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Summary: Eleven-year-old Nathaniel Knox becomes caught up in a gunfight between American and British troops during the American Revolution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 TARMiller, Donald L.
Summary: Chronicle of the U.S. 8th Air Force's daylight bombing campaign over Europe during World War II, from its genesis to the end of the war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks 2007
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Summary: At long last, Hazel and her star-crossed family are finally back in a new story arc. This story picks up three years after the events at the end of issue 54. Hazel, now ten years old, is living on the run with her mother Alana, who has partnered with a drug smuggler named Bombazine. Hazel acts confident and cheerful, but inside, she is torn up about her father's death. This collection features...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 VAUMakos, Adam
Summary: "A young adult adaptation of the national bestseller that details the true story of two Navy pilots from divergent racial and economic backgrounds who forge a deep friendship during the Korean War as they face extraordinary circumstances." --Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2022
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2 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 951.904 MAKThomas, Angie
Summary: Starr a 16 ans, elle est noire et vit dans un quartier difficile, rythmé par les guerres de gangs, la drogue et les descentes de police. Tous les jours, elle rejoint son lycée blanc situé dans une banlieue chic; tous les jours, elle fait le grand écart entre ses deux vies, ses deux mondes. Mais tout vole en éclats le soir où son ami d'enfance Khalil est tué. Sous ses yeux, de trois balles dans...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nathan 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA WORLD FRENCH THOHolt, Nathalia
Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls comes the never-before-told story of a small cadre of influential female spies in the precarious early days of the CIA--women who helped create the template for cutting-edge espionage (and blazed new paths for equality in the workplace) in the treacherous post-WWII era"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.1273 HOLMakos, Adam
Summary: Adapted for young adults from the New York Times best-seller, this gripping true account of a WWII American tank gunner, who met his destiny in an armor duel and forged an enduring bond with his enemy, brings to life the perils of war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 SMOChouhan, Anu
Summary: Meenu discovers the magic in her culture's tradition of hair oiling, and the bond she shares with her mother and grandmother. Includes Meenu's magic hair day tips.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHOPizzoli, Greg
Summary: "Baloney and friends continue their adventures, which include a birthday cake mishap, a tricky bargain, a painting surprise, and the discovery that the best moments are shared with friends"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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Summary: "Captured in the last year of the Civil War, Lucas Cain becomes a POW in the infamous Andersonville prison. There he learns how to survive the cruelty of the Confederate guards, and the perfidy of a few who are prisoners themselves. When the war ends, Lucas and over 2,000 others crowd aboard the riverboat Sultana, which was built to carry cargo, not men. After an unforeseen event occurs, Lucas...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2024
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Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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Summary: Five successful women play for high stakes in their careers at a boutique literary and talent agency where newcomer Jane Addison quickly discovers there are damaging secrets hidden behind its doors. Jane Addison is an ambitious young woman with big dreams of owning her own company someday. At twenty-eight, she arrives in New York to start a job at Fletcher and Benson, a prestigious talent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC STESteel, Danielle
Summary: Kezia Cooper Hobson, recently widowed, arrives in New York from San Francisco. Determined to make a fresh start, she has just completed the sale of her Pacific Heights home, not to mention her husband's venture capital firm, and in doing so, is also freed from her responsibility as a board member of the company. Bringing with her only a few personal treasures, she is excited to move into the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2024
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Summary: From a vineyard route through Northwest wine country to a winter wonderland on Alberta's Icefields Parkway, this informative travel guide offers epic sights, good bites, and pure fun. Pack your car and hit the road to experience 100 drives--both classic and off the beaten track--across the United States and Canada. You'll find innovative itineraries outlining your route, along with when to go...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 YOGRundell, B. N.
Summary: "It was a time of uncertainty in the infancy of the growing nation. The Wild West was open and beckoning to displaced men and families, and many chose to travel to the unsettled frontier, dreaming of new homes, land, and even riches. But few reckoned on those that had lived in those lands for centuries, the native peoples: Blackfoot, Crow, Sioux, and more. Elijah McCain, fresh from the Union...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2024
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1 available in New Large Print, Call number: LP FIC RUNLake, Theia
Summary: "The first African American flying unit in the U.S. military were called the Tuskegee Airmen. They trained at the Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama and flew more than 1,500 missions. During World War II, these men became some of the most decorated servicemen of the Army Air Forces. In this informative book, readers will learn about all about the Tuskegee Airmen, the missions they accomplished,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2024
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Summary: In March 1941, Jimmy Stewart, America's boy next door and recent Academy Award winner, left fame and fortune behind and joined the United States Army Air Corps to fulfill his family mission and serve his country. He rose from private to colonel and participated in 20 often-brutal World War II combat missions over Germany and France. In mere months the war took away his boyish looks as he faced...
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Publisher / Publication Date: GoodKnight Books 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B STEWART MATHannah, Kristin
Summary: "'Women can be heroes, too.' When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances Frankie McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different choice for her life. When her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2024
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Summary: In three-and-a-half stories, friends and roommates Bat, Cat and Rat share, joke, and read together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "Star Trek actor, activist, and author George Takei shares his empowering and moving story about growing up in Japanese American incarceration camps during WWII"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2024
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TAKThompson, Victoria (Victoria E.)
Summary: "A year has passed since Elizabeth Bates ran her last con. Life has been simpler, although not nearly as exciting, but she has thrown herself into working to get the 19th Amendment ratified by thirty-six states to become the law of the land. Since every other Southern state has already rejected the amendment, it seems unlikely Tennessee will be an exception . . . but it's their only hope, so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC THOHarmon, Amy
Summary: "When infamous outlaw Butch Cassidy decides to go straight, he discovers that too many of the powerful men he crossed won't let bygones be bygones. To have a chance at a new life, he'll have to become someone else entirely. A brief, fateful encounter with the celebrated singer Jane Toussaint on the eve of his escape offers a glimpse of what might have been, but Butch disappears, leaving her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC HARHodgetwins
Summary: "Rebel is lightning on the racetrack, but can she beat a set of deceptive ideas? An aging racer has made it her mission to istract Rebel and her classmates with a new ideology claiming all cheetahs with stripes are cheaters by nature. Join Rebel as she explores how to see spots and stripes; then lead your family through a lesson about Critical Race Theory through the activities included in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brave Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HODCastner, Brian.
Summary: A memoir by a bomb-disposal veteran of the Iraq War traces his three tours of duty in the Middle East and his team's daily life-threatening efforts to stop roadside bombers, and shares the challenges he faced while reacclimating to civilian life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2013