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Drafted in 1943 into the Army Air Force, the Staff Sargent saw service in China with the Flying Tigers. |
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Favorite Scary Stories K-3
Richard Alan Young |
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Everyone loves scary stories, but no one loves them more than children. Storytellers Richard and Judy Young gathered these stories from the most discerning critics the kids themselves. These are the... |
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Indignation
Philip Roth |
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| It is 1951 in America, the second year of the Korean War. A studious, law-abiding, intense youngster from Newark, New Jersey, Marcus Messner, is beginning his sophomore year on the pastoral,... |
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Becoming Naomi Leon
Pam Munoz Ryan |
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"I always thought that the biggest trial in my life was my name, Naomi Guadalupe Zamora Outlaw, but little did I know that it was the least of my problems, or that someday I would live up to it."... |
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Redwall
Brian Jacques |
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When Redwall was published in 1987 it catapulted author Brian Jacques to international stardom. And small wonder! This enthralling tale is jam-packed with the things we long for in a great... |
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Kira-Kira
Cynthia Kadohata |
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Kira-Kira (kee' ra kee ra): glittering, shining Glittering. That's how Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is kira-kira for the same reason. And so are people's eyes.... |
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John Hancock
Independent Boy
Kathryn Cleven Sisson |
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The life of John Hancock, contemporary of Samuel Adams and Paul Revere and first person to sign the Declaration of Independence, is featured in this volume of the Young Patriots series. Detailing... |
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Trickster's Queen
Daughter of the Lioness Series, Book 2
Tamora Pierce |
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Aly’s adventure continues…No longer a slave, Alanna’s daughter is now spying as part of an underground rebellion against the colonial rulers of the Copper Isles. The people in the rebellion believe... |
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Jared W. Holly
A Veteran of the Korean Conflict
Shannon Berndt |
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Enlisting in the Army in 1971, Private Holly served in South Korea as an armored personnel carrier driver. |
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Ramona Quimby, Age 8
Ramona Quimby Series, Book 6
Beverly Cleary |
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Mr. Quimby's going to college, Mrs. Quimby's going to work. Now that Ramona is eight, she can go to a new school with a new teacher and ride the bus all by herself. But after school she has to stay... |
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