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The Enemy
Davide Cali - Schwartz & Wade Format: Hardcover
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In this moving picture book, award-winning collaborators Davide Cali and Serge Bloch present a fable for our time about two lonely soldiers facing each other across a barren battlefield. What each discovers, as the story unfolds, is that the enemy is not a faceless beast, but rather a real... |
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The Butter Battle Book
Seuss Dr. - Seedlings Braille Books for Children Format: Book
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The Butter Battle Book, Dr. Seuss's classic cautionary tale, introduces readers to the important lesson of respecting differences. The Yooks and Zooks share a love of buttered bread, but animosity brews between the two groups because they prefer to enjoy the tasty treat differently.... |
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Why War Is Never a Good Idea
Alice Walker - HarperCollins Format: Hardcover
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Though War is OldIt has notBecome wise.Poet and activist Alice Walker personifies the power and wanton devastation of war in this evocative poem.Stefano Vitale's compelling paintings illustrate this unflinching look at war's destructive nature and unforeseen consequences. |
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Michael Rosen's Sad Book
Michael Rosen - Candlewick Format: Paperback
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With unmitigated honesty, a touch of humor, and sensitive illustrations by Quentin Blake, Michael Rosen explores the experience of sadness in a way that resonates with us all.Sometimes I'm sad and I don’t know why.It's just a cloud that comes along and covers me up.Sad things... |
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Terrible Things
Eve Bunting - The Jewish Publication Society; Revised edition Format: Paperback
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This unique introduction to the Holocaust encourages young children to stand up for what they think is right, without waiting for others to join them.For Ages 6 and up
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The Secret Project
Jonah Winter - Beach Lane Books Format: Hardcover
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Mother-son team Jonah and Jeanette Winter bring to life one of the most secretive scientific projects in history - the creation of the atomic bomb - in this powerful and moving picture book.At a former boy's school in the remote desert of New Mexico, the world's greatest scientists have... |
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The Good Fight : How World War II Was Won
Stephen E. Ambrose - Atheneum Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover
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Stephen E. Ambrose, one of the finest historians of our time, has written an extraordinary chronicle of World War II for young readers. From Japanese warplanes soaring over Pearl Harbor, dropping devastation from the sky, to the against-all-odds Allied victory at Midway, to the Battle of the Bulge... |
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The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
Steve Sheinkin - Square Fish Format: Paperback
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An astonishing World War II military story of civil rights from New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor recipient Steve Sheinkin.A National Book Award FinalistA YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction FinalistA School Library Journal Best Book of the YearOn July 17, 1944, a massive... |
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Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War
Michel Chikwanine - Kids Can Press Format: Hardcover
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Michel Chikwanine was five years old when he was abducted from his schoolyard soccer game in the Democratic Republic of Congo and forced to become a soldier for a brutal rebel militia. Against the odds, Michel managed to escape and find his way back to his family, but he was never the same... |
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Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
Steve Sheinkin - Flash Point Format: Hardcover
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In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: When placed next to radioactive material, a Uranium atom split in two. That simple discovery launched a scientific race that spanned 3 continents. In Great Britain and the United States, Soviet spies worked... |
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The War that Saved My Life
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley - Dial Books Format: Hardcover
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#1 New York Times BestsellerNewbery Honor BookWinner of the Schneider Family Book Award (Middle School) Wall Street Journal Best Children's Books of 2015New York Public Library's 100 Books for Reading and Sharing An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds... |
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Number the Stars
Lois Lowry - HMH Books for Young Readers Format: Paperback
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As the German troops begin their campaign to "relocate" all the Jews of Denmark, Annemarie Johansen's family takes in Annemarie's best friend, Ellen Rosen, and conceals her as part of the family.Through the eyes of ten-year-old Annemarie, we watch as the Danish Resistance smuggles... |
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
James Lincoln Collier Format: Print book
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The classic story of one family torn apart by the Revolutionary War -- now with special After Words bonus features!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 |
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Pax
Sara Pennypacker - Balzer + Bray Format: Hardcover
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National Book Award Longlist * New York Times Bestseller * An Amazon Best Book of the YearFrom bestselling and award-winning author Sara Pennypacker comes a beautifully wrought, utterly compelling novel about the powerful relationship between a boy and his fox. Pax is destined to become... |
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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank - Bantam Format: Mass Market Paperback
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Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank's remarkable diary has since become a world classic - a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. In 1942, with Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish... |
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Ishmael Beah - Sarah Crichton Books; 1st edition Format: Hardcover
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My new friends have begun to suspect I haven't told them the full story of my life."Why did you leave Sierra Leone?""Because there is a war.""You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?""Yes, all the time.""Cool."I... |
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Sadako and the thousand paper cranes
Eleanor Coerr - Puffin Books Format: Paperback
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Hiroshima-born Sadako is lively and athletic--the star of her school's running team. And then the dizzy spells start. Soon gravely ill with leukemia, the "atom bomb disease," Sadako faces her future with spirit and bravery. Recalling a Japanese legend, Sadako sets to work folding... |
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FIREBOAT: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey
Maira Kalman - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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A portion of the proceeds from Fireboat The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey will be donated to the Twin Towers Orphan Fund. For more information or to make a donation, please visit httpwww.ttof.org.This is the inspiring true story of the John J. Harveya retired New York City fireboat... |
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A Terrible Thing Happened
Margaret M Holmes - Magination Press Format: Print book
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Sherman Smith saw the most terrible thing happen. At first he tried to forget about it, but something inside him started to bother him. He felt nervous and had bad dreams. Then he met someone who helped him talk about the terrible thing, and made him feel better. |
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Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War
Michel Chikwanine - Kids Can Press Format: Hardcover
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Michel Chikwanine was five years old when he was abducted from his schoolyard soccer game in the Democratic Republic of Congo and forced to become a soldier for a brutal rebel militia. Against the odds, Michel managed to escape and find his way back to his family, but he was never the same... |
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14 Cows for America
Carmen Agra Deedy - Peachtree Publishers; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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In June of 2002, a very unusual ceremony begins in a far-flung village in western Kenya.An American diplomat is surrounded by hundreds of Maasai people. A gift is about to be bestowed on the American men, women, and children, and he is there to accept it. The gift is as unsought and unexpected... |
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