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In 1631 Elizabeth Winthrop, newly widowed with an infant daughter, set sail for the New World. Against a background of rigidity and conformity she dared to befriend Anne Hutchinson at the moment of her banishment from the Massachusetts Bay Colony; dared to challenge a determined army captain bent on the massacre of her friends the Siwanoy Indians; and, above all, dared to love a man as her heart and her whole being commanded. And so, as a response...
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Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
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This innovative, dramatic graphic novel recounts the spiritual odyssey of philosopher Bertrand Russell. In his agonized search for absolute truth, Russell crosses paths with legendary thinkers and finds a passionate student in the great Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"A graphic novel based on the true story of Robert "Yummy" Sandifer, an eleven-year old African American gang member from Chicago who shot a young girl and was then shot by his own gang members"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
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The triumphs and turmoil of early America are revealed through fictional portraits of four women--Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Sally Hemings, and Dolley Madison--who played key roles during four presidential administrations.
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Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
[2013].
Language
English
Description
Philadelphia, the late 1870s. A city of gas lamps, cobblestone streets, and horse-drawn carriages and home to the controversial surgeon Dr. Spencer Black. The son of a grave robber, young Dr. Black studies at Philadelphia's esteemed Academy of Medicine, where he develops an unconventional hypothesis: What if the world's most celebrated mythological beasts, mermaids, minotaurs, and satyrs, were in fact the evolutionary ancestors of humankind? The...
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Wheeler Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"Sheriff Pat Garrett claimed that he killed Billy the Kid on July 14, 1881. John Poe, Garrett's deputy on the scene that night, and others, suggest that he killed the wrong man and covered it up. The controversy persists because of contradictions, irregularities and unanswered questions. A Question of Bounty follows Billy the Kid's outlaw adventures right to John Poe's version of his fateful encounter with Pat Garrett. The story concludes with the...
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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Thirteen-year-old Susy Clemens wants the world to know that her papa, Mark Twain, is more than just a humorist and sets out to write a comprehensive biography of the American icon.
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Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"A spellbinding novel of World War II based on the little-known history of the X Troop--a team of European Jews who escaped the Continent only to join the British Army and return home to exact their revenge on Hitler's military. A lone soldier wearing a German uniform stumbles into a British military camp in the North African desert with an incredible story to tell. He is the only survivor of an undercover operation meant to infiltrate a Nazi base,...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"She gave up everything - and changed the world. A riveting novel based on the true story of the woman who stopped a pandemic, from the bestselling author of Mrs. Poe. In 1940s and '50s America, polio is as dreaded as the atomic bomb. No one's life is untouched by this disease that kills or paralyzes its victims, particularly children. Outbreaks of the virus across the country regularly put American cities in lockdown. Some of the world's best minds...
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Co./Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A narrative chronicle of some of the most important events from the Bible also introduces key characters, in a companion to the History Channel miniseries that provides young reader's edition abridged story adaptations.
20) Capyboppy
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Publisher
Houghton, Mifflin
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A capybara is a large, tailess rodent that looks like a giant guinea pig. This is the story of a real one who actually lived with the Peet family. Capyboppy soon outgrew his name, his family and his living quarters- but for a while he was an amusing pet." -Hunntting.
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