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21) Echo
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Language
English
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Lost in the Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and finds himself entwined in a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica--and decades later three children, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California find themselves caught up in the same thread of destiny in the darkest days of the twentieth century, struggling to keep their families intact, and tied together by the music of the same harmonica.
23) Rebound
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Series
Language
English
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Description
In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past.
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Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Examines the theater and entertainment during the European Renaissance period and includes illustrated photographs and drawings describing how theaters were organized, Elizabethan and Shakespearean plays, other famous playwrights and actors, and staging and costumes.
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The war that saved my life volume 1
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English
Description
A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.
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Series
I survived volume 9
Language
English
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Description
In one of the darkest periods in history, a young Jewish boy struggles to survive as he escapes the ghetto and finds a group of resistance fighters in the forests of Poland. Does he have what it takes to survive the Nazis--and fight back?
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Norvelt volume 1
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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Description
In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore involving the newly dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from history, typewriting, and countless bloody noses.
33) Buffalo Bills
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Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Describes the history of the professional football team, the Buffalo Bills, and includes pivotal games and seasons, prominent players, timeline, quick stats, and the future of the team.
35) A Single shard
Author
Publisher
Sandpiper
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters' village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself.
36) Wimbledon
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Series
Publisher
AV2 by Weigl
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Provides information about the Wimbledon championship, including analysis of the sport, an outline of its rules, and information about the location where the competition takes place. Intended for a fourth to sixth grade audience"--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Leo loves being a newsboy in San Francisco -- not only does he get to make some money to help his family, he's free to explore the amazing, hilly city as it changes and grows with the new century. Horse-drawn carriages share the streets with shiny new automobiles, new businesses and families move in every day from everywhere, and anything seems possible. But early one spring morning, everything changes. Leo's world is shaken -- literally...
40) You wouldn't want to be a nurse during the American Civil War!: a job that's not for the squeamish
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Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts/Scholastic
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A study of nursing care during the Civil War, the problems with caring for the sick and the injured, and the medical advances that have been made since the war.
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