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Emigration and immigration Fiction Emigration and immigration Juvenile fiction Habiletés de survie Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse Large type books Refugees Cuba Juvenile fiction Refugees Fiction Refugees Syria Juvenile fiction Survival Survival Fiction Survival Juvenile fictionGilbert, Julie
Summary: For young Cora Moffat March 18, 1925 has been a bad day, but it gets much worse when her school is hit by the Tri-State Tornado, and she, her twin brother and her former best friend Claire, struggle to survive as the school and town are destroyed around them. Includes historical notes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2024
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED GILGilbert, Julie
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Maddy Rollag struggles with prairie life on her aunt and uncle's farm in Dakota Territory, but on January 12, 1888, when a blizzard threatens to trap Maddy and her classmates inside their damaged schoolhouse, she finds the courage and strength to lead them to safety. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion questions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED GILTarshis, Lauren
Summary: It was 1964 in the brand-new state of Alaska, a vast land of staggering beauty and heart-stopping dangers. Eleven-year-old Jack had grown up living happily with his parents in an off-the-grid cabin, miles from their closest neighbors. Grizzlies and wolves outnumbered people, and dark winter days were 30 degrees below zero. Jack had always thought of himself as strong--"Alaska tough". But then...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC TARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Series TarshisBall, Georgia
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 TARGratz, Alan
Summary: Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GRA2 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GRA
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC GRACopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Gratz 2017Gratz, Alan
Summary: Josef is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world. Isabel is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety in America. Mahmoud is a Syrian boy in 2015. With his homeland torn apart by violence and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2020