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Quick view Privateer's Apprentice by Susan Verrico Jameson Cooper always assumed someday he'd grow up to be a printer like his father. But after the death of his parents, he's wrongly accused of stealing bread and sentenced to indentured servitude for the baker, changing his fortunes forever. What... View Details
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Quick view We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March by Cynthia Levinson Levinson retells the story of how, against the better judgment of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., young people led the civil rights protests in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963. View Details
Quick view Eleanor's Story: An American Girl in Hitler's Germany by Eleanor Ramrath Garner This compelling memoir of Eleanor Ramrath Garner's youth, growing up as an American trapped in World War II Berlin, puts a very human face on the horrors of war View Details
Quick view Yellow Star by Carmen Agra Deedy Retells the story of King Christian X and the Danish resistance to the Nazis during World War II. View Details
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Quick view Darling, Mercy Dog of World War I by Alison Hart An action-packed, heartwarming story of a World War I canine hero When the British military asks for dogs to help the war effort, Darlings family reluctantly sends her to be trained as a mercy dog. Through gunfire and poisonous gases, its Darlings job... View Details
Quick view Anna's Blizzard by Alison Hart When a fierce blizzard suddenly kicks up on a mild winter day, a young Nebraska girl must find the courage and strength to lead others to safety. It is 1888. Twelve-year-old Anna loves life on the Nebraska prairie where she lives with her parents and... View Details
Quick view Kishina: The True Story of Gorilla Survival by Maxine Rock An account of the first baby gorilla born at the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center, her various social encounters, and her move to Busch Gardens' Myombe Reserve. View Details
Quick view Young Charles Darwin and the Voyage of the Beagle by Ruth Ashby : In this fascinating new book, award-winning author Ruth Ashby shares the story of Darwin's famous journey aboard the British navy ship, the Beagle, which led to the development of his theories of evolution and natural selection. Ashby's lively account... View Details
