November 10, 2008 – 4:10 am
Rating: (9 reviews)
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
Product Description
If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl?
As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight…for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist [...]
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Rating: (406 reviews)
Author: Avi
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Product Description
A vicious captain, a mutinous crew – and a young girl caught in the middle
Not every thirteen-year-old girl is accused of murder, brought to trial, and found guilty. But I was just such a girl, and my story is worth relating even if it did happen [...]
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Rating: (86 reviews)
Author: Jerry Spinelli
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Amazon.com
Newbery Medal-winning author Jerry Spinelli (Maniac McGee, Stargirl) paints a vivid picture of the streets of the Nazi-occupied Warsaw during World War II, as seen through the eyes of a curious, kind, heartbreakingly naïve orphan with many names. His name is Stopthief when people shout [...]
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Rating: (17 reviews)
Author: Joseph Bruchac
Publisher: Puffin
Book Description
The United States is at war, and sixteen-year-old Ned Begay wants to join the cause—especially when he hears that Navajos are being specifically recruited by the Marine Corps. So he claims he’s old enough to enlist, breezes his way through boot camp, and suddenly finds [...]
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Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Product Description
JACK AND ANNIE continue their quest for the secrets of happiness—secrets they need to save Merlin. This time, the Magic Tree House takes them to the one continent they haven’t visited before: Antarctica! What can they hope to learn about happiness in such [...]
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Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: William Captain Lubber, Dugald A. Steer
Publisher: Candlewick
Book Description
Avast, ye PIRATEOLOGY fans! Behold, an exclusive guide tothe goings-on aboard a pirate vessel — plus an exciting scale model of a real pirate ship.
How do pirates capture a ship? What sort of ships do they favor? Who are the rogues [...]
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November 30, 2007 – 8:14 pm
Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: John McCutcheon
Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
Product Description
Nominated for a GRAMMY Award in the Best Spoken Word Album for Children category!
November 15, 2007 – 7:12 pm
Rating: (216 reviews)
Author: Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston
Publisher: Bantam Books
Book Description
Jeanne Wakatsuki was seven years old in 1942 when her family was uprooted from their home and sent to live at Manzanar internment camp–with 10,000 other Japanese Americans. Along with searchlight towers and armed guards, Manzanar ludicrously featured cheerleaders, Boy [...]
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November 15, 2007 – 6:37 am
Rating: (227 reviews)
Author: Markus Zusak
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Book Description
It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . .
Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak’s groundbreaking new [...]
November 14, 2007 – 3:58 pm
Rating: (323 reviews)
Author: James Lincoln Collier
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Book Description
All his life, Tim Meeker has looked up to his brother Sam. Sam’s smart and brave — and is now a part of the American Revolution. Not everyone in town wants to be a part of the rebellion. Most are [...]
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