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Author
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 7
Description
"Juliette (Daisy) Gordon Low was a remarkable woman with ideas that were ahead of her time. She witnessed important eras in U.S. history, from the Civil War and Reconstruction to westward expansion to post-World War I. And she made history by founding the first national organization to bring girls from all backgrounds into the out-of-doors. Daisy created controversy by encouraging them to prepare not only for traditional homemaking but also for roles...
46502) Vinland saga: 6
Author
Series
Vinland saga volume 6
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
As Canute plots to become ruler of the entire Danish world, Thorfinn's only ambition is to see a harvest profitable enough to buy his own life back. But the fates of prince and slave will come together once again, as Canute plans to seize Ketil Farm from its kindhearted master. What sinister tricks does the have up his sleeve, and could they dash Thorfinn's hopes for freedom? Meanwhile, Einar's infatuation with Arnheid takes an unexpected turn when...
46503) Dreaming in French: the Paris years of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Susan Sontag, and Angela Davis
Author
Pub. Date
2012, copyright 2012
Description
A year in Paris . . . since World War II, countless American students have been lured by that vision-and been transformed by their sojourn in the City of Light. Dreaming in French tells three stories of that experience, and how it changed the lives of three extraordinary American women.
Author
Pub. Date
[2014].
Description
Nader provides a blueprint for how Americans on both sides of the aisle can fight against the corporate state and crony capitalism. He makes the case that large segments of the progressive, conservative and libertarian political camps find themselves aligned in opposition to the destruction of civil liberties, the corporate welfare state, the relentless perpetuation of America's wars, sovereignty-shredding free trade agreements and the unpunished...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
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Description
"London, 1893. Seeking refuge after the death of her husband, Cora Seaborne departs for coastal Essex. Once there, she hears rumors that after nearly three hundred years, the mythical Essex Serpent, a fearsome creature that once roamed the marshes, has returned. Eager to investigate, Cora is introduced to parish vicar William Ransome. As they attempt to discover the truth, these seeming opposites find themselve inexorably drawn together--and as their...
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Examines the life of Medgar Evers, the role he played in the Civil Rights movement and his assassination. Medgar Evers' fight for civil rights is largely undocumented for the young adult audience. This book makes up for this oversight by providing those interested in American history and politics with the compelling story behind the scenes of the cold-blooded assassination of one of Americas greatest advocates of racial equality.
46509) Mao: V. 1
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"When Nanoka travels back in time to a supernatural early 20th century, she gets recruited by aloof exorcist Mao. What thread of fate connects them? Together, they seek answers...and kick some demon butt along the way! Nanoka passes through a portal into the Taisho era, where exorcist Mao reluctantly rescues her from the jaws of a grotesque yokai. When Nanoka gets back to the present, she discovers she has some new, incredible abilities. She returns...
46510) Fight for freedom
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In 1861, a young slave named Sam escapes to search for his father, who has been conscripted into the Confederate army, and makes his way to a northern city, while back at the Virginia plantation where Sam was raised Annabelle, the owner's daughter, struggles to run things after her father's death.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
"Meet Charlie Chan Hock Chye. Now in his early 70s as he looks back on his career, Chan has spent a lifetime making comics in his native Singapore since he was a boy of 16, in 1954. The artist doubles here as both the narrator and the subject matter, as his life story parallels the changes in Singapore over five decades since the war. The evolution of his artwork mirrors the evolution of both his homeland and the comic book medium itself. The myriad...
46513) The last of the Mohicans
Series
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Story of the last of the once strong Mohican tribe and their efforts to help in the British fight against the French.
46515) Safe area Goražde
Author
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
"Sacco spent five months in Bosnia in 1996, immersing himself in the human side of life during wartime, researching stories that are rarely found in conventional news coverage, emerging with this astonishing first-person account. Praised by The New York Times, Brill's Content and Publishers Weekly, Safe Area Gorazde is the long-awaited and highly sought after 240-page look at war in the former Yugoslavia. Sacco (the critically-acclaimed author of...
Author
Pub. Date
[2009], c2008
Description
Phillip Hutton lives on a Malaysian island and befriends Endo-san, a Japanese Zen master, who teaches him akido, but when World War II breaks out and the Japanese invade the island, he is torn between saving the lives of his countrymen and his loyalty to his master.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
During final selection for the Demon Slayer Corps, Tanjiro faces a disfigured demon and uses the techniques taught by his master, Urokodaki. As Tanjiro begins to walk the path of the Demon Slayer, his search for the demon who murdered his family leads him to investigate the disappearances of young girls in a nearby town.
46520) Fushigi yûgi: Byakko senki.1
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"The year is 1923. Suzuno Ohsugi's father, Takao, warns her to stay away from The Universe of the Four Gods, telling her it's a book that only men can touch. He knows that in order to enact its story, the book needs one last heroine: the Priestess of Byakko! After the Great Kanto Earthquake strikes, Suzuno and Takao are trapped in their burning home. Takao has only one chance to save his young daughter, and that is to send her into The Universe of...