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Revenge of the WhaleThe True Story of the Whaleship Essexby Philbrick, NathanielRecounts the 1820 sinking of the whaleship "Essex" by an enraged sperm whale and how the crew of young men survived against impossible odds. Based on the autho... |
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The Clonesby Skurzynski, GloriaHaving won the Virtual War for the Western Hemisphere Federation, fifteen-year-old Corgan finds himself raising a clone of the young mutant genius who helped h... |
Reviewed In:School Library Journal |
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Before We Were Freeby Alvarez, JuliaIn the early 1960s in the Dominican Republic, twelve-year-old Anita learns that her family is involved in the underground movement to end the bloody rule of th... |
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Shipwrecked!the true adventures of a Japanese boyby Blumberg, Rhoda LoisIn 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro le... |
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Finding Hattieby Warner, SallyIn 1882 Hattie, a fourteen-year-old orphan, joins her cousin Sophie in attending boarding school at Miss Bulkley's Seminary for Young Ladies in Tarrytown, New ... |
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Shipwrecked!The True Adventures of a Japanese Boyby Blumberg, Rhoda LoisIn 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro le... |
Reviewed In:School Library Journal |
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Finding Hattieby Warner, SallyIn 1882 Hattie, a fourteen-year-old orphan, joins her cousin Sophie in attending boarding school at Miss Bulkley's Seminary for Young Ladies in Tarrytown, New ... |
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Fever 1793by Anderson, LaurieIn 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope wit... |
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The Coffin QuiltThe Feud Between the Hatfields and the McCoysby Rinaldi, AnnIn the 1880s, young Fanny McCoy witnesses the growth of a terrible and violent feud between her Kentucky family and the West Virginia Hatfields, complicated by... |
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Walking to the Bus-Rider Bluesby Robinet, HarrietteTwelve-year-old Alfa Merryfield, his older sister, and their grandmother struggle for rent money, food, and their dignity as they participate in the Montgomery... |
Reviewed In:School Library Journal |