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Chicago Review Press
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English
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Using journal entries, letters home, and song lyrics, the women of the West speak for themselves in these tales of courage, enduring spirit, and adventure. Women such as Amelia Stewart Knight traveling on the Oregon Trail, homesteader Miriam Colt, entrepreneur Clara Brown, army wife Frances Grummond, actress Adah Isaacs Menken, naturalist Martha Maxwell, missionary Narcissa Whitman, and political activist Mary Lease are introduced to readers through...
2) The sun
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Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Presents information on the composition, atmosphere, and origin of the sun.
3) Indonesia
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Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Discusses the historical origins, beliefs, arts, family life, and future hopes of the people of Indonesia.
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Charlesbridge
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English
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Child exile. Teenage runaway. Military genius. Immortal hero. Yoshitsune had little going for him. Exiled to a monastery, he had no money, no allies, and no martial training. He wasn't big or strong or good-looking. His only assets were brains, ambition, and a dream. But childhood dreams can change history. At the age of fifteen, Yoshitsune escaped. Blow by painful blow, he learned the art of the sword. Fall after bruising fall, he mastered mounted...
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Lucent Books
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Discusses the civilization of ancient Rome, including its founding and early centuries, its high point, social classes and institutions, aspects of daily life, its eventual decline and fall, and the enduring legacy of Rome.
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English
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After the Nazis occupy all of Norway, they gain access to a weapon that could end the war: a nuclear bomb. With the discovery of the plans for a bombing, the Allies aim to destroy the power plant that holds the ingredients. But when plans fail, a group of Norwegians must take over the plans and commit the greatest act of sabotage of World War II.
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English
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"At thirteen, bright-eyed, straight-A student Sara Saedi uncovered a terrible family secret: she was breaking the law simply by living in the United States. Only two years old when her parents fled Iran, she didn't learn of her undocumented status until her older sister wanted to apply for an after-school job, but couldn't because she didn't have a Social Security number. Fear of deportation kept Sara up at night, but it didn't keep her from being...
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2018.
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English
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Books for Teen and Tween Activists
Civil Rights, Racism, and Talking About Race as a White Person
SO MLK Day--Further Reading for Teens
The Perks of Being Left Off the Time Best of YA List
Civil Rights, Racism, and Talking About Race as a White Person
SO MLK Day--Further Reading for Teens
The Perks of Being Left Off the Time Best of YA List
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"This ... young adult adaptation brings her ideas to a new audience. When America achieves milestones of progress toward full and equal black participation in democracy, the systemic response is a consistent racist backlash that rolls back those wins. We Are Not Yet Equal examines five of these moments: The end of the Civil War and Reconstruction was greeted with Jim Crow laws; the promise of new opportunities in the North during the Great Migration...
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English
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In 1845, a disaster struck Ireland. Overnight, a mysterious blight attacked the potato crops, turning the potatoes black and destroying the only real food of nearly six million people. Over the next five years, the blight attacked again and again. These years are known today as the Great Irish Famine, a time when one million people died from starvation and disease and two million more fled their homeland. Black Potatoes is the compelling story of...
17) The great fire
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English
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The Great Fire of 1871 was one of most colossal disasters in American history. Overnight, the flourshing city of Chicago was transformed into a smoldering wasteland. The damage was so profound that few people believed the city could ever rise again.By weaving personal accounts of actual survivors together with the carefully researched history of Chicago and the disaster, Jim Murphy constructs a riveting narrative that recreates the event with drama...
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Lucent Books/Thomson Gale
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
A visitors' guide to Constantinople in 1024, including what to see, where to stay, and what to eat, with sidebars on such topics as Emperor Constantine, the Hagia Sophia, and a drink made of roasted beans from Kaffa.
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"Critically acclaimed Sibert Honor author Deborah Hopkinson brings to bold life the remarkable story of the Danish resistance and rescue of over 7,000 Jews during WWII. When the Nazis invaded Denmark on Tuesday, April 9, 1940, the people of this tiny country to the north of Germany awoke to a devastating surprise. The government of Denmark surrendered quietly, and the Danes were ordered to go about their daily lives as if nothing had changed. But...
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