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Voices from the Second World War: Stories of War as Told to Children of Today

CANDLEWICK PRESS. · Candlewick
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

In an intergenerational keepsake volume, witnesses to World War II share their memories with young interviewers so that their experiences will never be forgotten.The Second World War was the most devastating war in history. Up to eighty million people died, and the map of the world was redrawn....
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Bringing Back Our Oceans

Carol Hand · Essential Library
Pages: 112
Format: Library Binding

Bringing Back Our Oceans explains why oceans are at risk and how people are combating plastics pollution, restoring marine biodiversity, and preserving our oceans for future generations. This title also explores the science behind ocean ecosystems and ocean currents. Features include a cause-and-effect...
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Bringing Back Our Deserts

Clara MacCarald · Essential Library
Pages: 112
Format: Library Binding

Bringing Back Our Deserts explains why deserts are at risk and how people are combating invasive species, restoring damaged areas, and preserving deserts for future generations. This title also explores the science behind nitrogen pollution and the life in desert soil. Features include...
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The Things We Promise

JC Burke · Allen & Unwin
Pages: 212
Format: Paperback

There are two things you need to know about me. The first is that I remember life by what I was wearing. The second is that I think too much. It's the early 1990s, and all Gemma can think about is looking perfect for her first school formal. Gemma's brother Billy - New York's...
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Fire Song

Adam Garnet Jones · Annick Press
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback

How can Shane reconcile his feelings for David with his desire for a better life? Shane is still reeling from the suicide of his kid sister, Destiny. How could he have missed the fact that she was so sad? He tries to share his grief with his girlfriend, Tara, but she's too concerned...
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Quests of the Kings: The Quests of the Kings Trilogy - Book One

Robert Evert · Diversion Books
Pages: 322
Format: Paperback

From the author of the Riddle in Stone books comes a thrilling new series for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Kristin Cashore. Across the realms, the kings' quests captivate the imaginations of nobles and commoners alike. These dangerous competitions pit the most daring adventurers against...
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Ophelia

CHARLOTTE GINGRAS · Groundwood Books
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover

The kids at school call her rag girl because she hides under layers of oversized clothing, but she calls herself Ophelia. She hardly speaks to anyone -- until one day a visiting author comes to give a talk in the school library. The writer speaks about what it means to create art, and at the end of her talk,...
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To Kill a Kingdom

Alexandra Christo · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. With the hearts of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. To punish her daughter, the Sea Queen transforms Lira into the one thing they loathe...
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Bone's Gift

Angie Smibert · Boyds Mills Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

In this supernatural historical mystery, twelve-year-old Bone possesses a Gift that allows her to see the stories in everyday objects. When she receives a note that says her mother's Gift killed her, Bone seeks to unravel the mysteries of her mother's death, the schisms in her family,...
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Chaotic Good

WHITNEY GARDNER · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Cosplay, comic shops, and college applications collide in this illustrated novel, perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Noelle Steveson!Cameron's cosplay creations are finally starting to earn her attention--attention she hopes to use to get into the CalArts costume design department...
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