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Rankin, Ellan

Summary: Inspired by a true story, a remarkable friendship between a baby elephant and her keeper shows that kindness is never forgotten. Includes a note about the zookeeper named Denise Weston Austin who protected the baby Asian elephant named Sheila during World War II in Belfast.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2024

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Grainger, Jean

Summary: Robinswood, Co Waterford, 1939. The once grand house is home to two very different families.Despite delusions of grandeur, Lord and Lady Kenefick and their adult children, live a life of decayed opulence as the money needed to keep such a large house and grounds ever dwindles. Meanwhile, the Murphy family, Dermot, Isabella and their three almost grown up girls, live and work on the estate and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Grainger

Keenan, Sheila

Summary: Three fictional stories, told in graphic novel format, about soldiers in World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War who were aided by combat dogs.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 KEE

Grainger, Jean

Summary: Robinswood Estate, County Waterford, Ireland. 1946. Years of neglect and abandonment have left the family seat of the Keneficks almost derelict, but the new Lord Kenefick and his charming young wife Kate, are determined to breathe life into the old house once more. The war is over and they have survived, so now they must set about making a bright future for themselves and their family. But the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Grainger

Larson, Kirby

Summary: In 1940s New Orleans, Fish Elliot is a polio-survivor with a knack for inventing and building things, and his African American neighbor Olympia is a girl with a talent for messing things up, but they are united in an effort to save a starving stray dog they call Liberty--and when Liberty is caged by a nasty farmer, they find an unlikely ally in a German prisoner of war, Erich, who is not much...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2016

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LAR

Albus, Kate

Summary: "When 12-year-old Dory Byrne's pop left New York City's Lower East Side to fight Hitler, he promised her and her brothers that they'd be safe. Like he always said, "the neighborhood will give you what you need." There's the lady from the bakery, who saves them leftover crullers. The kind landlord who checks in on them. And every Thursday night, the Byrnes enjoy a free bowl of seafood stew at...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ALB

Gratz, Alan

Summary: "December 6, 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good. Their dads are Navy pilots stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and the boys get a front-row view of the huge battleships and the sparkling water. Yes, World War II is raging in Europe and in Asia, but the US isn't involved in the war, and the boys are free to dream about becoming comic book creators. They've even invented a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2024

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GRA

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GRA

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GRA

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