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Becoming Ben Franklin: How a Candle-Maker's Son Helped Light the Flame of Liberty
Russell Freedman - Holiday House
Format: Hardcover
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In 1723 Ben Franklin arrived in Philadelphia as a poor and friendless seventeen-year-old who had run away from his family and an apprenticeship in Boston. Sixty-two years later he stepped ashore in nearly the same spot but was greeted by cannons, bells, and a cheering crowd, now a distinguished... |
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The Egypt Game
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Format: Print book
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A group of children, entranced with the study of Egypt, play their own Egypt game, are visited by a secret oracle, become involved in a murder, and befriend the Professor before they move on to new interests, such as Gypsies. |
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The London Eye Mystery
Siobhan Dowd - David Fickling Books
Format: Print book
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Ted and Kat watched their cousin Salim board the London Eye. But after half an hour it landed and everyone trooped off-except Salim. Where could he have gone? How on earth could he have disappeared into thin air? Ted and his older sister, Kat, become sleuthing partners, since the police... |
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On the far side of the mountain
Jean Craighead George - Dutton Children's Books
Format: Print book
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Sam's peaceful existence in his wilderness home is disrupted when his sister runs away and his pet falcon is confiscated by a conservation officer. |
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Our Only May Amelia
Jennifer L. Holm - HarperCollins; 1st edition
Format: Print book
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She may be a miracle, but she's no proper young lady!It isn't easy being a pioneer in the state of Washington in 1899, but it's particularly hard when you are the only girl ever born in the new settlement. With seven older brothers and a love of adventure, May Amelia Jackson... |
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A Single Shard
Linda Sue Park - HMH Books for Young Readers; 1 edition
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In this Newbery Medal-winning book set in 12th century Korea, Tree-ear, a 13-year-old orphan, lives under a bridge in Ch’ulp’o, a potters' village famed for delicate celadon ware. He has become fascinated with the potter’s craft; he wants nothing more than to watch... |
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Stand Tall
Joan Bauer
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Tree, a six-foot-three-inch twelve-year-old, copes with his parents' recent divorce and his failure as an athlete by helping his grandfather, a Vietnam vet and recent amputee, and Sophie, a new girl at school. |
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A String in the Harp
Nancy Bond - Aladdin
Format: Paperback
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A family in mourning...an ancient bard...a harp key that brings them together... When fifteen-year-old Jen Morgan flies to Wales to spend Christmas with her family, she's not expecting much from the holiday. A year after her mother's sudden death, her father seems preoccupied... |
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