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Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 393 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Focusing on a little-known event in American history that has long been kept quiet, a dramatic account exposes a secret FDR-approved American internment camp in Texas during World War II where hundreds of prisoners were exchanged for other Americans behind enemy lines in Japan and Germany.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 329 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Imprisoned in a remote Turkish prison camp during World War I, having survived a two-month forced march and a terrifying shootout in the desert, two British officers, Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, join forces to bamboozle their iron-fisted captors. To stave off despair and boredom, Jones takes a handmade Ouija board and fakes elaborate séances for his fellow prisoners. Word gets around camp, and one day, a Turkish officer approaches Jones with a...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 419 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Following the events of Kristallnacht in 1938, Peter Fleischmann evaded the Gestapo's midnight roundups in Berlin by way of a perilous journey to England via the Kindertransport train. But he could not escape the British police, who came for him in the early hours and shipped him off to Hutchinson Camp on the Isle of Man, under suspicion of being a spy for the very regime he had fled. Peter's story was no isolated incident. During Hitler's rise to...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
333 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Nico Crispi never told a lie. When the Nazi's invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is convince his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading towards "the east" where they are promised jobs and safety. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy goes to the station platform every day and reassures the...
105) The house of Hades
Author
Series
Heroes of Olympus volume 4
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 19
Physical Desc
597 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Greek and Roman demigods from the Prophecy of Seven must work together to seal the Doors of Death--and help Percy and Annabeth escape the Underworld in the process"--
106) Esperanza Rising
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
1 Wonderbook (261 pages) : digital, color illustrations ; 22 cm ; 1 attached digital audio player.
Language
English
Description
Esperanza thought she'd always live a privileged life on her family's ranch in Mexico. She'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home filled with servants, and Mama, Papa, and Abuelita to care for her. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California and settle in a Mexican farm labor camp. Esperanza isn't ready for the hard work, financial struggles brought on by the Great Depression, or lack of acceptance she now faces. When...
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
c1988
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
69 p., [3] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Molly conquers her fear of swimming underwater when she and the other campers at Camp Gowonagin divide into two teams to play Color War.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Angelina is excited to go to ballet camp. But ballet camp is not what she thought it would be! Can Angelina find a way to have fun at camp?"--P.[4] of cover.
109) Gold medal glitch
Author
Series
Publisher
Calico, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
111 pages : illustrations, 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Avery Donaldson and her three best friends are happy to be at Storm Cliff Stables for the summer, especially since gold medalist Anna Wainwright is supposed to be there to give riding lessons--but Anna is nowhere to be found, and Avery is convinced something has happened to her hero.
110) The cave challenge
Author
Series
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First American Edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
117 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A mysterious compass with a fifth direction transports a young boy to an extensive cave system filled with bats, treacherous drops and hidden dangers. Luckily, survival expert Bear Grylls is on hand to guide him safely out, facing his fears and gaining in confidence along the way.